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Home » ShootersINC Welcomes Nick Litwinko as Managing Director of ShootersNYC, DIVE & BIGSMACK

ShootersINC Welcomes Nick Litwinko as Managing Director of ShootersNYC, DIVE & BIGSMACK

ShootersINC has welcomed Nick Litwinko as Managing Director of ShootersNYC, DIVE & BIGSMACK. The announcement was made this morning by ShootersINC President Ray Carballada, who notes that Litwinko will be overseeing the management of these three divisions, as well as continuing to grow the company’s overall presence in New York.

“Nick’s vast experience in production, television, graphic design and VFX makes him uniquely qualified to increase our presence in the New York marketplace,” explains Carballada. “He will also be key in expanding our integrated model to provide our clients with production services and creative talent from our advertising, motion picture, television development and design divisions. We are very pleased to welcome Nick to the team, as he will make a significant contribution to the company.”

Litwinko’s impressive and diverse industry career began at MTV as a Senior Producer for MTV Promos/Animation. He then became an Executive Producer/Director for MTV Commercials. This experience inspired him to launch his own company, Rogue Creative, serving as EP/Director and overseeing various animated/special effects and live-action commercial campaigns. A tenure back in-house at MTV Home Entertainment as a Producer/ Editor included the production of the award-winning Aeon Flux DVD boxed set of the well known series, as well as writing/directing all of the teasers and trailers for it.

After that, Litwinko was named Senior Producer for Psyop in New York. He was then recruited as EP to launch the New York office of BL:ND Visual Propaganda, where he was involved in many award-winning commercial spots and music videos. Litwinko now comes to ShootersINC from 1st Ave Machine, NY where he served as Executive Producer/Head of Production for the past two years, liaising with their South American and U.K. production partners on many commercial projects.

Litwinko agrees with Ray Carballada that the opportunity offered to him by ShootersINC is a “natural next step in the evolution of my career.” He continues: “Ray and I began our discussions earlier this year, and it started to make more and more sense to me that I could leverage all of my experience in these different areas of television and commercials, as well as gaming, web sites, and the digital space to continue his vision for the company. I am committed to this newly created role as Managing Director of New York. I will be able to combine my experience and my entrepreneurial spirit in order to pull together all of the talents and versatility that the Shooters family of companies already have to offer so that we can provide clients a fully integrated and creative process for their projects.”

Litwinko joins Shooters’ and its affiliates at an exciting time. The ShootersNYC team has recently completed commercial projects for Colgate and Summer’s Eve. DIVE is hard at work on a series of TV pilots for TNT and ABC, as well as television series for Starz (“Power”) and HBO (“The Leftovers”). Additionally, DIVE is working on a feature film for Exclusive Media entitled “Dark Places,” starring Charlize Theron.

BIGSMACK has just been nominated for a coveted Promax/BDA Award for its work with Discovery. ShootersTV, the division of ShootersINC which develops and produces non-fiction television, has signed with UTA (United Talent Agency)/N.S. Bienstock for representation, a premier global talent and literary agency. Lastly, ShootersINC Director Rob Adamo was just named to the coveted SHOOT Magazine “New Director Showcase,” which highlights the industry’s most up-and-coming directorial talent.

ShootersINC (www.shootersinc.com) is a fully integrated content company that blends talent, technology and client service to provide a superior level of quality and creativity. We provide production, editorial, visual effects, graphic design, finishing and sound design for advertising, television, feature film and branded entertainment. For more information, contact Vice President, Business Development, Anne Marie Starker (via email) or phone 215.485-8604.

ShootersNYC (www.shootersnyc.com) is the New York content creation division of ShootersINC, We offer a unique integrated approach by providing production and post with our directors, creative editors, visual effects artists and graphic designers for advertising, television, web/digital and feature films. For more information, contact Vice President, Business Development, Anne Marie Starker (via email) or phone 215.485-8604.

DIVE (www.divevisual.com) is the visual effects and picture finishing division of ShootersINC, with offices in New York City and Philadelphia. DIVE creates high-end Visual Effects for feature films, television shows and commercials. One of the east coast’s premier visual effects and finishing companies, DIVE works in collaboration with content creators on Visual Effects, Digital Intermediate and Main Titles by coupling creative continuity and expertise with cutting edge pipeline and workflow. For more information, contact DIVE VP Business Development, Bob Lowery (via email) at 267.514.7700

BIGSMACK (www.bigsmack.tv) BIGSMACK is an award-winning entertainment marketing agency filled with writers, directors, producers, editors, designers, animators, and brand strategists. We are more than 100 strong, occupying creative, design and production space in New York City and Philadelphia. For more information, contact Vice President, Business Development, Anne Marie Starker (via email) or phone 215.485-8604.

ShootersTV (www.shooterstv.com) ShootersTV develops and produces non-fiction television for clients up and down the channel lineup. We’re a division of the ShootersINC family of companies and are the producers of Food Network’s long running hit “Restaurant: Impossible” which recently celebrated its 100th episode. Other recent shows include Bar Hunters for Discovery Channel. With sister companies in advertising, branded entertainment, visual effects, and on-air promotion, our creative bandwidth and client-centric approach to content creation is unmatched during every phase of development, production and marketing. ShootersINC clients include A&E, Lexus, BMW, The Weinstein Company, FOX, HBO and Scripps Networks Interactive. . For more information, contact Vice President, Business Development, Anne Marie Starker (via email) or phone 215.485-8604.

About Dan Ochiva

New York City-based journalist and NYCPPNEWS founder Dan Ochiva writes and consults on film, video, and digital media technology.

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Parks has recently shifted her focus from supervisor to hands-on sound design, and we talk about how it’s never too late to pivot on your career path and find the thing you love doing wherever you are in life.

Click on this link to read the rest of the article on No Film School’s site.

U.K. Extends COVID Insurance Scheme; Distributes $21 Million in Cinema Grants

The U.K.’s insurance scheme for film and television has been extended until April.

Known as the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme, the groundbreaking £500 million ($676 million) fund assures productions that they’ll receive financial support in case of COVID-related losses. The program has so far accepted 100 qualifying productions.

To read the full article in Variety, click on this link. 

Film Commish announces date for production restart

In her December 18, 2020 news update, MOME Commissioner Anne del Castillo announced that the Film Office is now accepting permit applications for production activity that begins on July 27th.

She also announced awards now (Awkwafina) and more. To read all of the Film Commish’s bloggy sort of news column, click here.

Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues

The coronavirus relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to this week includes grant money that many small proprietors described as a last hope for survival.

For the music venue owners, theater producers and cultural institutions that have suffered through the pandemic with no business, the coronavirus relief package that Congress passed on Monday night offers the prospect of aid at last.

To read the full article on The New York Times’ site, click here.

If you want to start production, here’s the latest news from the Mayor’s Office

Phase 4 production guidance is available on the Film Permit website. All production activity, whether it requires a Film Permit or not, must comply with New York Forward Industry Guidance.

For more information see, please refer to the State Department of Health’s Interim Guidance for Media Production During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Please review the guidelines and FAQ before submitting permit applications. The Film Office is operating remotely, so please allow additional time for Film Permit processing.

The above paragraphs contain links to the various FAQ – just mouse over the relevant words.

Nikon to Stop Making Cameras in Japan

Nikon has fallen on hard times as of late as its camera sales have cratered, and now there’s a new indicator of how dire its financial situation is: the company is reportedly pulling the plug on making cameras in Japan after over 70 years of doing so.

To read the full article on Petapixel’s site, click here.

NVIDIA Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls

NVIDIA Research has invented a way to use AI to dramatically reduce video call bandwidth while simultaneously improving quality

What the researchers have achieved has remarkable results: by replacing the traditional h.264 video codec with a neural network, they have managed to reduce the required bandwidth for a video call by an order of magnitude. In one example, the required data rate fell from 97.28 KB/frame to a measly 0.1165 KB/frame – a reduction to 0.1% of required bandwidth.

To read the rest of this article on Petapixel, click this link.

 

 

 

Union Health Plan Dodges Film Workers’ Suit Over Virus Relief

Law360 (October 9, 2020, 5:22 PM EDT) — The Motion Picture Industry Health Plan’s board can’t be sued under ERISA for allegedly flouting its duties when it relaxed plan rules in response to COVID-19, a California federal judge has ruled, nixing a proposed class action filed by two cinematographers who still couldn’t qualify for benefits.

In an order entered Thursday, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the board of directors’ motion to dismiss Greg Endries and Dee Nichols’ Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit accusing board members of breaching their duty to treat all plan participants fairly.

Endries and Nichols, members of Local 600 of the International Cinematographers Guild, said in July that the board left them and others “out in the cold” in its attempts to address the problems COVID-19 caused for plan participants.

But Judge Klausner agreed with the board’s contention that the case, which alleged a fiduciary breach, should be tossed because plan administrators don’t act as fiduciaries when they amend health care plans.

Read the full article on the Law360 site by clicking here.

Russo Brothers Received Close to $50 Million From Saudi Bank

Anthony Russo and Joseph Russo photographed at the PMC Studio in Los Angeles for the Variety Playback Podcast.

The Russo brothers, directors of the all-time top grossing film “Avengers: Endgame,” quietly secured a roughly $50 million cash infusion for their production company AGBO from Saudi Arabia earlier this year, multiple sources tell Variety.

In a deal brokered and closed at the beginning of the pandemic, the Russos received the investment from an undisclosed Saudi bank in exchange for a minority stake in the brothers’ Los Angeles-based shop.

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