Winner of Robert Altman Award, nominee for Best Director Spirit Award on basis of "Mud"
Director Jeff Nichols–whose latest film Mud is the winner of this year’s Robert Altman Award, which is a Film Independent Spirit honor (given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)–has joined the roster of Rattling Stick for spots and branded content in the U.S.
A highly regarded American voice in cinema today, Nichols is also a Film Independent Spirit Award Best Director nominee on the strength of Mud, starring Matthew McConaughey. The Independent Spirit Awards will be held on March 1 in Santa Monica.
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, and a University of North Carolina School of Arts alum, Nichols won over audiences with his critically acclaimed 2007 domestic drama Shotgun Stories. His dramatic thriller Take Shelter premiered at Sundance in 2011, landing at Sony Pictures Classics and winning numerous awards including the Critics Week Grand Prize, the SACD Award for Best Feature at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and the FIPRESCI Award.
A current resident of Austin, Texas, Nichols is preparing to shoot his fourth feature film in the spring.
Rattling Stick, which maintains offices in Los Angeles and London, was founded by directors Daniel Kleinman and Ringan Ledwidge, and company president Johnnie Frankel.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More