Creative production studio Los York has promoted executive producer Melina Osornio-Andrade to managing director and partner.
Originally from Taos, New Mexico, Osornio-Andrade is experienced in feature films, advertising production and postproduction, with a deep love of design and motion graphics. From her 2012 start as an office manager at Stardust, the company that evolved into Los York, Osornio-Andrade moved quickly into positions of greater vision and responsibility, from producer to head of production, executive producer, and now to managing director and partner.
In her new role Osornio-Andrade will be responsible for ensuring Los York is executing on its strategic plan–with all teams working at their highest levels, producing top tier work. Osornio-Andrade has worked with brands including Motorola, EA, Nike, Sonos, and Logitech. As a woman in a position of leadership, Osornio-Andrade is passionate about ushering in a new era for Los York–and the design industry as a whole–by breaking down barriers and fostering a culture that reflects a broad spectrum of diverse experiences.
Seth Epstein, director and co-founder of Los York, said, "Melina is deeply committed to the quality of our work in a way that lets the whole team shine. Last year was our best to date and Melina is a great leader to seize this growth and momentum and carry us forward. She’s only made us better for the past 10 years and I can’t wait to see what she brings to our future."
Los York has been active in mixed media production, executing on projects that feature a mix of design, animation, and live-action. Recent highlights include a 360 campaign for the Minnesota Twins, a national digital OOH campaign for Google and Samsung, and ongoing social, digital and broadcast work for Logitech.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More