Creative studio Nice Shoes has added Kirsten Andersen as executive producer in its Boston office. Andersen will join Boston-based colorist Phil Choe, overseeing local and remote projects out of Boston, while continuing to grow a new hub of artists and services to better serve clients in the Boston market. She brings over two decades of experience in postproduction, most recently spending 15 years as EP/partner at Brickyard VFX. Andersen has produced major international campaigns for such top brands as Volkswagen, Budweiser, NBA, Google, Xfinity, JetBlue, and countless others.
Massachusetts-native Andersen studied Film & Television Production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, discovering an inclination for postproduction early in her studies. She landed her first professional gig at Red Car New York, learning the ropes hands-on as an associate producer before making her way to the West Coast to join 525 Studios as a producer. She spent six years at the post shop, before joining Brickyard VFX as EP. There she spent time growing teams in both its Los Angeles and Boston locations, while fostering long term relationships with global agency and brand clients.
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