Butter Music and Sound has hired Warren Wolfe as producer and Nat Jenkins as composer out of the international company’s New York headquarters. Wolfe will join executive producer Renée Massé working with the studio’s slate of in-house composers and freelancers to craft original compositions for advertising.
Immersed in music performance from childhood thanks to his mother, an extremely talented musician in her own right, Wolfe knew music would be part of his future career pursuits in some capacity. He took time to find his niche and enrolled in college at NYU’s Music Business program, becoming involved in music supervision. Film scores served as his entry point to learning about the music for the picture world. At the same time, he learned Ableton: how to produce self-released and collaborative projects. He cut his teeth with an internship at RCA Records, learning tools of the workforce trade in addition to valuable music business skills. Additional internships with Search Party Music, Mom+Pop Music and Mophonics Music and Sound, among others, led him to licensing and production posts with ABKCO Music and House of Vans respectively. He joins BUTTER from SixtyFour Music.
Working in music was Jenkin’s passion and lifelong goal from an early age. As a self-taught musician, he played instruments, wrote and recorded from childhood, encouraged to go wherever creativity led him from his NYC home base. He earned a dual degree in composition and computer science from Lehigh University and began interning and working in post studios, including Headroom, where he later worked full-time as an assistant engineer under Jerry Plotkin. Roles with Headroom, PLUSHnyc and Sonic Union instilled a collaborative and efficient work ethic within Jenkins prior to signing with Butter.
Closely involved with the brand creative from start to finish, Butter has successfully collaborated on work with brands such as Wendy’s, Olay, Duracell, Discover, Visa and Waze, among others.
Director Malin Ingrid Johansson Brings “Deck 5B” To The Toronto International Film Festival
In her young career, director Malin Ingrid Johansson continues to gain recognition on the festival circuit while looking to extend her reach into the American advertising market. On the latter score, she’s joining the roster of Little Minx, the production company under the aegis of Rhea Scott who’s known for nurturing the careers of filmmakers and helping to successfully establish them in the U.S. across commercials, music videos and other varied projects.
As for Johansson’s film festival pedigree, she first saw her short film Madden, a coming-of-age story inspired by her teenage years on a farm, debut internationally at the Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival) 2023. Madden was also awarded best Swedish Short at last year’s Gothenburg International Film Festival. Furthermore, Johansson is currently in development on a feature-length film based on Madden.
Now another Johansson short film is making a major splash. Her Deck 5B premiered this week at the Toronto International Film Festival during its Short Cuts program. Among the production houses behind Deck 5B--and earlier Madden--was Pine, a Stockholm-based shop which reps Johansson for commercials internationally.
In the interest of avoiding a spoiler alert, SHOOT in this piece provides a deliberately sparse description of the storyline for Deck 5B. Suffice it to say that the short stars Alma Pöysti as Mia, a mother torn between the needs of her young son and her own desires for romance and fulfillment. Johansson said that she was deeply moved by Pöysti’s portrayal of the recently divorced Mia and considers getting the chance to work with the actress as a major career highlight. Earlier this year,... Read More