Greg Walsh has been named CEO of North America for Havas Media Group (HMG). Previously Havas Media North America’s chief operating officer and global chief commercial officer, Walsh will continue to work closely with the NA leadership team to drive growth and bring new prospects and clients across the U.S. and Canada. He will report to global CEO Peter Mears, who took on the additional responsibility of overseeing North America in January 2021, following Colin Kinsella’s departure. In his new role, Walsh will partner with Mears and the North American leadership team to further refine HMG’s client focus, product and offering. His remit will include continuing to deliver on the agency’s mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and consumers. He will maintain the position of COO as well. Walsh joined HMG as global chief commercial officer in June 2019, to lead the then newly created Global Commercial Team, and added North America COO responsibilities to his remit in January 2021. Prior to joining HMG, Walsh served as global president of Orion Worldwide, IPG’s global buying and bartering company; he also held regional and global CFO and COO roles at IPG….
DOC NYC Unveils Main Slate Lineup: 31 World Premieres; 24 Films Making Their U.S. Debut
DOC NYC--the documentary festival celebrating its 15th anniversary in-person November 13-21 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Village East by Angelika, and continuing online through December 1--has unveiled its main slate lineup. The 2024 festival presents more than 110 feature-length documentaries (including yet-to-be-announced Short List and Winner’s Circle titles) among over 200 films and dozens of events, with filmmakers expected in person at most screenings.
Opening the festival on Nov. 13 at SVA Theater will be the U.S. premiere of Sinead O’Shea’s inspiring portrait Blue Road--The Edna O’Brien Story, a breakout hit from the recent Toronto International Film Festival that honors the legendary Irish writer, who passed away just a few months ago at the age of 93.
Closing the festival on Nov. 21, also at SVA Theatre, will be the world premiere of Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn’s Drop Dead City--New York on the Brink in 1975, a look back at the circumstances and players involved in NYC’s mid-70s financial crisis. The festival’s Centerpiece screening on Nov. 14 at Village East is the World premiere of Ondi Timoner’s All God’s Children (also part of the festival’s U.S. Competition), a chronicle of a Brooklyn rabbi and Baptist pastor who join forces to create greater unity between their two communities, against all odds.
Included are 31 world premieres and 24 U.S. premieres, with eight of those presented in the U.S. Competition, for new American-produced nonfiction films, and another eight featured in International Competition, for work from around the globe. The Kaleidoscope Competition for new essayistic and formally adventurous documentaries continues, while the festival’s long-standing Metropolis... Read More