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A+E Networks has unveiled a career training program that will further opportunity and BIPOC representation in the industry and underscores the media group’s commitment to DEI initiatives. The Career Accelerator from A+E Factual Studios, launched in collaboration with Reel Works and their...
Tax Credit Generates Funding For WCNY Academy
Empire State Development (ESD) announced that WCNY, located in Syracuse, Onondaga County, has been awarded $499,766 from the State’s Entertainment Workforce Diversity Grant Program for its new WCNY Entertainment Academy. The...
VCCP, DIRECTOR SAM BROWN GO GOAT GLIDING
This Virgin Media spot out of VCCP London opens on a herd of goats stuck on a remote mountainside, each stumbling around on the precipice. As the ‘80s classic song, “St Elmo’s Fire” by John Parr, kicks in, the wheels of a hang glider...
Spielberg Animation Collection Donated To Film Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newest acquisitions to its expansive collection--the largest film-related collection in the world–housed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Margaret...
August 8, 2018 John Bailey, ASC was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Bailey is beginning his second term as president and his 15th year as a governor...
Photoplay has signed director Lester Jones for representation in Australia, New Zealand and the APAC market spanning commercials and branded content. Jones has recently directed campaigns for Paspaley, Commbank, R.M. Williams, Westfield, Telstra and Sheridan....
Saxon + Partners--under the aegis of Mary Saxon--has taken on representation in the Western U.S. for creative production studio The Southern Influence (TSI). TSI founders Arielle and Chris Olfer’s mission is to intentionally...
Camp Lucky has partnered with Deirdre (Dee) Rymer Rivard of indie firm BLUSH and Lisa Gimenez of Lisa G & Co Represents for exclusive West Coast and Texas representation. Dallas-based Camp Lucky coterie of...
Global independent creative agency GUT has appointed Christian Buer as executive creative director and Natalie Street as head of accounts in its Toronto office. Buer will lead the creative team alongside ECD Brynna Aylward. Both Street and Buer...
Production company ALLDAYEVERYDAY has secured Heart, Brains & Nerve, an indie firm founded by Nathan Skillicorn, to handle representation in the Midwest. The history between ALLDAYEVERYDAY founder/EP Michael Karlbelnikoff and Roy Skillicorn...