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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
SAG-AFTRA Taps Music Industry Veteran Rebecca Greenberg as New Executive Director of Music Department
SAG-AFTRA announced that veteran music industry executive Rebecca Greenberg has joined the union as the executive director of the Music Department, effective immediately. In her new role, Greenberg will oversee SAG-AFTRA’s activities in the music industry, including the negotiation and...
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
Holiday Survey Reports TV Ads Influence Most Gift Buying Decisions
Bospar, the boutique PR firm that puts tech companies on the map, announced today the results of its Holiday Media and Advertising Survey. The survey found that 76 percent of Americans are influenced by advertising when making holiday purchasing decisions, including 23 percent who are “highly...
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
SAG-AFTRA Members Vote to Approve 2018 Sound Recordings Code
In national voting completed today, affected members of SAG-AFTRA voted overwhelmingly to approve the 2018 – 2020 Sound Recordings Code by a vote of 99.08 percent to 0.92 percent.
SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said, “I want to thank the negotiating committee particularly its...
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
American Film Institute Announces AFI Awards 2018 Honorees
The American Film Institute has named the honorees of AFI AWARDS 2018, celebrating the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image — with 10 films and 10 television programs deemed culturally and artistically significant.
In addition to the 20 honorees, AFI also...
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
American Society of Cinematographers To Honor Robert Richardson and Jeff Jur at Annual Awards
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has chosen two honorees to be feted for their body of work at the 33rd ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement. Robert Richardson, ASC will receive the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award, and Jeff Jur, ASC will be bestowed...
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
DGA Announces Winners of 24th Annual Student Film Awards
The Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2018 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women directors. The awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to exceptional diverse directors in film schools and select...
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Announces Its Inaugural Long-Term Exhibition on The History of Movies and Moviemaking
Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, announced the details of the inaugural exhibitions that will be on view when the Museum opens in late 2019. The first institution of its scope and scale...
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
Technicolor PostWorks Preps Free Climbing Epic “The Dawn Wall” For Theatrical Run
Technicolor PostWorks New York provided finishing services for The Dawn Wall, the riveting, new documentary from Red Bull House Media about free-climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s historic attempt to conquer El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Colorist Keith Jenson worked...
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) to Honor Sound Supervisor Stephen H. Flick with Career Achievement Award
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces Supervising Sound Editor Stephen H. Flick as recipient of its 2018 MPSE Career Achievement Award. A veteran of 40 years and more than 150 films, Flick won Oscars® for Sound Editing in 1988 and 1995 for Robocop and ...
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
46th Annie Award 2018 Nominations Announced
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 46th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.
This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Early Man (Aardman Animations), Incredibles 2...
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
20 Contenders Advance In VFX Oscar Race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 91st Academy Awards®.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
- “Ant-Man and the Wasp”
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
Therapy Content and Therapy Studios Deliver End-To-End Content For Uber
Therapy Content partners with creative impact agency enso to produce a stream of new docu-style content for Uber. Airing on uber.com/whatmovesus, the films address...
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
Whitehouse Post Welcomes Editor Georgia Dodson
Whitehouse Post has boosted its Los Angeles roster with the signing of editor Georgia Dodson.
An accomplished editor with more than a decade of experience working in top post houses,...
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
Creative BC and Screen Ireland Announce Recipients of International Co-Production Development Fund
Creative BC and Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) are pleased to announce the recipients of their inaugural international co-production development fund. Through the newly formalized funding partnership, Creative BC and Screen Ireland collaborated to support five...
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
Leftchannel Commissioned By Sunglass Hut To Create Experiential Animation For Times Square Store Supporting Disney’s Mickey Mouse 90th Birthday Celebration
When the Walt Disney Company made plans to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday around the world, celebration campaign partner Sunglass Hut turned to leftchannel, the Columbus, Ohio-based motion graphics and animation studio, to create the experiential animation befitting such a milestone to...
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
New Video Chronicles The Journey of Ccilu Dance Contest Winner Jaryan Bague
Ccilu Footwear is now well into its second season as an official sponsor of the World of Dance Championship Series, serving as the Presenting Sponsor for the tour’s 2018 and 2019 Winner’s Circle. In concert with LA-based brand strategy and creative firm Propeller 5, Ccilu has run a “liberate...
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
Sound Lounge Creates Powerful Soundscape for Video Addressing the “Vicious Cycle” of Gun Violence
Sound Lounge helped capture the horror of gun violence for the video The Most Vicious Cycle produced by the student organization March for Our Lives and New York ad agency McCann. The studio, aided by a Foley team from Alchemy Post Sound, created a dense and intricately choreographed...
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
Benjamin Howdeshell Directs Milla Jovovich in Horror "Withorwithout"
Director Benjamin Howdeshell shows his mastery of the dark side in Withorwithout, his new horror film/music video about a couple who are the apparent victims of a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills. Set to the song of the same name by the Australian band Parcels, the film stars Milla...
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018
Digital Arts' Diverse Audio Talent On Full Display With Work For Audi, Chase, Sunoco, Abbott and Reality Show "The Contender"
What do recent ads for Audi, Chase, Sunoco, Abbott Labs and the Mark Burnett produced boxing...
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018
Technicolor PostWorks Finishes Jonah Hill’s Debut "Mid90s"
The new feature film Mid90s, which marks the directorial debut of Jonah Hill, tells the coming-of-age story of Stevie¸ a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy who seeks escape from troubles at home in the company of the friends he meets in a local skate shop. Post-production finishing for the...
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