When line producer Craig Fleming started looking at locations to film Cea Sunrise Person’s autobiographical book North of Normal, he knew it had to be a remote location. Once Fleming found the ideal location, he knew that rural British Columbia would play a starring role. But the beautiful location presented a challenge: at first it appeared that its remoteness meant the crew couldn’t connect with the outside world.
Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Insights has joined Workplace Pride and become a pilot member of its Strive to RISE program. TMT Insights prioritizes diversity and sustainability as much as driving its business growth.
LucidLink has achieved SOC 2 Type I compliance following the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants standards for SOC for Service Organizations also known as SSAE 21. Achieving this standard with an unqualified opinion serves as third-party industry validation that LucidLink provides enterprise-level security for customers' data secured in its system
The Society of Camera Operators has announced that the Gordon Parks Foundation will be honored and recognized during its annual lifetime achievements award ceremonies at the Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 25. The Gordon Parks Foundation is celebrated for its work in supporting and producing artistic and educational initiatives that advance the legacy and vision of Gordon Parks for social justice.
Rising Sun Pictures, Brisbane, has appointed Egan Wesener as a teaching, learning and development associate. He will work closely with Anna Hodge, manager of education and training, to oversee the Brisbane studio’s visual effects training program, which recently expanded to Queensland.
Nagra has announced that its NexGuard forensic and watermarking services have completed the Amazon Web Services technical review. The company said this provides AWS customers with the peace of mind that the integration with AWS infrastructure is fully validated and utilizes AWS resources efficiently to deliver market-leading forensic watermarking for audio and video content.
Fancy House of Visual Effects has hired veteran VFX artist, designer, and creative director Tim Sepulveda as head of computer graphics and sales and marketing specialist Amy Jones as executive producer/head of sales. The studio, a sister company of Goldcrest Post, has also promoted Alex Tracy, adding executive producer to his title as head of production.
The Advanced Imaging Society has presented Adobe with the 2023 Century Award for its revolutionary role in innovating filmmaking technology.
Five-time Emmy Award-winning re-recording mixer Josh Morton has joined Levels Audio, the award-winning audio post-production and sound design studio.
The Oregon-based animation studio Laika has named longtime Netflix executive Matt Levin as president, live-action film and series. In addition to being in production on its sixth animated movie Wildwood, the studio is currently developing its first ever live-action project, a film based on acclaimed screenwriter John Brownlow’s (The Miniaturist, Sylvia) action thriller novel Seventeen.
