Samson & DelilahDave Grove Joins EFILM Hollywood
EFILM Hollywood, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, announced that Dave Grove has joined the company as vice president of marketing and sales. Grove has been vice president of sales at Deluxe Laboratories Hollywood for the last five years. In his new role he will be bridging services between the Hollywood lab and... »
Karahadian Joins Band Pro
Marker Karahadian recently joined Band Pro Film & Digital as vice president. In his new role, he will guide the technical direction and product development aspects of Band Pro, as well as technical marketing for the Band Pro group of companies. He will also oversee Band Pro Tek, the in-house Sony Authorized Service Department. Karahadian... »
Electric Picture Solutions Opens Westside Facility
Electric Picture Solutions’ new Santa Monica Facility For 15 years Electric Picture Solutions (EPS) has been catering to the editorial needs of Los Angeles’ motion-picture and television studios and production companies, with devoted customers traveling to the EPS headquarters in Studio City as well as to its sister branch in nearby Burbank. Now, clients in... »
Lightiron Debuts New L.A. Post Facility
Lightiron Digital has launched in Los Angeles, offering a complete range of file-based postproduction services for film, television, web and advertising clients. Founded by brothers Michael and Peter Cioni, the company is composed of two divisions—Ironwork, providing such services as dailies processing for tape and tapeless media, offline and online editorial, data conform and... »
Glenn Kennel Joins ARRI
ARRI has hired Glenn Kennel to fill the newly created position of chief technology officer. Working from the company’s Burbank office, Kennel’s responsibilities will include overseeing digital intermediates, digital camera technologies and supporting workflows. “At a time when production and post are tied together in a continuous workflow and film and digital imaging are merging... »
Tom Fletcher Makes ASC
With his acceptance into the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), Tom Fletcher, owner/VP of marketing for Fletcher Camera, has joined more than 340 active and associate members in the world’s oldest motion-picture society. With only a sprinkling of ASC members residing outside of New York or Los Angeles, Fletcher represents the Midwest as... »
With A Twist Taps Former Cinesite President as Exec Producer
With A Twist Studio, a computer animation and visual effects studio servicing the feature film and advertising industries, has brought on Dan Lombardo as executive producer/general manager of its Los Angeles production facility. Lombardo, who arrives from a similar position with Montreal-based Digital Dimension, will oversee West Coast production, client relations, sales and other... »
Publishing Change at Below the Line
Naida Graham, co-founder and co-publisher of Below the Line, is stepping down April 1 to pursue ventures in media and entertainment via her new production entity, Conshimfee Productions. Graham launched the paper with co-founder and co-publisher Patrick Graham six years ago. During her tenure Below the Line experienced significant growth in circulation and advertising revenues,... »
Avid Appoints New GM
Avid Technology announced that Kirk Arnold has joined the company as executive VP and general manager of its Professional Video business unit, reporting directly to Avid’s new CEO Gary Greenfield, who joined the company in December. Arnold will be responsible for Avid’s products and services for the professional video market – broadcast television, postproduction... »
Buzz Knudson Retires
Ask anyone in the business what makes a film memorable and they’ll say it is the full effect of the soundtrack coupled with the visual imagery. For... »
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