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ECA Adds Mathe and Correia to Board of Directors

Mon, 01/03/2022 - 10:28 -- Nick Dager

The Event Cinema Association has named two people to its board of directors. They are Katrin Mathe, international event cinema manager for Kinepolis and Laura Correia, vice president film & event cinema, National Amusements. The additions firmly cement the renewed direction for the ECA in 2022, the ten-year anniversary since the association was established. The appointments are part of a particular drive to increase the organization’s visibility, which was started by Grainne Peat, who became ECA’s managing director in 2018.

New Effort Provides Production Training for Native American Students

Mon, 01/03/2022 - 10:01 -- Nick Dager

The Cherokee Nation Film Office and the Oklahoma Film & Television Academy are partnering to help educate Native American students to be set-ready as industry continues to grow in Oklahoma. The tribe’s film office recently sponsored and hosted OFTA’s Set Ready course at Cherokee Nation’s COVID Response Virtual Soundstage. Through CNFO scholarships, Native American students attended the course at no charge.

Periscope Announces Three New Hires

Tue, 12/14/2021 - 13:51 -- Nick Dager

Full service post-production services provider Periscope Post & Audio, with facilities in Hollywood, and Chicago, has added veteran re-recording mixer Terry O’Bright to its Hollywood facility. Periscope has also hired Bruce Dobrin as chief engineer and Michael Sable as a director of business development.

Rich Aitken, Veteran Sound Mixer

Mon, 12/13/2021 - 10:03 -- Nick Dager

Scoring mixer Rich Aitken, founder and owner of Nimrod Studios, has been one of the industry’s most respected sound production professionals for nearly 25 years. Today, whether at home or on the road at studios like Abbey Road and The Empire, Aitken manages a wide array of recordings, works with composers, and provides sonically engaging mixes to bring out the best in a musical piece for film, television, or gaming.

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Nice Shoes Named to PNYA Board

Mon, 12/13/2021 - 09:35 -- Nick Dager

The Post New York Alliance has appointed the New York City-based creative production and post studio Nice Shoes to its board. Nice Shoes managing director Justin Pandolfino will represent the company on the board, joining Nice Shoes executive producer Chris Peterson who continues in his role as an executive board member and PNYA board secretary.

Ron Howard to Receive MPSE Annual Filmmaker Award

Thu, 12/02/2021 - 13:22 -- Nick Dager

The Motion Picture Sound Editors association today announce that it will honor Ron Howard with its annual Filmmaker Award. The Academy Award-winning director and producer is responsible for some of the most memorable films of the past four decades including the critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning dramas A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13, and the hit comedies Parenthood and Splash. Howard will be presented with the MPSE Filmmaker Award at the 69th MPSE Golden Reel Awards, set for March 13, 2022 as an international virtual event.

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