Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has announced changes to its senior leadership team after promoting Dana Pearson to chief financial officer and Alex Shullman to chief product & strategy officer. Current CFO, Matt Vonderahe, is stepping down after four years in the position, but will remain through the end of the year to support the transition.
Ushio, parent company to Christie, announced today the appointment of Michael Phipps as president and chief operating officer of Christie Digital Systems, and its subsidiaries
The 3D company RealD has named Shauna Kent as the company's vice president of marketing.
The Hollywood Professional Association held its annual awards ceremony at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre last week, honoring trailblazing talent in the post-production industry, celebrating standout achievements in color grading, sound, editing, restoration, and visual effects across theatrical features, commercials, and episodic television.
Last week, to the dismay of the worldwide archival community, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences abruptly fired 16 important members of their Academy Film Archive and the Margaret Herrick Library. These employees were the heart and decades-long leadership of their respective Archive and Library. The leaders of the organization Missing Movies have drafted a petition asking Bill Kramer and the AMPAS Board of Governors to reconsider this disastrous move and rehire them back as soon as possible. The petition has already been signed by dozens of concerned filmmakers. Here is that petition:
The Canadian exhibition chain Cineplex Media has named Kristie Painting executive vice president and managing director. In this role, Painting will drive growth across Cineplex Media’s network of immersive cinema, entertainment, and COMMB-accredited shopping mall media platforms.
Nominations have been announced for the 2024 FilmLight Colour Awards and HPA Awards, and Light Iron supervising colorist Ian Vertovec and senior colorist Elodie Ichter are among the nominees.
The American Cinema Editors association has announced that the organization will honor acclaimed filmmaker Jon M. Chu with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing an artist who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. ACE will also bestow career achievement honors to film editors Maysie Hoy, ACE and Paul Hirsch, ACE for their outstanding career contributions to film editing.
Portland State University and award-winning Portland-based animation studio Laika – known for groundbreaking Oscar-nominated animated feature films such as Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings – have announced an industry partnership to help develop and diversify the region’s creative workforce.
FilmLight has revealed the nominees for the 2024 FilmLight Color Awards. In their fourth year, the awards attracted over 500 entries from 46 countries across the globe and the independent jury of cinematographers, colorists and creatives have now revealed the names of the 25 colorists shortlisted across the six categories.
