The Motion Picture Sound Editors have elected Tom McCarthy as president. McCarthy is an Academy Award- and BAFTA Award-winning sound supervisor and longtime industry executive. He currently serves as executive vice president post-production facilities at Sony Pictures Studios. He succeeds Frank Morrone.
Cooke Optics has appointed Carey Duffy director of sales – Europe, effective January 4, 2016. Based in the UK, Duffy will take over the European sales territory from director of sales, Thomas Greiser, who takes on more responsibility for North and South America as well as covering South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Award-winning visual effects studio FuseFX has brought on veteran VFX producer Andrea D’Amico. D’Amico arrives with more than 25 years of experience in visual effects, including tenures at Eden FX, Digital Domain, RIOT, P.O.P. and CIS Hollywood. Most recently, she served as VFX producer at MPC Montreal, on Fox’s Victor Frankenstein.
Erika W. Burton has joined Digital Domain as executive vice president/general manager. Burton joins the team working on long-term company goals and new initiatives, with her primary focus on production, sales and marketing. She will report to O.D Welch, president, Digital Domain.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has hired Howard Lukk as the Society's new director of standards. Over the coming 12 months, Lukk will transition into the position that has been held by Peter Symes for the past eight years. Symes will retire at the end of 2016.
Tech industry veteran Jose Luis Montero has been appointed as Regional Sales Manager for SGO's Latin American sector, where he will play an influential role in promoting Mistika. An accomplished sales manager with over 18-years experience of developing complex I.T. projects, along with his vast background in electronic engineering and extensive knowledge of the European and Latin American market, makes him the perfect fit for SGO. He is also an impressive linguist, with proficiency in fluent Spanish, English and Portuguese.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has elected its new officers and governors for the 2016-2017 term. "The elections bring the board an impressive array of industry leaders, all with a history of contributing valuable expertise and extraordinary energy to SMPTE events and standards work," said SMPTE past president Wendy Aylsworth, who served as nominating committee chair. "As we enter an exciting centennial year, the Society will benefit from our board of governors' collective experience and ongoing commitment to the Society's three pillars of education, standards, and membership."
Games industry leader Steven Chiang has been named executive vice president, Worldwide Production and Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, it was announced today by David Haddad, president, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
The Event Cinema Association has announced the appointment of four new ECA members to its board of directors. Vanessa Hills, head of marketing at UK distributor More2Screen and Janelle Mason, director and producer at production company and distributor CinemaLive, have been appointed as board directors, and Fabrice Testa, head of international business development for Kencast stepped down from his role at DSAT Cinema to be replaced by Manel Carreras, senior vice president, marketing and content business development services at Ymagis, was voted back onto the board in his new role as head of business development at U.S. technical provider Kencast.
Cinegy has appointed Marina Ablogina strategic alliance manager. Ablogina will be responsible for managing Cinegy’s strategic partnership programs with third-party hardware and software manufactures. She will also work with key accounts and sales partners on marketing programs, and serve as Cinegy’s liaison with industry trade associations.
