Rushes Soho Shorts get tender
The 10th Rushes Soho Shorts Festival kicked off at South Bank’s County Hall on Wednesday and it looks to be an exciting couple of weeks of short film action. You can view the full programme here.
As well as being a featured venue for screenings, the Tenderpixel Gallery are to present a week-long series of events entitled Tenderpix. Starting this Saturday 26th July, there will be a plethora of shorts, gallery installations and performance work on show. For more information go to www.tenderpixel.com.
The end of an era at Red Bee
Pam Masters, CEO Red Bee Media, has announced that she will be stepping down from the role on the 31 December 2008. She will take on the newly created role of Vice Chairman on the Board of Red Bee Media in January 2009. Pam has been in the broadcasting industry for over forty years and is recognised as an expert in this field. She was responsible for the smooth transition of Red Bee to an independent production company from a division of the BBC, and has overseen an exciting period of international growth for the company. It was also her vision that saw the completion of the BBC Broadcast Centre in 2003 to become one of the most technically advanced facilities in Europe.
She says of her decision to step down as CEO, ‘Since returning to the BBC from Channel 4 twenty years ago it has been a fascinating and challenging journey taking this business from a two channel in house BBC operation with 100 people, to a multi client successful commercial company of 1300 staff with offices in six countries. It has been my passion to see the vision I had for this organisation become reality…Now the time is right for me to step aside from the continually demanding role of being the full time CEO. I’m very pleased Michael has asked me to stay involved and to remain on the Board as Vice Chairman.’
Red Bee Media has already launched a search for the new CEO and intends to appoint before the end of the year.
We've found a Pulse
Executive Producer Roz Houchin has joined Pulse Films to head up their advertising division. She joins from Home Corp where she was joint EP with owner Emily Bliss. Houchin’s role will be to manage a talented directorial roster that includes Justin Kerrigan, Jake Wynne and JT. She will be focussed on the UK market and had this to say of her new role, ‘Pulse feels fresh in attitude and extremely vibrant. I’m confident about upping their profile with the London agencies – creatively I think the directors have a lot to offer and we are focused on growing the roster with leading talent.’
Blake DUCKs and covers
Los Angeles-based DUCK, formerly Duck Soup Studios, has welcomed veteran multi-disciplined director Simon Blake to their growing roster. Over the past several years, Blake has directed under the aegis of Chelsea Pictures, Sandwick Films and Brick. Simon is best known for his conceptual mixed-media approach that seamlessly blends classic and cutting edge film and animation techniques to create magical, thought-evoking worlds.
Partner/Executive Producer Mark Medernach has long been a fan of Blake’s work, commenting ‘I've been following Simon's work for years. I first became aware of him through our west coast rep, Andrew Halpern, and after getting to know Simon a bit more, I realised that his personal charm manifests itself in his work, which is both elegant and warm.’
Twenty120 x 2
The 2nd-annual Twenty120 collection has gone live on www.twenty120.com. The site includes a renowned set of directors from Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, London, and Germany spanning commercial directors, television creatives, designers, art directors, and fine artists utilising a range of skills including live-action, illustration, stop-motion, animation, graffiti, and more.
The concept for Twenty120 was conceived in 2007 under a simple premise: 20 films, each 120 seconds with a theme of Truth vs. Deception. The idea was to pull together a diverse group of directors free of any creative constraints to create using any medium. The directors are all invited on the premise that they create for themselves, and not for any commercial purposes. All work is under complete ownership of the directors.
Welcome to the Neighbourhood
Manchester based collective ‘The Neighbourhood’ have been signed to Bermuda Shorts for representation for advertising and music video work.
As well as being a featured venue for screenings, the Tenderpixel Gallery are to present a week-long series of events entitled Tenderpix. Starting this Saturday 26th July, there will be a plethora of shorts, gallery installations and performance work on show. For more information go to www.tenderpixel.com.
The end of an era at Red Bee
Pam Masters, CEO Red Bee Media, has announced that she will be stepping down from the role on the 31 December 2008. She will take on the newly created role of Vice Chairman on the Board of Red Bee Media in January 2009. Pam has been in the broadcasting industry for over forty years and is recognised as an expert in this field. She was responsible for the smooth transition of Red Bee to an independent production company from a division of the BBC, and has overseen an exciting period of international growth for the company. It was also her vision that saw the completion of the BBC Broadcast Centre in 2003 to become one of the most technically advanced facilities in Europe.She says of her decision to step down as CEO, ‘Since returning to the BBC from Channel 4 twenty years ago it has been a fascinating and challenging journey taking this business from a two channel in house BBC operation with 100 people, to a multi client successful commercial company of 1300 staff with offices in six countries. It has been my passion to see the vision I had for this organisation become reality…Now the time is right for me to step aside from the continually demanding role of being the full time CEO. I’m very pleased Michael has asked me to stay involved and to remain on the Board as Vice Chairman.’
Red Bee Media has already launched a search for the new CEO and intends to appoint before the end of the year.
We've found a Pulse
Blake DUCKs and covers
Los Angeles-based DUCK, formerly Duck Soup Studios, has welcomed veteran multi-disciplined director Simon Blake to their growing roster. Over the past several years, Blake has directed under the aegis of Chelsea Pictures, Sandwick Films and Brick. Simon is best known for his conceptual mixed-media approach that seamlessly blends classic and cutting edge film and animation techniques to create magical, thought-evoking worlds.Partner/Executive Producer Mark Medernach has long been a fan of Blake’s work, commenting ‘I've been following Simon's work for years. I first became aware of him through our west coast rep, Andrew Halpern, and after getting to know Simon a bit more, I realised that his personal charm manifests itself in his work, which is both elegant and warm.’
Twenty120 x 2
The 2nd-annual Twenty120 collection has gone live on www.twenty120.com. The site includes a renowned set of directors from Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, London, and Germany spanning commercial directors, television creatives, designers, art directors, and fine artists utilising a range of skills including live-action, illustration, stop-motion, animation, graffiti, and more.
The concept for Twenty120 was conceived in 2007 under a simple premise: 20 films, each 120 seconds with a theme of Truth vs. Deception. The idea was to pull together a diverse group of directors free of any creative constraints to create using any medium. The directors are all invited on the premise that they create for themselves, and not for any commercial purposes. All work is under complete ownership of the directors.
Welcome to the Neighbourhood
Manchester based collective ‘The Neighbourhood’ have been signed to Bermuda Shorts for representation for advertising and music video work.
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