Over 70 feature films posted in NY including recent and upcoming releases: SPOTLIGHT, CHI-RAQ, LOVE THE COOPERS , WHERE TO INVADE NEXT, BEAST OF NO NATION, A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS, ZOOLANDER 2, HAIL, CAESAR, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON II - SWORD OF DESTINY.
Over 35 TV shows posted in NY including current and upcoming TV shows: VINYL, BILLIONS, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, THE BREAKS, THE KNICK, MASTER OF NONE, THE AMERICANS, RED OAKS, QUANTICO, DONNY!, BLUEBLOODS, ROYAL PAINS, BENDERS, HAP AND LEONARD, CHARACTERS .
Sixteen19
As Post Production Continues to Thrive in New York, Sixteen19 Leads the Way With New Chelsea Space
Sixteen19, one of New York's premier post companies, is just one of many success stories stemming from the state's Film Tax Credit Program, on track to receive a record number of applications for the fourth year in a row. For post production, credit level increases to 30 percent (and 35 percent for costs incurred outside of the New York City area) have helped companies like Sixteen19 expand at an unprecedented pace.
Founded in 2010 by industry vets Pete Conlin and Jonathan Hoffman, Sixteen19 offers a range of services from digital intermediate color, to dailies, to editing to VFX. The company is known for providing a technology-driven, individualized suite of services to some of the most high-profile projects that have recently posted in New York, including TRUE DETECTIVE, FOXCATCHER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 and THE GIVER.
Named for its first home in the famous Brill Building at 1619 Broadway, the NYC-based company recently moved to a new space in Chelsea. This state-of-the-art, 20,000- square-foot office reflects the quality of service that has made Sixteen19 one of the most respected and recognized names in post. Geared towards high-end feature, episodic, and commercial content, the space includes a 15-seat DI finishing theater, five color correction suites, two visual effects suites, and 40 editorial suites. It also features advanced security systems compliant with the standards used by all major studios, and high-speed bandwidth required to connect Sixteen19 to facilities around the globe, including its Los Angeles, Atlanta, and London locations.
In addition to these features, which will allow projects that post at Sixteen19 to take advantage of the latest advances in technology and workflows, the company’s new office offers an abundance of natural light, plenty of common space, and artwork that goes beyond the standard box office posters that define most post houses. Together, these assets produce an effect of imaginative elegance in a space where creators can collaborate and thrive.
"We are very happy with our new home at 44 West 18th Street," said Conlin. "We continue the traditions founded in the Brill building - working in elegance, pursuing excellence."
"We knew that our clients, directors and producers, had high expectations of our new facility," said Hoffman. "With this in mind, we set out to build the new Sixteen19 with natural light, open environments, wide hallways, large editing suites and abundance of communal space for our talent to work, collaborate and create. When the dust settled, the community’s response was incredible and within two weeks of our opening we were 100 percent committed."
The new space comes on the heels of Sixteen19's 2014 expansion across the East River, to a space located on the lot at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. To read more about this outpost, which features a 100-seat DI theater, click here.
Sixteen19's expansions are supported by the tax credit program, which to date in 2015 has received 80 applications from productions which project to spend an estimated $123 million and make over 1,000 hires in New York State.
The kitchen in Sixteen19's new facility.
The Molecule
The Molecule Experiences Record Growth in 2015
State Tax Incentives Help Grow NYC-Based VFX and Motion Graphics Studio
The Molecule, an NYC-headquartered, bicoastal VFX, Motion Graphics, and VR studio has experienced its largest year of growth since its inception in 2005.
Including celebrating their 10-year anniversary this year, The Molecule has reached other milestones in 2015. Andrew Bly, The Molecule's EP and partner says, "Over the past year we've been able to double our size in New York alone. We've expanded our office space here to accommodate our 20 new full-time staff and 30 additional freelancers."
The Molecule now employs, on average, 35 full-time staff and 30 freelancers every day. New positions have included VFX producers, compositors, animators, programmers, and on-set supervisors.
Bly is optimistic about the year to come, especially given the support provided by the local government. "The current environment in NY has given us the confidence that as long as the incentives are here, business will continue to grow. Because of this, we're able to plan out a more aggressive plan for 2016 by taking on even more office space that will allow us to hire more jobs both full time and freelance."
CEO Chris Healer emphasizes, "An important focus of our expansion is creating an environment that allows us to dedicate more attention to each project."
Upcoming projects to be released in 2016 include Jodie Foster's film Money Monster, an ABC limited-series called MADOFF, a Hulu original series entitled THE PATH, and returning seasons of THE AMERICANS (FX), UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT (Netflix), BLOODLINE (Netflix), and BALLERS (HBO).
The Molecule Producers (clockwise from left): Ian Sheddan, Charlotta Forssman, Chris Hayes, David McElfresh, Jamie McIntyre, Lauren F. Ellis, John Sesumi, Drew Wood, Michael Fernandes
Technicolor PostWorks NY
Company Benefits from Production Boom
Buoyed by strong demand across all sectors of entertainment media, Technicolor PostWorks New York serviced a diverse mix of feature, television and documentary projects in 2015.
After completing work on BOARDWALK EMPIRE, which ended an award-winning 5-year run on HBO this fall, the facility welcomed some of the year's hottest new shows, including the critically-acclaimed Netflix original comedy MASTER OF NONE and ABC's hit crime drama QUANTICO. Continuing series work included Emmy-nominees NURSE JACKIE, THE AMERICANS, UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT and VICE. Technicolor PostWorks was also the finishing house for HBO's superb 6-part drama SHOW ME A HERO.
"The growth of streaming and other new distribution platforms is fueling a television boom, and we are supporting producers by developing new workflows to finish shows efficiently," says Technicolor PostWorks COO Rob DeMartin. He points to MASTER OF NONE, where the facility assisted cinematographer Mark Schwartzbard by designing a workflow for the new Panasonic VariCam 35 digital camera. The "Ultra HD" camera is a big part of the show's cinematic look.
Documentaries provided some of the year's biggest creative, technical and logistical challenges. Continuing its long-standing relationship with director Alex Gibney, the facility provided editorial conforming and color grading for three long-form docs, GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY and the PRISON OF BELIEF, SINATRA: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL AND STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE. It provided similar services for Andrew Jarecki's probing real-life crime investigation, THE JINX: THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF ROBERT DURST.
Additionally, Technicolor PostWorks played a key role in the restoration of Ken Burns' 11-hour masterpiece THE CIVIL WAR in preparation for its 25th anniversary broadcast on PBS and release on Blu-ray. "Technicolor PostWorks did remarkable work on a challenging project," says Restoration Producer Daniel J. White. "They encountered many complications along the way, but they dealt with them one by one. It was wonderful to see how well their workflow performs."
Technicolor PostWorks furthered its support of independent film, preparing dozens of features, shorts and docs for festival debuts. Two films that debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in August were finished at the facility: Peter Sollett's FREEHELD and Rebecca Miller's MAGGIE'S PLAN. A Signature Sponsor of DOC NYC, the facility finished five films that screened at the festival and co-hosted a panel on post-production featuring CTO Joe Beirne.
As the year closes, work is ramping up on a number of films slated for next year's Sundance Film Festival, including five premieres (COMPLETE UNKNOWN, FRANK AND LOLA, INDIGNATION, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, WIENER-DOG and THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CARING) and three films entered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition (CHRISTINE, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU and WHITE GIRL).
"It's been a great year," says DeMartin. "We've been privileged to work with some very talented people on some amazing projects. We're expecting 2016 to be even better."
Phosphene
2016 Expansion
2016 will mark a major expansion for NY---based VFX house, Phosphene. Their new home at 5 Hanover Square will more than double their current space and capacity. Partners John Bair and Vivian Connolly are thrilled to take this next step with their amazing team. In addition to their staff producers and artists, Phosphene now has four visual effects supervisors, allowing them to manage multiple broadcast and feature film projects simultaneously. Phosphene's expansion will be overseen by Head of Production and Strategy, Beck Dunn.
Phosphene's recent television credits include THE GET DOWN (Netflix), BILLIONS (Showtime), VINYL (HBO), and THE WIZARD OF LIES (HBO). Recent film credits include PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (Sony Screen Gems), LOVE THE COOPERS (CBS Films), and WILSON (Fox Searchlight).
GPL Technologies
GPL Technologies Launches New York Office Production IT specialist offers consulting, rentals and support to post facilities, VFX shops and others; introduces VFXnow Hardware as a Service model to the East Coast.
GPL Technologies, a premier provider of technology solutions and managed services to the media and entertainment industry, has opened its New York City office. Based in Los Angeles and in business since 2003, the company's New York office will provide IT consulting, workflow design, system rentals, staffing and support services for post-production facilities, visual effects shops, game developers and other creative services companies. Additionally, the company's VFXnow division will provide pipeline support to visual effects companies and others though its innovative hardware-as-a-service model.
GPL's new office in midtown Manhattan addresses the city's shortage of rental IT solutions geared toward the post, production and VFX industries.
"We fill a critical need in the New York market for IT specialists who understand the unique needs of companies in creative industries," said GPL Technologies CEO Brian Terrell. "We offer proven experience in supporting the rental and managed services requirements of such companies. We understand the technology, how to implement it in existing pipelines and how to build out new workflows."
GPL is particularly excited to introduce VFXnow to the East Coast. The HaaS offering pairs an agile, production-minded engineering team with a top-tier arsenal of rentable hardware to deliver an immediate and cost-effective solution for pipeline needs. "VFXnow enables New York-based studios to ramp up or build out their facilities with no long term investment in infrastructure," Terrell explains. "The priority of visual effects providers is to get the work done on time. We make sure that happens."
GPL's growing New York office is staffed by Chris Peterson, Account Manager Northeast and Jonathan Handler, Solutions Engineer. Chris comes to GPL from Post Factory/The SIM Group and is a board member of the Post New York Alliance. Jonathan was previously at the CBS Sports Network.
Recent projects include indie dramatic comedy feature, A CAT'S TALE directed by comedian, Rick Mowat, completing a sound and picture package of sound edit, 5.1 mix, with 4K conform, Color, VFX Title sequence, Online and 2k DCP. Editors included Sam Adelman, picture editor, Carl Marxer, Online-VFX, Tim Hedden, Colorist, Brian Langman, sound and foley editor, Rich Macar, ADR, editing sound sup and 5.1 rerecording mixer.
Jon Tropea completed LCR and 5.1 mix of feature doc, BY SYDNEY LUMET, and Rich, Carl, and Tim completed the Cinema Trailer for the indie doc, CODE GIRL, Online, Color, and 5.1 theatrical mix.
Buttons ADR included Tim Gunn for PROJECT RUNWAY, Ben Chaplin for Amazon's MAD DOGS with Sony POST, and Elizabeth Debicki from THE GREAT GATSBY, for the TV series, THE KETTERING INCIDENT.
Television projects included Rich mixing AX MEN promos for History Channel, Rich Engineering Music record for THE WIZ on NBC, and Jon Tropea mixed reality shows, FILTHY RICH GUIDE for NBC Prime, and DIRTY ROTTEN SURVIVAL for NatGeo, RETURN TO AMISH, and ESCAPING ALASKA.
Buttons NY
PRG POST
Company adds onsite music composition services.
PRG POST, a subsidiary of Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) the world's leading provider of production solutions for events and entertainment, announced today that they will now offer original music creation on site as Bruce Aronson, renowned composer for film and television, has joined their New York studio. Aronson is available to write and record original music during the post-production and production processes. PRG POST is a video post-production facility and production center based in Midtown Manhattan.
"It's a major advantage to PRG POST's clients that I am now located at a facility where last minute changes to music tracks can easily be made," says Aronson. "It's also tremendous gaining access to PRG POST's leading-edge surround sound audio mixing suite. Clients already come to PRG for their post-production and production needs, making use of PRG's state-of-the-art video editing rooms, color-grading rooms, and the 5.1 surround sound audio mixing suite. Now for the first time, they can enjoy the benefits of original music scoring at the same time and in the same place."
According to one client, John Sands, Music Director at IMG and owner of Zero Point Productions, "Bruce is one of the most gifted composers and musicians. I have been producing main title themes and custom scoring with Bruce for 12 years, and he is a huge talent. PRG POST is lucky to have him on site and I am looking forward to the amazing work that will come from having both original music and leading post-production services in one place."
Aronson brings passion and a lifetime of making music to every project. From earning his degree in classical composition to performing as a band leader and singer/songwriter on the Manhattan club circuit, Aronson brings his eclectic background to his work as a composer. An accomplished guitar, bass, keyboard player and vocalist, as well as a mad scientist-programmer, audio engineer, and producer, Aronson loves every aspect of creating music. His work can be heard all over network and cable TV, as well as in films and video games.
"Now we can offer original music services to our clients," states Bob Barzyk, PRG POST's Vice President of Post Production. "Productions that already come to us for our edit rooms, color, and mix services can now get the help they need with music composition all under one roof." PRG POST's Senior Video Content Producer, Chris Albert, adds, "We're also ramping up our corporate, advertising, and marketing production business within the PRG family. Now the videos we produce can have original music that is specifically written for our clients and their projects."
For more information, please go to: www.prg.com or contact Chris Albert calbert@prg.com. Raffaele worked under the supervision of series creator
Darren Star (SEX AND THE CITY) and cinematographer John Thomas, who previously teamed with Star on SEX AND THE CITY, and more recently lensed GOSSIP GIRL and THE BIG C.
PRG Post
Nice Shoes
Sean Grace, Director of Sales, Reports on 2015
2015 was a transformative year for Nice Shoes - it was our first full year with Nice Shoes Creative Studio and we added a number of key people to our team including our new Executive Producers Angela Bowen and Tara Holmes. We also expanded our remote partnerships around the country making Nice Shoes a truly national brand.
Our artists have also had the privilege to work on some amazing projects. Nice Shoes Creative Studio's James Coulson and Steve Parish worked with director Elizabeth Banks on one of the year's top comedies, PITCH PERFECT 2, designing and animating a memorable end title sequence utilizing light drawing techniques.
Creative Studio director Harry Dorrington's collaboration with Digitas to produce a series of web films for Astrazeneca was honored with a Grand Prix win at the Cannes Lions festival, where we hosted a fun-filled event with clients and our friends from Sound Lounge and Audio Network.
Our color team expanded their work in the feature film realm with colorist Sal Malfitano grading the acclaimed HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT, which has been nominated for multiple Film Independent Spirit Awards; as well as LOVESONG, which was recently announced for Sundance. Colorist Phil Choe collaborated with director Tom Donahue on THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, which recently premiered at DOC NYC. Colorist Chris Ryan worked on a pair of documentaries, TINY: THE LIFE OF ERIN BLACKWELL directed by Martin Bell and THE INCOMPARABLE ROSE HARTMAN directed by Otis Mass, with both films making their debuts in 2016.
We also had the opportunity to deliver some stellar advertising projects, with colorist Gene Curley grading Autumn de Wilde's LIA-winning Prada webseries, Oscar Oboza working with the team from Fallon on their ongoing Arby's campaign including a memorable send off to The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, Chris Ryan delivering a Nespresso spot featuring the unlikely duo of George Clooney and Danny DeVito, and Lenny Mastrandrea helping Barnes & Noble kick off the holiday season with a warm spot starring Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett singing "Baby It's Cold Outside."
Our partnership with the Producer's Guild in 2015 featured both a "Colorists & Cocktails" event hosted at our studios as well as participation in their Produced By: New York conference sponsoring a panel entitled "Fix It In...Prep?" which spoke to the value of incorporating post production artists earlier in the production workflow.
The projects delivered by our Creative Studio and Color & Finishing teams in 2015 demonstrated how we can collaborate at any stage of the production process, whether commercial, branded content, or longform. 2016 marks Nice Shoes' 20th anniversary and the momentum we've created this past year puts us in a great position for even greater success in the new year as we begin our next 20 years serving this amazing, creative and constantly evolving industry.
Still from the film LOVESONG
IDC Digital
IDC New York Makes Big Strides in 2015!
2015 has been a banner year for IDC as it continues its leadership role as a digital hub in New York City for 4K & High Definition services, Asset Management, Quality Control, Digital Storage & IP Distribution using the company's 1 GigE+ bandwidth.
Continuing its strong partnership with Netflix as part of their "preferred vendor" network, IDC has continued to expand its global reach & capabilities offering its clientele a wide variety of prep, subtitle, captioning, & foreign dubbing services.
Some notable projects in 2015 included an array of subtitle, caption, & dubbing languages for the romantic comedy NAOMI & ELY'S NO KISS LIST starring Victoria Justice & Pierson Fode as well as a slew of documentary titles including DAVE ATTELL: ROAD WORK, FROM BAGHDAD TO BROOKLYN, RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES and PANTANI: THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CYCLIST.
IDC has also assisted in the creation of countless broadcast deliverable file & tape formats for such popular documentary programs as RX: DOCTORS OF TOMORROW, RX: THE QUIET REVOLUTION, as well as continuing episodes of the popular INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO hosted by James Lipton & the new cooking program PATTI LABELLE'S PLACE starring of course, the incomparable Patti LaBelle.
Showing its lighter side, IDC also contributed to & won an international vendor-wide competition highlighting its Netflix Preferred Vendor (NPV) status by writing, shooting, & editing a movie trailer parody entitled, NPV: THE MOVIE! Writer-Director Scott Carroll called it "a great way to not only showcase our strong relationship with Netflix, but also strengthen the commitment & bond amongst our staff all of whom participated in the trailer as actors. It was a really fun project."
IDC continues to ride the edge & push the envelope to provide its clientele the very best in cutting edge technology, seeing to it that producers & creative enterprises can deliver their content to both broadcast & web based outlets in the best possible presentation formats available. IDC recently integrated the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) into its wide scope of delivery formats. IMF is a flexible and extendable mezzanine level delivery package that allows content to be formatted for a wide number of regional market language and editorial variations while eliminating the problem of file bloat due to common element redundancy.
President/CEO Marcy Gilbert sees IDC in a unique position among post facilities in its consistent ability to adapt, integrate, and embrace all manner of ever changing digital formats & technologies. "We've always been able to roll with the times and invest in whatever new & exciting format emerges on the horizon. Our clients expect not only the best from us in terms of the "look" of their projects, but also appreciate our attentiveness to detail & our willingness to discuss and recommend whatever workflow & delivery detail best suit their individual needs. It's never a dull moment, that's for sure."
2016 is shaping up to be another busy & exciting year.
dPost
Buffalo Post Production Company Wraps an Exciting Year
dPost, Buffalo's premier production/post production company, is winding down 2015 by celebrating a year of growth and great projects. January saw the launch of NYC sister company, Lux Content – a production company formed in partnership with director Todd Bellanca. Another animator joined the dPost team in Buffalo, and numerous projects featuring animation, compositing and color garnered awards, including projects for New Era/NFL ( https://vimeo.com/143011732 ) and Soho International Film Festival (https://vimeo.com/96015491.) Summer and fall brought a whirlwind of production and post work that included campaigns for Community Bank of Central New York ( https://vimeo.com/138894983) and SUNY Fredonia (https://vimeo.com/146248459?from=outro-local.) dPost provided extensive camera-tracking, composite and color-grade work for a PSA shot in LA for Wild Aid which seeks to raise awareness on ivory trafficking (https://vimeo.com/147842240?from=outro-local.)
Currently, dPost is working on a collaboration with Cinemastreet Pictures in New York, as well as animations for a 1-800-CONTACTS web series and a promotional in-theatre product for Screenvision. The company is also in the process of upgrading all edit suites to a PC platform for increased flexibility and processing power, which will include the addition of Houdini VFX software.
Looking forward to the new year, dPost anxiously awaits the completion of a 4,000 square foot expansion, which is expected by February 1. Nearly half the space will be devoted to a studio/sound stage complete with lighting grid and cyc wall. In addition to dPost projects, the studio will be available for use by local and out-of-town production companies and photographers.
Light Iron NY
Solving Workflow Puzzles
From acquisition to editorial to finishing, file-based technologies are constantly changing how content is created. But the expert team at Light Iron NY is adept at helping clients fit each unique workflow puzzle together to realize their vision.
Megan Marquis, VP of Operations, says that understanding media in terms of data is key: "Our progressive techniques start on set with our Live Play 3 iPad app, which leverages metadata and cloud storage to improve dailies review and creative collaboration."
With the help of new parent company Panavision, Light Iron has also redesigned its popular OUTPOST Mobile Post System. "Outpost has been saving productions time and money with its efficient dailies processing services for years," says Marquis. "And now we've worked closely with Panavision designers to develop a modular form factor that is lighter and customizable to an even wider variety of uses."
Light Iron also continues to expand their SoHo facility, with new editorial suites planned to open in early 2016. Marquis notes, "Some of our most satisfied clients are those who work with us from dailies to editorial to DI, like THE WANNABE." The Nick Sandow directed feature premiered at Tribeca before releasing in theaters this December.
Marquis says that one of the recent projects she's proudest of is Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING, an Amazon pilot finished in 4K and HDR.
Z utilized Light Iron's on-set post services, cut in Light Iron's suites, and was colored by Senior Colorist Sean Dunckley. Looking ahead, Marquis expects more episodic work to come to Light Iron NY, with the 2016 facility remodel also including an additional TV Bay.
PNYA
PNYA Provides New York State Tax Incentive information at the PGA's
Produced By: New York Conference
The Producer's Guild of America hosted the second east coast Produced By Conference in New York in October 2015. For the second year in a row, the PNYA sponsored this successful event and attended several of the seminars. At our table, we provided detailed information regarding the production, post production and VFX tax incentives in New York State. This event at the Time Warner Center, sponsored by Discovery Communication, was attended by over 400 leading film, television and digital producers. It was a full day of extraordinary networking, sessions and panels. This is the only event in the world where the most influential decision-makers in the entertainment industry—producers—gather in one place to talk about every facet of the entertainment business. To learn more and see photos, go HERE. To see videos from the conference, go to Youtube.
To learn more about the New York state tax incentives, please download this form PNYA NY Tax Incentive Document or go to TaxIncentives.
Rebekah Hernandez, PNYA member, at the PNYA table at Produced By: New York 2015.
SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN
NY Posted Feature at Sundance
SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN will premiere at Sundance on Friday, January 22nd and was chosen to be the Salt Lake City Gala Premiere. Set in a small Southern US town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie's lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence, threatening Mr. Ohta's life. A trio of women, each with her own secrets- Sophie, along with the town matriarch and her housekeeper- reject law and propriety, risking their lives to save him.
Director Maggie Greenwald (THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, SONGCATCHER) returns to the Sundance Film Festival with an elegant historical drama and moving love story. The film stars Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, and Lorraine Toussaint, and introduces audiences to Takashi Yamaguchi.
All Post-Production was done in New York City, including dailies, editing, DI and sound mix, at Harbor Picture Company. Susan Lazarus was Co-Producer. The post-editing team was lead by editor Keith Reamer, with first assistant editors Zach Wolf and Jasmin Way. Color was by Roman Hankewycz. Supervising Sound Editor was Pam DeMetruis, the Composer David Mansfield. Harbor's re-recording mixers were Roberto Fernandez with Grant Elder. Diana Ascher of Trevanna did the post accounting. Produced by Brenda Goodman, Nancy Dickenson, Lorraine Gallard and Maggie Greenwald, this production participated in the New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture & Television Development's Post Production Credit Program.
Happy Holidays from Soundtrack NY! We're pleased to announce that we are currently building out a new edit/mix stage that will be ready to use in early 2016! This past year has been action packed with tons of great projects. To mention a few; ROGER WATER'S THE WALL (which has been nominated for a Grammy!); Michael Moore's upcoming documentary WHERE TO INVADE NEXT, HBO's upcoming 70s Rock and Roll series VINYL and many more!Sundance projects Soundtrack has worked on: EQUITY - Full sound edit & Mix, ADR, Foley MANCHESTER BY THE SEA - ADR, Sound Editorial THE FREE WORLD - ADR BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS - Sound Editorial and Sound Mixing
THe looping Division
PNYA Member AnnounceS Current Loop Group Projects
Partners Jason Harris and Peter Pamela Rose (ADR Loop Group Coordinators) are happy to be coordinating the Loop Group on the following NY Projects: ABC's QUANTICO, SundanceTV's HAP AND LEONARD, Netflix's MASTER OF NONE, Showtime's THE AFFAIR, Amazon's MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, FX's THE AMERICANS, as well as such films as: Oliver Stone's SNOWDEN, and Ben Younger's BLEED FOR THIS. Other projects include: TRUMBO directed by Jay Roach, Blumhouse/STX Entertainment's THE GIFT, Dimension's VIRAL, Universal's THE VEIL and SyFy Channel's 12 MONKEYS.
Post New York Alliance Member Tyler H. Walk edited two documentaries this past year. Michael Moore's WHERE TO INVADE NEXT, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Eric Weinrib's ROSEANNE FOR PRESIDENT! which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April. WHERE TO INVADE NEXT made the Oscar shortlist and will premiere in limited release in December, nationwide in January. Tyler is currently editing a documentary about the Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, he is also directing a documentary about the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Tyler's Bacon number is 2.
Randy Balsmeyer
His Busy Season INCLUDING HIS WORK ON CHI-RAQ
It's been a busy season for Randy Balsmeyer. He was the VFX Supervisor for Spike Lee's CHI-RAQ, shooting in Chicago and producing over 150 VFX composites and the title graphics as well. Randy has been working with Spike Lee since SCHOOL DAZE, and they've done over 20 films together.
Randy designed title sequences for Tom McCarthy's SPOTLIGHT using the font from the Boston Globe, and building the sequence of cards at the end of the film that illuminate the global extent of the scandal. Randy also designed the title sequence for Jessie Nelson's LOVE THE COOPERS, creating the main title in a snow globe effect.
Randy recently wrapped season 4 of A&E's UNFORGETTABLE, where he was the on-set VFX supervisor for all 13 episodes. In addition to the usual assortment of visual effects needed, UNFORGETTABLE features at least one unique shot called the "traveler" in every episode. In the "traveler," the main character travels back in time to watch herself in a prior scene, where she remembers the details of everything she saw at the time. It's a split-screen "twinning" effect, but each one is a little bit different.
Randy also created titles and graphics for two films that will be screening at Sundance next month: Doug McGrath's BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS from HBO, and Spike Lee's second documentary about Michael Jackson, OFF THE WALL.
Randy is currently working on the Coen Brothers' HAIL, CAESAR!, Malcolm Lee's BARBERSHOP - THE NEXT CUT, and Ron Howard's INFERNO.
Ben Baker
PNYA Member Recent Work
As a Post Supervisor and Associate Producer, Ben Baker completes the following work in 2015 / early 2016:
A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS, directed by Sofia Coppola- Netflix Original Feature THE CHARACTERS, directed by Andrew Gaynord- Netflix Original Comedy Series LOOK AWAY- directed by Andrew Delaney and Monty Whitebloom- Locomotive THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS, directed by Stephen Herek- Independent BREAKABLE YOU- directed by Andrew Wagner- Independent EMELIE- directed by Michael Thelin- Independant, premiered at Tribeca FF.
As a workflow consultant, he has had a very busy year consulting for:
Warner Bros Post & Archive Departments- Digital Asset Management over the whole feature workflow to archive. The Ford Foundation- Digital Asset Management and editorial workflow across 14 worldwide offices VICE Media- Workflow Workshop for Digital Asset Management and editorial. NY Life- Workflow Workshop for internal production/ post. Showtime- Media Workflow Workshop
Jonathan l. Proctor
PNYA Member Success Story
Jonathan Proctor has been an assistant editor in unscripted television for many years. He joined the Post NY Alliance earlier this year in hopes of moving over to scripted television, a desire he has had for many years. "I was itching to break my way into the scripted side of post to no avail…" said Proctor. Six months after he joined the PNYA, with our help, his wish came true.
The PNYA was contacted by the HBO scripted series "Vinyl." They were looking for an Edit Room Assistant (aka Apprentice Editor), and the PNYA sent resumes of candidates. Proctor was contacted for an interview, and was offered the position. He went on to work as both an Edit Room Assistant, and Assistant Editor on the show.
Proctor recently wrapped on the series. He said "It's been an amazing experience. I've learned so much and because both of the assistant editors were given the chance to co-edit some episodes, I was upgraded to an assistant editor for the last two months. It really has been a dream come true. It feels like I'm in an entirely new world. Thank you once again. Words can't express how grateful I am."
We hope that Proctor continues to have success with scripted content. Many of the individual members in the PNYA share similar stories. The PNYA is all about helping its members stay connected and employed. We encourage our post community to help one another!!
Nectarios Leonidas
Variety of editing projects.
2015 has been hectic but a very productive year for me. The year started out well. PAPER WRAP FIRE, a short I help cut, continued its award winning festival run. In the spring, the indie feature film, FRONT COVER, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and has recently been picked up for distribution. In terms of freelance work, I continued to edit branded content for clients like SAP and Unicef.
This summer I started a new long from transmedia documentary titled, REFRAME IRAN, on Dubai's art market and Iranian art. In December, we got picked up by The Guardian, where they are posting short segments on their portal. Looking back, it has been a great time to be an editor in NYC. I can't wait for 2016.
Faisal Azam
PNYA New Member
PNYA new member Faisal Azam is an award-winning narrative and documentary editor, producer and writer who has worked in film and television for over a decade and had the opportunity to serve as a judge for the Emmy Awards for the first time in 2015.
A banner year that started with a bang, a short online documentary Faisal edited for The Weather Channel called FRACKING THE EAGLE FORD SHALE attracted plenty of recognition in early 2015: Telly, Webby, and Eppy awards, as well as a Stokes Award for Environmental Reporting, a Science in Society Award and a Society of Environmental Journalists Award. After receiving more than 40,000 views in the first 24 hours, the hard-hitting story was picked up by The Huffington Post, Salon and Rachel Maddow.
A long-awaited payoff, 2015 also saw the release of WITHOUT SHEPHERDS, an award-winning independent feature doc that Faisal spent two years producing and editing. A look at Pakistan beyond the soundbites, WITHOUT SHEPHERDS reveals the human face of a country frequently maligned in the news. An incredibly challenging project—800 hours of raw footage, six languages, the usual indie fundraising travails—the film won the Grand Prize at the Brooklyn Film Festival two years ago and is now finally available on Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Vimeo On Demand.
Getting some closure on another project as well, this year saw the completion of BLACK DOG, RED DOG, an independent narrative film produced by James Franco. Based on the work of acclaimed poet Stephen Dobyns, the film was shot as ten different shorts by ten NYU MFA directing students, which resulted in an extremely disjointed and troubled rough cut. Seeing a lot of potential in work that featured performances by Logan Marshall Green, Chloe Sevigny, James Franco, Olivia Wilde and Whoopi Goldberg, Faisal dramatically edited and reshaped the film to give it a coherent story arc, complete with an interlocking structure of flashbacks and stories within stories.
2015 also saw Faisal complete two new television shows. The first, WORLD'S EDGE for The Travel Channel, is a hybrid-style series premiering in 2016 that takes viewers to conflict zones around the world to discover what happened and how the spirit of the people in each country ultimately triumphed over great adversity. As the editor of the pilot, and of two of the following six episodes, Faisal shaped and created a contemporary, kinetic visual style for the show. The second TV show, ASPIREIST is a doc-style news show for millennials featuring multiple correspondents who investigate compelling, under-reported stories. It will air on MSNBC in 2016, and will be the first of its kind to be featured on the Flipboard app.
Though Faisal's versatility shines through in the broad spectrum of work he undertakes, he is especially interested in segueing into narrative TV work, where he can make fuller use of his artistic sensibilities, storytelling skills, and knack for strengthening characters and getting the most dramatic impact out of scenes.
2016 Sundance Film Festival will screen an Impressive Array of New York Posted Films
Congratulations to our PNYA members who worked on the following films that will screen at the Sundance Film Festival!
AS YOU ARE (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Editor: Abbi Jutkowitz Music Editor: Dan Evans Farkas
BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS (Documentary Premieres)
Title Designer: Randall Balsmeyer Sound Editorial and Sound Mixing: Soundtrack Digital Intermediate: Sixteen19
CHRISTINE (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Post Production Supervisor: Keetin Mayakara Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer: Coll Anderson ADR Recording: Harbor Picture Company Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Premieres)
Digital Intermediate, Visual Effects and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
EQUITY (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
ADR and Foley Recording, Sound Editorial, Sound Mix Facility: Soundtrack Digital Intermediate: Harbor Picture Company
FRANK AND LOLA (Premieres)
Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
GOAT (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Foley Recording: Alchemy Post Digital Intermediate and Color Timing: Nathaniel Jencks
INDIGNATION (Premieres)
Post Production Supervisor: Alexis Wiscomb Assistant Editor: Nick Ramirez Supervising Sound Editor: Lew Goldstein Post Production Accounting: Trevanna Post Sound Editorial and Sound Mixing: Parabolic Dailies, Picture Editorial, Digital Intermediate, Visual effects and Deliverables by: Technicolor PostWorks NY
JACQUELINE (ARGENTINE) (NEXT)
Music Supervision: Joseph Miller
LIFE, ANIMATED (U.S. Documentary Competition)
Visual Effects: Mechanism Digital
LITTLE MEN (Premieres)
Post Production Supervisor: Keetin Mayakara Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Kris ADR Recording and Sound Editorial facility: Harbor Picture Company Sound Mixing: Goldcrest Post NY Digital Intermediate: Post Factory
LOVESONG (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Color Grading by Salvatore Malfitano at Nice Shoes
MAGGIE'S PLAN (Spotlight)
Post Production Supervisor: Isabel Henderson Editor: Sabine Hoffman Assistant Editor: Brian McCarthy Music Editor: Todd Kasow Re-Recording Mixer: Martin Czembor VFX Supervisor and Title Designer: Andrew Lim Post Production Accounting: Trevanna Post Sound editorial and Sound Mix facility: PostWorks Dailies, Picture Editorial, Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Premieres)
Post Production Supervisor: Stuart Macphee Sound Supervisor/Re-recording Mixer: Jacob Ribicoff Assistant Editor: Taylor Levy Music Editor: Mick Gormaley Post Production Accounting: Trevanna Post Foley Recording: Alchemy Post ADR Recording and Sound Editorial: Soundtrack Sound editorial and Sound Mixing: PostWorks Dailies, Picture Editorial, Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
MICHAEL JACKSON'S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL (Documentary Premieres)
Title Designer: Randall Balsmeyer Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Harbor Picture Company
NEWTOWN (U.S. Documentary Competition)
Supervising Sound Editor: Bob Hein Picture Editorial: Light Iron Sound Editorial and Sound Mixing: Harbor Picture Company
NOTHING LEFT UNSAID; GLORIA VANDERBILT & ANDERSON COOPER (Documentary Premieres)
Assistant Editor: Julian Cornwell
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU (U.S. Narrative Short Films)
Sound Editorial and Sound Mix Facility: Harbor Picture Company
SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN (Premieres)
Co-Producer: Susan Lazarus Assistant Editors: Zach Wolf, Jasmin Way Sound supervisor: Pam DeMetruis-Thomas Post Production Accounting: Trevanna Post Foley Recording: Alchemy Post Dailies, Picture Editorial, ADR Recording, Titles, Digital Intermediate, Sound Editorial and Sound Mixing : Harbor Picture Company
SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Digital Intermediate Conform and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
TALLULAH (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Sound Mix Facility: Sound Lounge Sound Supervising Editor and Re-Recording Mixer: Ryan Price Foley Recording: Alchemy Post Dailies, Picture Editorial and Digital Intermediate: Light Iron
THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (NEXT)
Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
THE FITS (NEXT)
Digital Intermediate, Visual Effects and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CARING (Premieres)
Sound Editorial and Sound Mixing: PostWorks Digital Intermediate: Light Iron
THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (Special Events)
Associate Producer: David Kirschner Visual Effects, Titles, ADR Recording, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Harbor Picture Company
THE INTERVENTION (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Digital Intermediate: Sixteen19
THE NEW YORKER PRESENTS (Special Events)
Post Production Supervisor: Tim Spitzer Supervising Sound Editor / Re-Recording Mixer: Dan TImmons Sound Mixing: Sound Lounge Digital Intermediate Goldcrest Post NY
UNLOCKING THE CAGE (Documentary Premieres)
Foley Recording: Alchemy Post
WHITE GIRL (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer: Coll Anderson Visual Effects, Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
WIENER-DOG (Premieres)
Sound editorial and Sound Mix Facility: Fall on Your Sword Picture Editorial, Digital Intermediate and Deliverables: Technicolor PostWorks NY
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