French In Motion Sets Up In LA
Exclusive: French In Motion, the non-profit that brings together French and American professionals from the film and TV industry is launching a chapter in Los Angeles, with Martine Melloul set to run the new office. Headquartered in New York with an existing chapter in Washington DC, the org supports international co-productions and collaborations between France and the United States through its partnership with the Gotham Film & Media Institute and has been doing so since 2016. The org is also creating an honorary board, composed of talent from the independent film and television industry whose work and influence span both sides of the Atlantic. U.S.-based French filmmakers Mathieu Demy and Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire have both joined the board alongside French In Motion’s Founder Nathalie Perus.
Msr Hire
Production outfit Msr Media has appointed Nick Royak to the newly-created role of Vice President of Development.
Exclusive: French In Motion, the non-profit that brings together French and American professionals from the film and TV industry is launching a chapter in Los Angeles, with Martine Melloul set to run the new office. Headquartered in New York with an existing chapter in Washington DC, the org supports international co-productions and collaborations between France and the United States through its partnership with the Gotham Film & Media Institute and has been doing so since 2016. The org is also creating an honorary board, composed of talent from the independent film and television industry whose work and influence span both sides of the Atlantic. U.S.-based French filmmakers Mathieu Demy and Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire have both joined the board alongside French In Motion’s Founder Nathalie Perus.
Msr Hire
Production outfit Msr Media has appointed Nick Royak to the newly-created role of Vice President of Development.
- 2/10/2021
- by Tom Grater and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has announced plans to layoff 450 employees in its news division, with a number of flagship shows and services being scaled back in a bid to save £80M ($104M) by March 2022.
The BBC has already acknowledged plans to axe BBC Two news brand The Victoria Derbyshire Show, but staff were today briefed on the full cost-saving proposals by Fran Unsworth, the head of news and current affairs. The 450 job cuts represent 7.5% of BBC News’ 6,000-strong workforce.
Under the plans, the BBC is going to pool its resources so journalists serve different programs and platforms, including TV, radio and online. The BBC said this was part of an effort to “reduce duplication,” but added that it will result in a reduction in the number of stories the corporation pursues.
It provided some early insight on how this will work in practice. BBC Two’s tentpole current affairs show Newsnight will...
The BBC has already acknowledged plans to axe BBC Two news brand The Victoria Derbyshire Show, but staff were today briefed on the full cost-saving proposals by Fran Unsworth, the head of news and current affairs. The 450 job cuts represent 7.5% of BBC News’ 6,000-strong workforce.
Under the plans, the BBC is going to pool its resources so journalists serve different programs and platforms, including TV, radio and online. The BBC said this was part of an effort to “reduce duplication,” but added that it will result in a reduction in the number of stories the corporation pursues.
It provided some early insight on how this will work in practice. BBC Two’s tentpole current affairs show Newsnight will...
- 1/29/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon has set the lineup of more than 60 teams from 30 countries that will be competing on “World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji,” the “Eco-Challenge” reboot from Mark Burnett and Bear Grylls.
Hosted by Grylls and executive produced by Burnett, Lisa Hennessy and Eric Van Wagenen, the “epic, gritty and unpredictable” race will take place in Fiji this fall and be captured for a 10-episode series to launch on Prime Video in 2020.
Among the teams racing are Team Khukuri Warriors, 28-year-old sisters from India who are racing for gender equality and are the first set of twins and South Asians to complete the Explorers Grand Slam; a team of veteran racers who competed in all nine seasons of Eco-Challenge, now returning as grandparents; an American Eagle Scout team and a team of Scouts from Australia, a team of Wounded Warriors who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, the world’s...
Hosted by Grylls and executive produced by Burnett, Lisa Hennessy and Eric Van Wagenen, the “epic, gritty and unpredictable” race will take place in Fiji this fall and be captured for a 10-episode series to launch on Prime Video in 2020.
Among the teams racing are Team Khukuri Warriors, 28-year-old sisters from India who are racing for gender equality and are the first set of twins and South Asians to complete the Explorers Grand Slam; a team of veteran racers who competed in all nine seasons of Eco-Challenge, now returning as grandparents; an American Eagle Scout team and a team of Scouts from Australia, a team of Wounded Warriors who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, the world’s...
- 8/1/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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