Longtime William Morris agent Steve Weiss died today after a battle with cancer. Weiss comes from a long Wma lineage — his father, Lou Weiss, was longtime chairman and chairman emeritus of the agency. As fate would have it, today is Lou’s 95th birthday. Steve Weiss started at Wma in 1971 when he enrolled in the training program and landed in the mailroom. He spent 35 years at Wma, rising to VP and top literary and packaging agent who represented A-list writers and packaged numerous TV series and TV movies, including Murphy Brown, whose creator Diane English was among his clients. Former colleagues of Weiss, who left Wma several years ago to become a manager, describe him as a kindhearted man and a gentle soul who embodied the old-school hospitality and principals of Wma. In addition to his father, Weiss is survived by his mother, Alice; his wife, Amy Weiss, manager at...
- 3/23/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Genomatica, a startup best known for figuring out how to make spandex from sugar cane and E.coli, has a new trick up its sleeve: producing chemicals from trash. The startup, which relies on microbes to turn renewable feedstocks into major market chemicals, recently patented a method to use synthetic gas as a feedstock. Syngas is often less expensive than other renewable feedstocks--and it can be sourced from municipal solid waste and biomass, including switchgrass, wood waste, agricultural waste, and dairy waste.
Before Genomatica's discovery, converting syngas to chemicals could only be done through expensive and energy-intensive techniques. Now Genomatica claims its process is on par with the cost of producing chemicals through traditional oil-based means.
Right now, Genomatica uses sugar as its primary feedstock. But that's about to change. "We like the idea of feedstock flexibility," says Steve Weiss, Genomatica's head of marketing. "In different parts of world, local...
Before Genomatica's discovery, converting syngas to chemicals could only be done through expensive and energy-intensive techniques. Now Genomatica claims its process is on par with the cost of producing chemicals through traditional oil-based means.
Right now, Genomatica uses sugar as its primary feedstock. But that's about to change. "We like the idea of feedstock flexibility," says Steve Weiss, Genomatica's head of marketing. "In different parts of world, local...
- 10/19/2010
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Chicago-based custom camera package sales and rental company Zacuto has put forth an interesting marketing model for its business: a slate of original web series programming focused on content creation which highlight the store’s products and resources. According to the “Content” page on the Zacuto website, “Not only do we provide excellent customer service for our customers, but we strive to be a information resource in general. Whether it be current topics of the day we discuss in our FilmFellas webisodes, or testing the newest cameras and providing real world results and experiences through many of our videos.” Located in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Zacuto was originally a production equipment rental house formed in 2000 by Director Steve Weiss and Director of Photogrpahy Jens Bogehegn, who expanded the business into a producer of high-end production equipment designed for independent filmmakers. In December 2008, they began to publish original programming. The...
- 5/28/2010
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Zacuto, popular sales and rental house for custom camera packages, has shot its way once more into original content with “The Great Camera Shootout 2010: a three part web series where gunslinging HD DSLRs face-off against legendary 35mm Film.” For those fascinated by the latest in camera technologies, especially those looking for the most cost-effective options for web production while keeping production values as high as possible, this 3-part webisodic series is exactly what you're looking for. And hardcore film aficionados who are wondering at the possibilities of HD replacing 35 Mm will find the series informative and often surprising. The series showcases the top performing hybrid HD-dslr cameras: Canon: 5D Mkii, 7D, 1D, 550D/T2i Rebel, Nikon D3s, Panasonic GH1 and compares the image quality of these cameras against the gold standard of 35mm film. The Canon 5D Mkii test includes the new 24p firmware. "We were determined...
- 4/6/2010
- by Jenni Powell
- Tubefilter.com
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