INDUSTRY BRIEFINGS
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Andrew Tiffen named president of The Tiffen Company Andrew Tiffen has been named president and COO of The Tiffen Company, marking three generations of family ownership for the firm, which specialises in accessories for the imaging, motion picture, TV and broadcast industries. All new at Azimuth Post-production company Azimuth has relocated from Holborn to Soho, revealing a new base with seven floors of cutting edge tech. With Yives Reed and Carl Grinter at the helm, the site has been custom-designed with all-new infrastructure, offering robust on-prem and in-cloud workflows. Visual Impact updates Visual Impact, a leading supplier of broadcast equipment for the production community, has bid a fond farewell to Rob Newton, business and marketing manager at the firm for two decades until his recent retirement. An industry veteran, Newton started his career at Sony in 1982. There, he spearheaded expansion into the broadcast sector, before joining Visual Impact where he would go on to play a pivotal role in shaping business strategies, enhancing brand presence and integrating group marketing activities. The company now has two new onboards, marketing manager Niki Esmaili and Luke Tait, senior sales and business development.
Best supporting role I t’s been revealed that ARRI tech and services were behind the scenes in six out of ten best picture nominees, while three of the five films nominated for best cinematography were captured with ARRI cameras. As a camera manufacturer, ARRI pays close attention to the achievement in cinematography award (as do we!), and the team is naturally delighted that the majority of contenders in this category chose ARRI cameras for their masterpieces. These films were El Conde , filmed by DOP Edward Lachman, ASC; Killers of the Flower Moon , lensed by Rodrigo Prieto ASC, AMC; and Poor Things shot by Robbie Ryan BSC, ISC. Hoyte van Hoytema NSC FSF, ASC, won the Oscar for his outstanding work on Oppenheimer .
Shepperton Studios expansion off to a flying start
T he expansion at Shepperton Studios in Surrey is now open, making the facility as a whole the second-biggest film and HETV studio in the world. Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix are both in residence already, taking full advantage of the expansion’s amenities – which include an additional 17 sound stages, 548,000 sq ft of production and workshop spaces as well as two backlots. The whole site now covers 1.5 million sq ft. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who recently visited the studios, commented: “The two largest content producers in the world have chosen Shepperton as the base for their global productions. Netflix have taken possession of 17 new state-of-the-art sound stages at Shepperton Studios, making Pinewood Group the biggest studio complex in Europe.”
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