Documentarian Nancy Buirski has died at age 78, as IndieWire can confirm with Augusta Films.
Buirski founded the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and her most recent film, “Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of the Midnight Cowboy” premiered at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals in 2022.
“It is with great sadness that Augusta Films announces the death of award-winning documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski,” the official statement reads. “Nancy’s extensive and rich body of work delved into a wide range of social, cultural and historical issues with keen insight, humanity and above all, artistry. The film and creative community mourns this great loss and will remember her indefatigable energy, optimism, passion, and her devotion to her art, family, friends, and collaborators.”
Buirski began her career as a photographer and editor at The New York Times and Magnum. Her 1994 photography collection “Earth Angels: Migrant Children in America” was critically acclaimed...
Buirski founded the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and her most recent film, “Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of the Midnight Cowboy” premiered at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals in 2022.
“It is with great sadness that Augusta Films announces the death of award-winning documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski,” the official statement reads. “Nancy’s extensive and rich body of work delved into a wide range of social, cultural and historical issues with keen insight, humanity and above all, artistry. The film and creative community mourns this great loss and will remember her indefatigable energy, optimism, passion, and her devotion to her art, family, friends, and collaborators.”
Buirski began her career as a photographer and editor at The New York Times and Magnum. Her 1994 photography collection “Earth Angels: Migrant Children in America” was critically acclaimed...
- 8/31/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The talks that led to CAA acquiring ICM Partners came together in secret over a short period of time — so much so that longtime insiders at both agencies learned of the deal moments before the news was formally announced on Monday.
To CAA’s trio of leaders — Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett and Kevin Huvane — and ICM Partners’ chief Chris Silbermann, the fact that the talks were kept quiet was a sign that the leaders are temperamentally in sync and trust one another. The deal was finalized Monday at 8:17 a.m. Pt, barely an hour before CAA issued the news release, the key players confirmed.
“It’s a testament to the reason for the partnership” that word of the talks didn’t leak, Lovett told Variety.
Lourd conceded that the idea of a tie-up had been broached in the recent past. During the past 12 months, amid all the upheaval in the entertainment industry,...
To CAA’s trio of leaders — Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett and Kevin Huvane — and ICM Partners’ chief Chris Silbermann, the fact that the talks were kept quiet was a sign that the leaders are temperamentally in sync and trust one another. The deal was finalized Monday at 8:17 a.m. Pt, barely an hour before CAA issued the news release, the key players confirmed.
“It’s a testament to the reason for the partnership” that word of the talks didn’t leak, Lovett told Variety.
Lourd conceded that the idea of a tie-up had been broached in the recent past. During the past 12 months, amid all the upheaval in the entertainment industry,...
- 9/27/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton and Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
David Neumann, a former agent at CAA based out of the agency’s New York office, has launched his own management and production company focused on animation called Newmation.
Newmation is launching with a specific focus on managing those in the animation world on animated film and TV projects, capitalizing on animation production continuing remotely as live-action projects are still slowly trickling back due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And back at CAA where he worked for one year, Neumann was tasked by Kevin Huvane in growing CAA’s Global Animation Initiative.
Neumann’s initial client list at Newmation includes Oscar winner Hugh Welchman (“Loving Vincent”), Anita Doron (“The Breadwinner”), Gary Trousdale, Andrew Chesworth and Shaofu Zhang (“One Small Step”), Malenga Mulendema (“Mama K’s Team 4”) and Gustavo Steinberg (“Tito and The Birds”), as well as studio outfits Taiko Studios and Breakthru Films.
“I am so thrilled to announce the launch of Newmation.
Newmation is launching with a specific focus on managing those in the animation world on animated film and TV projects, capitalizing on animation production continuing remotely as live-action projects are still slowly trickling back due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And back at CAA where he worked for one year, Neumann was tasked by Kevin Huvane in growing CAA’s Global Animation Initiative.
Neumann’s initial client list at Newmation includes Oscar winner Hugh Welchman (“Loving Vincent”), Anita Doron (“The Breadwinner”), Gary Trousdale, Andrew Chesworth and Shaofu Zhang (“One Small Step”), Malenga Mulendema (“Mama K’s Team 4”) and Gustavo Steinberg (“Tito and The Birds”), as well as studio outfits Taiko Studios and Breakthru Films.
“I am so thrilled to announce the launch of Newmation.
- 11/18/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sue Mengers, a veteran talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
At the time of her death, Mengers was surrounded by several friends, including talent agent Boaty Boatwright, actress Ali MacGraw and Joanna Poitier, wife of actor Sidney Poitier.
For two decades, Mengers was one of the entertainment industry's most powerful agents, rising fast in a business dominated by men. She earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator and tough adversary. And she had a knack for putting together packages of talent -- including authors, directors and stars -- that produced box office blockbusters.
At the time of her death, Mengers was surrounded by several friends, including talent agent Boaty Boatwright, actress Ali MacGraw and Joanna Poitier, wife of actor Sidney Poitier.
For two decades, Mengers was one of the entertainment industry's most powerful agents, rising fast in a business dominated by men. She earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator and tough adversary. And she had a knack for putting together packages of talent -- including authors, directors and stars -- that produced box office blockbusters.
- 10/17/2011
- by The Los Angeles Times
- Huffington Post
"Sue Mengers died last night at her home, a short walk from the Beverly Hills Hotel, and surrounded by three of her close friends, Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier, and Boaty Boatwright," wrote Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter yesterday. "Sue was a Holocaust baby, arriving in upstate New York before America entered the war. Nobody in her family spoke English, and like so many immigrants, she set her sights on a career in show business. In time she became, as Fran Lebowitz says, capital 'S' Sue Mengers. By the early 70s, she was not only the most powerful female agent in Hollywood; she was the town's most powerful agent, period. At one time or another during that period, she represented Barbra Streisand, Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Cher, Joan Collins, Burt Reynolds, and Nick Nolte — all at heights of their careers. She also had the directors they wanted to work for,...
- 10/17/2011
- MUBI
Update: Vanity Fair Editor in chief Graydon Carter announced this morning that legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a number of small strokes. She was 81. Mengers was surrounded by three of her closest friends: Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier, and Boaty Boatwright. “Sue was unlike anyone I’ve ever met – a true original,” said Boaty Boatwright, the ICM talent agent. ”Her name became synonymous with women and what she helped us all to accomplish, but her legend is really the vitality with which she lived life, and her wit, which will be celebrated in stories throughout our community for years to come.” Reclusive in her dotage due to ill health, Mengers made her last major public appearance on May 24th, 2010, when she was interviewed by CAA’s Bob Bookman in the Ray Kurtzman Theater of the agency’s Century City headquarters. It followed...
- 10/17/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Sue Mengers, one of the most influential Hollywood agents during the 1960s, '70s and '80s, died following several small strokes, Vanity Fair reports. She claimed to be 78 years old, but some sources said she was 81.
According to Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter, Mengers died Saturday at her Beverly Hills home surrounded by close friends, Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier (wife of Sidney) and Boaty Boatwright.
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- 10/16/2011
- by Kate Stanhope
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Former William Morris agent Sue Mengers, who pioneered behind-the-scenes roles for women in Hollywood, died at her home in Beverly Hills Saturday. The news was first reported by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, who blogged Sunday that Mengers died from a series of small strokes, surrounded by close friends Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier, and Boaty Boatwright. Mengers -- who kept her real age secret, although she was widely believed to be around 80 -- was one of Hollywood's most powerful agents in the 1970s, rising to the level of senior VP of the...
- 10/16/2011
- by Daniel Frankel
- The Wrap
Former William Morris agent Sue Mengers, best known for repping major stars including Barbra Streisand and Cher, died at her home in Beverly Hills Saturday.
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter broke the news, blogging Sunday that Mengers died from a series of small strokes, surrounded by close friends Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier, and Boaty Boatwright.
Mengers -- who kept her real age secret, although she was widely believed to be around 80 -- was one of...
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter broke the news, blogging Sunday that Mengers died from a series of small strokes, surrounded by close friends Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier, and Boaty Boatwright.
Mengers -- who kept her real age secret, although she was widely believed to be around 80 -- was one of...
- 10/16/2011
- Extra
'I Think part of me would love to play a drag queen, just because it would be an excuse to wear loads of eye makeup," says the "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe.
The 19-year-old, who is going nude on Broadway in the play "Equus," told Details mag that he "likes being different from most other people of my generation."
Recently received a telephone call that was actually meant for the agent Boaty Boatwright. The caller was the tall, terrific actor Frank Langella. He said he'd dialed me by mistake.
The 19-year-old, who is going nude on Broadway in the play "Equus," told Details mag that he "likes being different from most other people of my generation."
Recently received a telephone call that was actually meant for the agent Boaty Boatwright. The caller was the tall, terrific actor Frank Langella. He said he'd dialed me by mistake.
- 9/11/2008
- by By LIZ SMITH
- NYPost.com
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