Pierpoline takes over from Kathryn Busby.
US producer Joyce Pierpoline is taking over as the second chair of Bafta North America’s board of directors, succeeding inaugural lead, Kathryn Busby.
Pierpoline is founder of New York and Paris-based Pierpoline Films, serves as chair of Bafta North America’s Film Committee and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network, which promotes gender equality in the industry.
Her production credits include Mediha, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Doc NYC 2023 and Sundance 2007 premiere, Teeth.
The Bafta North America Board will also have a new member – David Linde — CEO of Participant,...
US producer Joyce Pierpoline is taking over as the second chair of Bafta North America’s board of directors, succeeding inaugural lead, Kathryn Busby.
Pierpoline is founder of New York and Paris-based Pierpoline Films, serves as chair of Bafta North America’s Film Committee and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network, which promotes gender equality in the industry.
Her production credits include Mediha, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Doc NYC 2023 and Sundance 2007 premiere, Teeth.
The Bafta North America Board will also have a new member – David Linde — CEO of Participant,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The British Academy has appointed award-winning producer Joyce Pierpoline as the chair of BAFTA North America’s board of directors.
Pierpoline — whose credits include Doc NYC winner “Mediha,” “Angelica” and Sundance-winning cult classic “Teeth” — succeeds Kathryn Busby, who was given the newly-created role in January 2022 after BAFTA united its New York and Los Angeles entities.
“I am delighted to take over the role of chair of BAFTA North America from Kathryn Busby, who carried out such brilliant work during her tenure,” said Pierpoline, who is also the founder of Pierpoline Films, serves as chair of BAFTA North America’s Film Committee and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network, promoting gender equality in the industry. “I’m looking forward to the future of BAFTA North America and will continue working with my colleagues on the board to ensure that BAFTA’s charitable work reflects...
Pierpoline — whose credits include Doc NYC winner “Mediha,” “Angelica” and Sundance-winning cult classic “Teeth” — succeeds Kathryn Busby, who was given the newly-created role in January 2022 after BAFTA united its New York and Los Angeles entities.
“I am delighted to take over the role of chair of BAFTA North America from Kathryn Busby, who carried out such brilliant work during her tenure,” said Pierpoline, who is also the founder of Pierpoline Films, serves as chair of BAFTA North America’s Film Committee and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network, promoting gender equality in the industry. “I’m looking forward to the future of BAFTA North America and will continue working with my colleagues on the board to ensure that BAFTA’s charitable work reflects...
- 1/8/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Joyce Pierpoline has been appointed chair of BAFTA North America’s Board of Directors. She succeeds Kathryn Busby.
Pierpoline’s credits include Mediha, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Doc NYC 2023, Angelica (2016), and Sundance-winning Teeth (2007). She founded Pierpoline Films based in New York and Paris, serves as chair of BAFTA North America’s Film Committee, and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network.
Also joining the BAFTA North America board today is David Linde, CEO of Participant. Linde has previously served as the CEO and owner of Lava Bear Films, chairman of Universal Pictures, and co-founded Focus Features. Continuing their BAFTA North America executive board terms are actor Elliot Knight as Deputy Chair, Betsy Rodgers as Secretary, and Josephine Coyle as Treasurer.
The extended BAFTA North America board includes Alexis Alexanian...
Pierpoline’s credits include Mediha, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Doc NYC 2023, Angelica (2016), and Sundance-winning Teeth (2007). She founded Pierpoline Films based in New York and Paris, serves as chair of BAFTA North America’s Film Committee, and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network.
Also joining the BAFTA North America board today is David Linde, CEO of Participant. Linde has previously served as the CEO and owner of Lava Bear Films, chairman of Universal Pictures, and co-founded Focus Features. Continuing their BAFTA North America executive board terms are actor Elliot Knight as Deputy Chair, Betsy Rodgers as Secretary, and Josephine Coyle as Treasurer.
The extended BAFTA North America board includes Alexis Alexanian...
- 1/8/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Starz Original Programming President Kathryn Busby is to chair BAFTA’s new-look North America Board, with actor Elliot Knight and ThunderChild CEO Karl Stewart set as Deputy Chairs.
Deadline revealed in 2020 that BAFTA would be merging its LA and New York entities in the U.S., with former BAFTA LA CEO Matthew Wiseman promoted to Executive Director and Head of North America and former BAFTA New York Director, Lisa Harrison, becoming Director of Operations, North America.
The UK awards body officially confirmed the new structure and board today and said it will unify the New York and LA entities, “strengthening its global mission and delivering greater benefits to members.”
Busby, who succeeded Christina Davis at Starz this week, and Knight will also join BAFTA’s Board of Trustees, which is chaired by London-based BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar.
“With the election of Kathryn Busby as chair of our new North America board,...
Deadline revealed in 2020 that BAFTA would be merging its LA and New York entities in the U.S., with former BAFTA LA CEO Matthew Wiseman promoted to Executive Director and Head of North America and former BAFTA New York Director, Lisa Harrison, becoming Director of Operations, North America.
The UK awards body officially confirmed the new structure and board today and said it will unify the New York and LA entities, “strengthening its global mission and delivering greater benefits to members.”
Busby, who succeeded Christina Davis at Starz this week, and Knight will also join BAFTA’s Board of Trustees, which is chaired by London-based BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar.
“With the election of Kathryn Busby as chair of our new North America board,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
BAFTA is expanding its North American operations with the launch of a single North America board, which unites the organization’s New York and Los Angeles entities.
Kathryn Busby, president of original programming at Starz, has been appointed the inaugural chair of the board. She will be joined by actor Elliot Knight and Karl Stewart, CEO of Thunder Child and president of 1TwentyFour as deputy chairs.
The single united board aims to strengthen BAFTA’s “global mission to inspire, support and celebrate across film, games and television, delivering greater benefits to its membership, programme participants and audiences wherever they are,” according to the organization.
Matthew Wiseman, BAFTA Los Angeles’s CEO has been promoted to executive director and head of North America while Lisa Harrison, BAFTA New York’s director, becomes director of operations for North America.
Betsy Rodgers, SVP of business & legal affairs at IFC Entertainment and Rlje Films,...
Kathryn Busby, president of original programming at Starz, has been appointed the inaugural chair of the board. She will be joined by actor Elliot Knight and Karl Stewart, CEO of Thunder Child and president of 1TwentyFour as deputy chairs.
The single united board aims to strengthen BAFTA’s “global mission to inspire, support and celebrate across film, games and television, delivering greater benefits to its membership, programme participants and audiences wherever they are,” according to the organization.
Matthew Wiseman, BAFTA Los Angeles’s CEO has been promoted to executive director and head of North America while Lisa Harrison, BAFTA New York’s director, becomes director of operations for North America.
Betsy Rodgers, SVP of business & legal affairs at IFC Entertainment and Rlje Films,...
- 1/5/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Managing to be nonsensical, shamelessly derivative, leeringly exploitative and fundamentally boring all at the same time, "FearDotCom" is the latest in a wave of grotesquely inept horror pictures that are giving the genre a horrific name.
Directed by William Malone (1999's "House on Haunted Hill" remake) from a script by Josephine Coyle based on a story by producer Moshe Diamant, this U.K./Germany/Luxembourg co-production, which also includes location filming in Montreal, boasts seven executive producers and not one moment of genuine suspense or even a hint of dramatic tension.
There is, however, no shortage of flashing images of screaming, naked women being tortured and mutilated, which the film keeps coming back to at every given opportunity.
The only upside to all of this unpleasantness is, given its Labor Day weekend upload, "FearDotCom" should log a minimal number of hits.
It's generally a good rule of thumb that when an opening segment features a haunted-looking guy (fright flick fave Udo Kier) being hit by a subway train while clutching a book called "The Secret Soul of the Internet," movie magic will unlikely follow.
At least in that respect, the film doesn't disappoint, as brash New York police detective Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff) joins forces with attractive Department of Health researcher Terry Huston (Natascha McElhone) to figure out why four very different people have died nasty deaths just 48 hours after each logged on to Feardotcom.com, a live-cam Web site with a virtual hostess who starts off the fun by asking each visitor if they'd like to hurt her.
Letting their curiosity get the best of them, Mike and Terry take the site's bait, meaning they've got just two days to track down a diabolical cyber killer or meet a fate similar to that of the four victims.
Of course, the bigger mystery here is why so many so-called New Yorkers speak with a toned-down but still very noticeable German accents, but that's the least of the picture's problems.
More pronounced problems are the regurgitated stylistic and narrative elements from "The Cell", "Seven" and many other popular genre pieces that the filmmakers have seen fit to haphazardly pile on.
It's also sad to see sturdy actors like Academy Award-nominated Stephen Rea, who plays the sicko villain, willing to taint their reputation for an all-expenses-paid trip to Luxembourg.
Behind-the-scenes contributions don't do much to clear up any of the muddle. Judging from all the darkly photographed scenes, the money they were able to save on illumination was spent on renting those irritating strobe lights.
FEARDOTCOM
Warner Bros. Pictures
MDP Worldwide presents an Apollomedia/Fear.com Productions/Carousel Film Co. co-production with the support of Film Fund Luxembourg
Credits:
Director: William Malone
Screenwriter: Josephine Coyle
Story: Moshe Diamant
Producers: Moshe Diamant and Limor Diamant
Executive producers: Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, David Saunders, Mark Damon, Rudy Cohen, Frank Hubner, Romain Schroeder
Director of photography: Christian Sebaldt
Production designer: Jerome Latour
Editor: Alan Strachan
Music: Nicholas Pike
Cast:
Mike Reilly: Stephen Dorff
Terry Huston: Natascha McElhone
Alistair Pratt: Stephen Rea
Polidori: Udo Kier
Denise: Amelia Curtis
Styles: Jeffrey Combs
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Directed by William Malone (1999's "House on Haunted Hill" remake) from a script by Josephine Coyle based on a story by producer Moshe Diamant, this U.K./Germany/Luxembourg co-production, which also includes location filming in Montreal, boasts seven executive producers and not one moment of genuine suspense or even a hint of dramatic tension.
There is, however, no shortage of flashing images of screaming, naked women being tortured and mutilated, which the film keeps coming back to at every given opportunity.
The only upside to all of this unpleasantness is, given its Labor Day weekend upload, "FearDotCom" should log a minimal number of hits.
It's generally a good rule of thumb that when an opening segment features a haunted-looking guy (fright flick fave Udo Kier) being hit by a subway train while clutching a book called "The Secret Soul of the Internet," movie magic will unlikely follow.
At least in that respect, the film doesn't disappoint, as brash New York police detective Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff) joins forces with attractive Department of Health researcher Terry Huston (Natascha McElhone) to figure out why four very different people have died nasty deaths just 48 hours after each logged on to Feardotcom.com, a live-cam Web site with a virtual hostess who starts off the fun by asking each visitor if they'd like to hurt her.
Letting their curiosity get the best of them, Mike and Terry take the site's bait, meaning they've got just two days to track down a diabolical cyber killer or meet a fate similar to that of the four victims.
Of course, the bigger mystery here is why so many so-called New Yorkers speak with a toned-down but still very noticeable German accents, but that's the least of the picture's problems.
More pronounced problems are the regurgitated stylistic and narrative elements from "The Cell", "Seven" and many other popular genre pieces that the filmmakers have seen fit to haphazardly pile on.
It's also sad to see sturdy actors like Academy Award-nominated Stephen Rea, who plays the sicko villain, willing to taint their reputation for an all-expenses-paid trip to Luxembourg.
Behind-the-scenes contributions don't do much to clear up any of the muddle. Judging from all the darkly photographed scenes, the money they were able to save on illumination was spent on renting those irritating strobe lights.
FEARDOTCOM
Warner Bros. Pictures
MDP Worldwide presents an Apollomedia/Fear.com Productions/Carousel Film Co. co-production with the support of Film Fund Luxembourg
Credits:
Director: William Malone
Screenwriter: Josephine Coyle
Story: Moshe Diamant
Producers: Moshe Diamant and Limor Diamant
Executive producers: Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, David Saunders, Mark Damon, Rudy Cohen, Frank Hubner, Romain Schroeder
Director of photography: Christian Sebaldt
Production designer: Jerome Latour
Editor: Alan Strachan
Music: Nicholas Pike
Cast:
Mike Reilly: Stephen Dorff
Terry Huston: Natascha McElhone
Alistair Pratt: Stephen Rea
Polidori: Udo Kier
Denise: Amelia Curtis
Styles: Jeffrey Combs
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 8/30/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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