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www.postmagazine.com 8 POST JULY 2014 BITS & PIECES AUDIO HOUSE CYD POST OPENS, TARGETS INDIES GLENDALE, CA — Film composer Chanda Dancy has opened Cyd Post at Seeley Studios in Glendale. Located at 1800 South Brand Blvd. in the heart of Seeley Studios, Cyd Post will function as a multifaceted post sound studio, catering to artists operating in the independent market. The studio will provide accessibility to lower-budget productions and individuals through competitive rates while maintaining high quality levels. Services include custom music production, sound editing, sound design, ADR, Foley and voiceover. The space opened to artists on Monday, July 7th. Dancy (pictured) is known for her rich musical scores, and for providing engaging music for fi lms that have screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Tribecca Film Festival, Sundance and Slamdance. Besides composing, she is also a versatile multi-in- strumentalist and volcalist. FILMWORKERS FORMS CHURCHILL'S STUDIO, AN IN-HOUSE CREATIVE UNIT CHICAGO — Filmworkers (www. fi lmworkers.com) has formed a new in-house creative unit, Churchill's Studio, that's focused on visual eff ects and animation. Headed by VFX director Rob Churchill, the new unit will provide services ranging from compositing and visual eff ects to full-CG production. The new ven- ture also features the talents of art director Daniel Pernikoff , who joins Filmworkers from Method Studios, as well as a team of compositors and animators. Churchill Studio's technical re- sources include multiple Autodesk Flame and The Foundry Nuke workstations, and a variety of CG, visual eff ects and animation desk- top systems. The group will work out of new space built within the Filmworkers facility. Visual eff ects work at Filmwork- ers has been growing steadily. The studio's work includes projects for McDonald's, State Farm, La Quinta, Embassy Suites, Capital One and Pizza Hut. The added personnel and technology will enable the company to tackle more and more complex projects. "We now have enough horse- power under the hood to take on the most demanding projects," says Churchill, who has been on staff at Filmworkers since 1997. "We can do it all, technically and creatively, from concept through fi nish." In its fi rst project, Churchill's Studio has produced a fully-ani- mated spot for amusement park operator Cedar Fair and its new ride, Banshee. Pernikoff served as art director on the project. "It was great to have the whole team of artists working on the project in the same studio," Churchill says. "It made it easy to trade ideas and comments, which is so important to doing great work — and it shows in the fi nished product." NICE SHOES CREATIVE STUDIO LAUNCHES IN NYC NEW YORK — Nice Shoes (www.niceshoes.com) here, has opened a new creative studio in its NYC offi ce. The new Nice Shoes Creative Studio is headed by executive producer Geraint Owen. He is joined by recently-signed CD/director James Coulson, CD/director Harry Dorrington and VFX/ animation director Steve Parish. Nice Shoes, which is entering its 18th year as a leading color grading and fi nish- ing studio, has constructed an entirely-new workspace for the Creative Studio team in its Manhattan offi ce. "We make stuff , and the Creative Studio combines the best thinking and the best mak- ing," says Owen. "It's start-to-fi nish, immersive storytelling through purposeful design, with the highest regard for craft — what we call 'Content by Design.'" As founder of design and live-action com- pany Superfad, Owen spent the last 12 years working on projects for Adidas, X-Games, Tar- get, Bloomberg, American Express and Durex. He' s known for assembling teams that create smart, eye-popping solutions. Owen joined Nice Shoes in mid-2013 and began forming his approach and talented new team. Coulson is a multi-talented and award-winning creative, who began his career at the BBC in London. He's led teams in all aspects of production and post for Imaginary Forces, Psyop and B Reel in New York, and oversaw the re-brand of The Sci Fi Channel to Syfy. His clients include BMW, Nike, HBO, IBM, Def Jam and MTV. Dorrington is a creative with a reputation for graphics and animation. His career has spanned the BBC, English & Pocket (UK), Lambie-Nairn (UK), R/Greenberg Associates and Gravity/Rhino in NY. VFX/animation director Steve Parish has vast experience in both television and fi lm, having worked at Quiet Man, Smoke & Mirrors, and The Mill. His commercial experience includes work for Pepsi, GE, AT&T, HBO, Coca -Cola, Spike Lee, and The Beatles Rockband Abbey Road commercial. At Industrial Light & Magic, he worked on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and more recently Elysium and Thor: The Dark World while at Whisky Tree. (L-R) Daniel Pernikoff and Rob Churchill IBC PRESIDENT DIES LONDON — John Wilson, long-term chairman and active president of IBC, recently passed away. Wilson, a member of the business community who fi nished his career as sales director at Link Elec- tronics and founded a displays business, Anna Valley, decided in 1990 that IBC had become limited by its venue in Brighton, and began to create a plan to move the organization to the next level. Wilson employed six partners — IABM, IEEE, IET, RTS, SCTE and SMPTE — to help transition the organization. He became chair of IBC, and when he passed the mantle on, was given the title of president.