UK talent agency Casarotto Ramsay has named Jodi Shields as its chairwoman in a newly-created role; and promoted Tracy Brimm to head of film and television.
Shields will hold overall responsibility for the company, having worked at the agency for almost three decades. She will serve as strategic lead, working closely with COO Ian Devlin, head of theatre Mel Kenyon, the board of directors, heads of department and advisory board. Shields will continue her work as a senior agent at the company.
Having joined Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1998, Shields has worked as head of film and television for the last eight years.
Shields will hold overall responsibility for the company, having worked at the agency for almost three decades. She will serve as strategic lead, working closely with COO Ian Devlin, head of theatre Mel Kenyon, the board of directors, heads of department and advisory board. Shields will continue her work as a senior agent at the company.
Having joined Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1998, Shields has worked as head of film and television for the last eight years.
- 7/7/2025
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Producer Paul Zaentz and director Devin Adair are working on a feature adaptation of Luke Barr’s nonfiction book Provence, 1970: M.F.K Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, And The Reinvention Of American Taste.
Adair is writing a script for the film. Set in Provence, France, during Christmas in 1970, the 2013 book follows a gathering between six acclaimed culinary figures, who cooked, ate, argued, and talked about the future of food in the US, the meaning of taste, and the limits of snobbery.
“It’ll be a small dinner movie like My Dinner With Andre or Babette’s Feast,” Zaentz told Screen...
Adair is writing a script for the film. Set in Provence, France, during Christmas in 1970, the 2013 book follows a gathering between six acclaimed culinary figures, who cooked, ate, argued, and talked about the future of food in the US, the meaning of taste, and the limits of snobbery.
“It’ll be a small dinner movie like My Dinner With Andre or Babette’s Feast,” Zaentz told Screen...
- 7/6/2025
- ScreenDaily
The 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival has selected its first wave of films in the narrative feature and documentary feature categories. The 18 chosen movies will screen from Nov. 7 to Nov. 11.
Narrative pics include “Grace,” directed by Devin Adair and starring Katie Cassidy, Tate Donovan, Matthew Lillard, Mircea Monroe, Debby Ryan, and Missi Pyle; “You Can Choose Your Family,” helmed by Miranda Bailey and toplining Danielle Campbell, Jim Gaffigan, Anna Gunn, Alex Karpovsky, Samantha Mathis, and Logan Miller; and “Cold Brook,” directed by William Fichtner with Kim Coates, Harold Perrineau, Robin Weigert, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
In the documentary race, “Cancer Rebellion,” directed by Hernan Barangan, follows the lives of teenage cancer patients; “Trans Military,” helmed by Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson, documents the struggles of transgender servicepersons; and “Afghan Cycles,” from Sarah Menzies, tells the story of young female Afghan cyclists.
The films will compete in multiple categories at the festival,...
Narrative pics include “Grace,” directed by Devin Adair and starring Katie Cassidy, Tate Donovan, Matthew Lillard, Mircea Monroe, Debby Ryan, and Missi Pyle; “You Can Choose Your Family,” helmed by Miranda Bailey and toplining Danielle Campbell, Jim Gaffigan, Anna Gunn, Alex Karpovsky, Samantha Mathis, and Logan Miller; and “Cold Brook,” directed by William Fichtner with Kim Coates, Harold Perrineau, Robin Weigert, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
In the documentary race, “Cancer Rebellion,” directed by Hernan Barangan, follows the lives of teenage cancer patients; “Trans Military,” helmed by Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson, documents the struggles of transgender servicepersons; and “Afghan Cycles,” from Sarah Menzies, tells the story of young female Afghan cyclists.
The films will compete in multiple categories at the festival,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Learning To Drive collaborators reuinte on tennis comedy.
Pacific Northwest Pictures (Pnp) announced at Afm it has picked up Canadian rights to SXSW sports comedy Break Point.
Jay Karas directed Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, J.K. Simmons, Amy Smart, Adam DeVine and Chris Parnell in the story about estranged brothers who reunite as they try to win as major tennis tournament.
Broad Green distributes in the Us and Pnp plans a January launch in Canada. The companies collaborated on Learning To Drive starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kinglsey.
Gabriel Hammond, Sisto and Devin Zimmerman produced Break Point.
Myriad Pictures handles international sales at the Afm.
Pacific Northwest Pictures (Pnp) announced at Afm it has picked up Canadian rights to SXSW sports comedy Break Point.
Jay Karas directed Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, J.K. Simmons, Amy Smart, Adam DeVine and Chris Parnell in the story about estranged brothers who reunite as they try to win as major tennis tournament.
Broad Green distributes in the Us and Pnp plans a January launch in Canada. The companies collaborated on Learning To Drive starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kinglsey.
Gabriel Hammond, Sisto and Devin Zimmerman produced Break Point.
Myriad Pictures handles international sales at the Afm.
- 11/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.