ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS: "BAD EDUCATION"!
After rave reviews at TIFF, Corey Finley’s BAD EDUCATION is premiering at London Film Festival today! The black comedy, starring Hugh Jackman, features costume design by Finley’s regular collaborator, Alex Bovaird and is based on a true story about a school embezzlement scandal.
ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS: "BE STILL MY BEATING HEART"!
Ruth Paxton’s short film, BE STILL MY BEATING HEART, premieres at London Film Festival today! Designed by Alexandra Toomey, it will feature in the “When You Think You Know How It Ends” section of the festival.
ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS: "RUN"!
After being nominated at Tribeca earlier in the year Scott Graham’s RUN will screen at LFF today! The film, with a small town Scotland backdrop, is designed by echo’s brilliant production designer Andy Drummond.
ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS: "MAKE UP"!
Claire Oakley’s MAKE UP screens at LFF today! The film is nominated in the First Feature Competition at the fest and produced by BAFTA winning producer Emily Morgan (I AM NOT A WITCH). It was cut by echo Editor Sacha Szwarc and shot by Director of Photography Nick Cooke.
"CATHERINE THE GREAT" OUT TODAY!
Philip Martin’s CATHERINE THE GREAT airs tonight at 9pm on Sky Atlantic and Now TV! Tune in to see Helen Mirren star in this period drama and make sure to look out for the amazing work from echo’s Hair + Make-Up Designer Kirstin Chalmers! You’ll be pleased to know all episodes of the mini-series will be available straight away. Enjoy!
ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS: "PERFECT 10"!
BFI London Film Festival 2019 kicks off today and as usual we will be documenting our client’s films through our Festival Focus series! First up is Eva Riley’s PERFECT 10 which has it’s World Premiere tomorrow! The first feature from Riley, who was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, features work from echo’s Production Designer Sarah Jenneson and Costume Designer Susie Coulthard.
EDITOR ALASTAIR REID FINISHES ON BBC "THE LUMINARIES"!
Editor, Alastair Reid, will soon finish on the BBC’s new mini-series THE LUMINARIES! Al is Supervising Editor on all episodes, based on Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker prize-winning novel. The series is directed by Claire McCarthy and stars Himesh Patel, Eva Green and Eve Hewson.
NADIM CARLSEN WRAPS NEXT WEEK ON "DO NOT HESITATE"!
Shariff Korver’s feature DO NOT HESITATE will wrap next week! The film, shot by echo’s Director of Photography Nadim Carlsen, follows 3 young soldiers left alone guarding a crashed bushmaster when their commanding officer suddenly disappears…
"JUDY" IS OUT IN THE US TODAY!
After screening to rave reviews at both TIFF and Telluride this year - JUDY is out today in the US! Rupert Goold’s highly anticipated biopic features Production Design by Kave Quinn and stars Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland.
Good news though UK - it opens here next week on 2nd October.
TBT: "BRIGITTE" AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL!
Throwing it back to these beautiful images shot by Brigitte Lacombe from the short film BRIGITTE! The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay, screened at Venice earlier this month and features production design by Laura Ellis-Cricks and costume design by Sarah Blenkinsop. It is the 18th commission from Miu Miu Women’s Tales, the short film series that champions female directors to investigate vanity and femininity in the 21st century. You can watch the full short here.
SCOTTISH BAFTA NOMINATIONS 2019!
The nominations for this year’s Scottish BAFTAs are out! Congratulations to Production Designer Andy Drummond who designed Harry Wootliff’s ONLY YOU, which is nominated for Best Feature Film; and to Editor Alastair Reid for his work on THE CRY which is nominated for Best Scripted Television award.
The ceremony will take place in Glasgow on Sunday 3rd of November!
PEAKY BLINDERS SEASON 5 FINALE MAKE-UP!
Spoiler Alert!!
Wonderful to see Loz Schiavo’s brilliant make-up design for Tom Hardy’s character up close! If you missed it, the whole of PEAKY BLINDERS Season 5 is now available on iPlayer.
PRIMETIME EMMY WINNERS!
The Emmy’s were held over 2 weekends this year and the final winners were announced last night! Johan Renck’s CHERNOBYL, Edited by Jinx Godfrey and Simon Smith took home an amazing 10 awards including Simon’s win last weekend for Best Editing and Outstanding Limited Series which was announced yesterday. BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH which featured Hair + Make-Up Design by Kirstin Chalmers also won for Outstanding Television Movie.
Congratulations!
"STAN + OLLIE" NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME!
BAFTA, BIFA and Golden Globe nominated film, STAN + OLLIE, is now available to watch on Amazon Prime! The 1950s costumes are designed by the ever brilliant Guy Speranza, who received a BIFA nomination for his work.
"BLACK SHEEP" IS NOMINATED FOR A GRIERSON AWARD!
BLACK SHEEP is nominated for Best Documentary Short at this year’s Grierson Awards! Directed by Ed Perkins, the film, which was also nominated for an Oscar this year, was shot by the brilliant Michael Paleodimos and features costume design by the wonderful Sharon Long.
The awards ceremony takes place in London on 14th of November!
CARLOS CATALAN SHOOTS "KILLING EVE" SEASON 3!
Echo Director of Photography, Carlos Catalan, is currently shooting episodes 3 + 4 of the new season of KILLING EVE! The third series of award winning drama should hopefully be on our screens next year.
EDITOR SIMON SMITH WINS AN EMMY FOR HIS WORK ON "CHERNOBYL"!
Huge Congratulations to echo’s Editor Simon Smith who won an Emmy last night for his work on CHERNOBYL! Simon cut episodes 2, 4 and co-edited 5 of Johan Renck’s critically acclaimed series but it was Simon’s work on episode 2 “Please Remain Calm” that took home the prize!
"TOP BOY" SEASON 3 IS OUT ON NETFLIX TODAY!!
The wait is over and Season 3 of award winning series TOP BOY lands on Netflix today! Director of Photography Joe Anderson and Editor Morten Højbjerg worked on eps 1-3 for Director Marcus Reinaldo Green, while DoP Chloë Thomson, BSC shot eps 4 + 5 for Director Nia Dacosta.
TBT: EMMA SCOTT TRANSFORMING ED SHEERAN!
TBT to our fabulous Hair + Make-Up Designer Emma Scott prepping Ed Sheeran with a brand new beard for his ANTISOCIAL music video!
"THE GREAT" BEGINS SHOOTING!
Echo Costume Designer, Emma Fryer, has been working hard prepping on THE GREAT for the last couple of months and the new 10 part series has now begun shooting! The show for Hulu, written by Tony McNamara (co-writer of THE FAVOURITE) will star Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning.