Exclusive: The life and career of Brandon Truaxe, founder of cosmetics conglomerate Deciem, is set for the big screen treatment.
Real Friends Media and The Donaldson Company, led by producers Lana Belle Mauro and Mackenzie Donaldson, respectively, are partnering to produce a doc titled The Abnormal Beauty Company, which will examine Truaxe through his most successful brand, The Ordinary.
Told through intimate interviews, never-seen-before footage, and a deep archive of social media posts, the pic will be directed by Aref Mahabadi, a founding member of Deciem, The Ordinary’s parent company. The doc is billed as an “unprecedented” behind-the-scenes examination of how The Ordinary “sparked a skincare revolution with its commitment to transparency” while offering a window into Truaxe’s “public and tragic self-destruction.”
Editors Eugene Weis (Revival69: The Concert That Rocked The World) and Dave McMahon (The Kids In...
Real Friends Media and The Donaldson Company, led by producers Lana Belle Mauro and Mackenzie Donaldson, respectively, are partnering to produce a doc titled The Abnormal Beauty Company, which will examine Truaxe through his most successful brand, The Ordinary.
Told through intimate interviews, never-seen-before footage, and a deep archive of social media posts, the pic will be directed by Aref Mahabadi, a founding member of Deciem, The Ordinary’s parent company. The doc is billed as an “unprecedented” behind-the-scenes examination of how The Ordinary “sparked a skincare revolution with its commitment to transparency” while offering a window into Truaxe’s “public and tragic self-destruction.”
Editors Eugene Weis (Revival69: The Concert That Rocked The World) and Dave McMahon (The Kids In...
- 6/1/2023
- by Zac Ntim and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Five established producers and seven up-and-comers are in the running.
The Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa) has named the nominees for its 2019 Indiescreen Awards.
Up for the Established Producer Award are: Christina Piovesan, from First Generation Films (American Woman); Felize Frappier, from Max Films Media (Kuessipan); Jessica Adams, from Ja Productions (Tammy’s Always Dying); Judy Holm, from Markham Street Films (Level 16); and Lori Lozinski, of Violator Films (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open).
Nominated for the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award are: Julie Strifler, of Endgame Films (Easy Land); Katie Bird Nolan and Lindsay Tapscott, from Babe...
The Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa) has named the nominees for its 2019 Indiescreen Awards.
Up for the Established Producer Award are: Christina Piovesan, from First Generation Films (American Woman); Felize Frappier, from Max Films Media (Kuessipan); Jessica Adams, from Ja Productions (Tammy’s Always Dying); Judy Holm, from Markham Street Films (Level 16); and Lori Lozinski, of Violator Films (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open).
Nominated for the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award are: Julie Strifler, of Endgame Films (Easy Land); Katie Bird Nolan and Lindsay Tapscott, from Babe...
- 8/20/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Band are coming to the Toronto Film Festival. Rock doc Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band about The Weight rockers is to open the festival as its Opening Night Gala Presentation on September 5.
It will be the world premiere of the doc, which is directed by Ghosts of Our Forest director Daniel Roher, and marks the first time a Canadian doc opens the festival.
The film, which is inspired by Robertson’s 2016 memoir, Testimony, tells the moving story of Robertson’s personal journey as he overcame adversity and found camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, and who together made their mark on music history.
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band blends rare archival footage, photography, songs, and interviews with many of Robertson’s friends and collaborators, including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Peter Gabriel, Taj Mahal,...
It will be the world premiere of the doc, which is directed by Ghosts of Our Forest director Daniel Roher, and marks the first time a Canadian doc opens the festival.
The film, which is inspired by Robertson’s 2016 memoir, Testimony, tells the moving story of Robertson’s personal journey as he overcame adversity and found camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, and who together made their mark on music history.
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band blends rare archival footage, photography, songs, and interviews with many of Robertson’s friends and collaborators, including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Peter Gabriel, Taj Mahal,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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