Marc Sadeghi had just returned from a work trip to New Zealand when he was asked to meet with someone from Human Resources.
Sadeghi was settling into his job as global head of visual effects for Amazon Studios, based at the streamer’s Culver City office. He had quickly discovered that he had less staff support than he expected, and he was deeply frustrated by Amazon’s “coach only” policy for company travel.
Amazon is famously frugal, and generally requires employees to fly coach or pay for their own seat upgrades. This stands in marked contrast to the free-spending norm for senior executives in Hollywood, and for Sadeghi it was especially vexing. He had back problems — scoliosis and sciatica — and needed more room to stretch out. He had brought it up several times, to no avail.
Now he was being asked to meet with an Hr person from Seattle to go over some “allegations.
Sadeghi was settling into his job as global head of visual effects for Amazon Studios, based at the streamer’s Culver City office. He had quickly discovered that he had less staff support than he expected, and he was deeply frustrated by Amazon’s “coach only” policy for company travel.
Amazon is famously frugal, and generally requires employees to fly coach or pay for their own seat upgrades. This stands in marked contrast to the free-spending norm for senior executives in Hollywood, and for Sadeghi it was especially vexing. He had back problems — scoliosis and sciatica — and needed more room to stretch out. He had brought it up several times, to no avail.
Now he was being asked to meet with an Hr person from Seattle to go over some “allegations.
- 2/26/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The California-based effects studio has opened its flagship facility in Montreal.
The first project to go at the Montreal hub is The Walk, based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit that Robert Zemeckis co-wrote, co-directs and co-produces.
“We are excited to be building upon Atomic Fiction’s growth, and evaluated several possibilities for this expansion,” said Atomic Fiction co-founder Kevin Baillie. “There is an incredible talent base of VFX artists in Montreal, which makes it an ideal place to put down roots.”
Baillie said Atomic Fiction has committed to a six-year lease on a customised 15,000 sq ft space.
Atomic Fiction is headquartered in Oakland and is best known for effects work on movies such as Star Trek Into Darkness, Transformers Age Of Extinction and Flight, among others.
“Since our inception, we’ve centralised all of our render farms and core computing power in the cloud, which allowed us to ramp up very quickly in Montreal...
The first project to go at the Montreal hub is The Walk, based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit that Robert Zemeckis co-wrote, co-directs and co-produces.
“We are excited to be building upon Atomic Fiction’s growth, and evaluated several possibilities for this expansion,” said Atomic Fiction co-founder Kevin Baillie. “There is an incredible talent base of VFX artists in Montreal, which makes it an ideal place to put down roots.”
Baillie said Atomic Fiction has committed to a six-year lease on a customised 15,000 sq ft space.
Atomic Fiction is headquartered in Oakland and is best known for effects work on movies such as Star Trek Into Darkness, Transformers Age Of Extinction and Flight, among others.
“Since our inception, we’ve centralised all of our render farms and core computing power in the cloud, which allowed us to ramp up very quickly in Montreal...
- 9/25/2014
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In this year’s Encore Power 50 list VFX company Rising Sun Pictures’ CEO Michael Taylor placed 38 courtesy of Hollywood blockbusting clients. Taylor tells Colin Delaney how thinking smaller will see him and Rsp climb the extra 37 rungs.
Harry Potter boards his broomstick and flies onto our screens for the final time this month, as the second installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes to life. However, Potter’s wand-wielding is a mere parlour-trick compared to the true magic behind the films, which are in part, courtesy of Adelaide’s Rising Sun Pictures. Though a long way from Hogwarts, they’ve had a hand in all the last five Harry Potters.
Rising Sun’s relatively new CEO (as of early 2010) Michael Taylor can’t talk too much about the work they did on the final instalment of Deathly Hallows, except that it was a large body of work, of...
Harry Potter boards his broomstick and flies onto our screens for the final time this month, as the second installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes to life. However, Potter’s wand-wielding is a mere parlour-trick compared to the true magic behind the films, which are in part, courtesy of Adelaide’s Rising Sun Pictures. Though a long way from Hogwarts, they’ve had a hand in all the last five Harry Potters.
Rising Sun’s relatively new CEO (as of early 2010) Michael Taylor can’t talk too much about the work they did on the final instalment of Deathly Hallows, except that it was a large body of work, of...
- 7/13/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
VFX vendor Rising Sun Pictures has appointed Marc Sadeghi as executive vice-president and head of business development and marketing, giving the company a permanent presence in the Us market and working towards the long-term goal of developing original content.
“[Sadeghi] has been a strong and trusted partner to virtually every studio in Hollywood, and has an impressive track record for leading large teams of artists on complex and creatively demanding projects. We are very pleased to welcome him to the leadership team at Rsp,” said CEO Michael Taylor.
According to Sadeghi, one of the long-term goals for Rising Sun Pictures is the development of original content.
“They have the physical resources to move into original productions, and, more importantly, they have the storytelling skills,” he said.
Sadeghi will work in forecasting, strategic planning and business development, heading the company’s worldwide sales effort and overseeing studio relations.
Sadeghi is a former executive producer for visual effects,...
“[Sadeghi] has been a strong and trusted partner to virtually every studio in Hollywood, and has an impressive track record for leading large teams of artists on complex and creatively demanding projects. We are very pleased to welcome him to the leadership team at Rsp,” said CEO Michael Taylor.
According to Sadeghi, one of the long-term goals for Rising Sun Pictures is the development of original content.
“They have the physical resources to move into original productions, and, more importantly, they have the storytelling skills,” he said.
Sadeghi will work in forecasting, strategic planning and business development, heading the company’s worldwide sales effort and overseeing studio relations.
Sadeghi is a former executive producer for visual effects,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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