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Chris Noriega has been promoted to partner at Verve.
The TV lit agent becomes the company s first former assistant to become a partner since the agency was founded in 2010. In all, Noriega becomes Verve s ninth partner, joining Bryan Besser, Adam Levine, Bill Weinstein, Amy Retzinger, Adam Weinstein, David Boxerbaum, Felicia Prinz and Sean Grumman. We launched Verve over a decade ago with a goal of creating an environment in which interns become assistants, assistants become agents and agents become partners. Noriega’s promotion is extra special as he is the first to make the leap from assistant to partner! We are excited to add more fuel to our leadership team and look forward to what he accomplishes in this new role, the Verve partners said in a joint statement Tuesday.
2021 Horizon Award Given to Director of Sudanese Child Soldiers Drama ‘Etana’
Marian de Pontes and Shira Baron will receive a $2,500 grant as part of the prize recognizing emerging female and non-binary filmmakersBrian Welk | February 12, 2021 @ 2:35 PM
Marian de Pontes (left) and Shira Baron/Courtesy of Horizon Award
The seventh annual Horizon Award, which is given to emerging female and non-binary filmmakers by a mentorship team that includes producers Cassian Elwes, Lynette Howell Taylor and Christine Vachon, has awarded prizes to the directors of “Etana” and “Sol De La Sol.”
“Etana” is directed by Marian de Pontes and is a narrative short film about female child soldiers from South Sudan, and “Sol de la Sol” is a documentary short by Shira Baron about ice cream cart peddlers in Chicago.