Saville Signs Porter, Bolton-Klinger Joins The Cavalry
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Venice, Calif.-based production company Saville Productions has signed Emmy-nominated documentary director Dawn Porter for U.S. commercial and branded entertainment representation. Porter’s documentary “Gideon’s Army” premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Documentary Editing Award, and was nominated for an Emmy. Her other films include “Spies of Mississippi” (2014) and “Trapped” (2016), which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2017 Peabody Award. Her interview with President Obama for her film “Rise: The Promise of My Brother’s Keeper” was broadcast on The Discovery Channel and The Oprah Winfrey Network in 2015. Before becoming a filmmaker, she was director of standards and practices at ABC News and also at A&E Television Networks. She is currently working on a series for Netflix.
The Cavalry Productions is signing comedy director Melissa Bolton-Klinger for commercials, branded content and virtual reality projects. Bolton-Klinger has directed talent including Amy Schumer, The Rock, Ray Romano, Snoop Dog and Kevin Hart for the likes of Viacom, Sony, Paramount, Fox, Lionsgate, MTV and Comedy Central. She studied at Los Angeles’ improv and comedy troupe, The Groundlings.
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