Moving Pictures is a creative media studio with over twenty years of experience in the television industry. Guided since its inception by creative director Ron Honsa and producer Nan Penman, the company has successfully collaborated with its advertising, entertainment and corporate clients to produce strategically focused content. Moving Pictures meets its clients' objectives across all digital media platforms from broadcast television to innovative web video.
Located within the EUE/Screen Gems Studios in midtown Manhattan, Moving Pictures has a strong network of partners and a team of professionals who have worked all over the world. This dynamic group of talent brings a variety of viewpoints, expertise and visual styles to the company's broad slate of projects.
Moving Pictures has established its reputation with award-winning programs, which have been recognized with Emmy Awards, Monitor Awards, a Peabody Broadcast Award and the prestigious DuPont Award. It has also received consistent recognition in renowned film and television festivals.
At Moving Pictures we offer a proven track record for managing high profile media projects. We know how to make story-driven content that delivers a strong brand impression and creates an engaging audience experience.
Moving Pictures By Design
Moving Pictures is a full-service company that is technically and creatively savvy. We produce television shows, documentaries, corporate communications and web video content. We solve production and post-production challenges that serve our client's vision, goals and budget.
Our comprehensive services include:
- Media Consultant
- Program Development
- Treatments and Scripts
- Direction and Production
- Production and Post-Production Management
- HD Location and Studio Production Services
- Studio Stages for Green Screen Production
- Produce Video Content for Live Events and Exhibits
- Watchout Programming
- Editorial Services - Avid Symphony Nitris with Online HD Finishing
- Motion Graphics
- Animation 2D/3D
- Video Encoding for all Media Platforms
Recent projects:
25 Years of.com
Moving Pictures partnered with Overland Entertainment to create the opening video for Verisign’s 25 Years of.com celebration. This retrospective video is a fast-paced editorial/graphic compilation of the past 25 years.
Greenwich Hospital Television and Radio Campaign
Moving Pictures partnered with the branding agency, Big Arrow to produce television and radio ads for Greenwich Hospital. The spots were directed by Ron Honsa and are airing in regional markets.
American Business at the Crossroads
Moving Pictures has been nominated for a local NY Emmy for a business documentary hosted by Jonathan Tisch.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Documentary
Moving Pictures is finishing its original dance documentary for Jacob’s Pillow. It features such dance luminaries as Merce Cunningham, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Bill Irwin, Judith Jamison and Suzanne Farrell. It is slated for a 2010 release.
H.E.A.R.T. 9/11
Moving Pictures produced a marketing and fundraising video for the non-profit organization H.E.A.R.T. 9/11. The video is an in-depth look at this volunteer rapid response team and their disaster relief missions.
Pfizer
Editor Rob Ward of Moving Pictures has provided editorial services for the video series titled Healthcare Reform.
National Pepsi Event in Los Angeles
Moving Pictures partnered with Invnt to design the video segments for a 200’ video wall for Pepsi’s national meeting in LA. This huge video wall was programmed in Watchout, featuring Nascar stock footage, which introduced the key speakers for the event.
US Tennis Open 2009
The United States Tennis Association hired Moving Pictures to produce a music video to kick-off the 2009 Opening Ceremony at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The video was directed by Ron Honsa and aired on ESPN2 while the O’Jays performed their classic hit "Love Train."
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Moving Pictures produced an in-house "Dignity in the Workplace" video for internal distribution throughout the law firm worldwide. The program outlines the zero tolerance policy that is in place at the firm and features a cross-section of employees discussing various workplace scenarios.
Pfizer
Moving Pictures is currently editing several media projects for the pharmaceutical company.
Condé Nast's The Smart Cookie Annual Awards
Moving Pictures produced three web videos for Cookie Magazine's website. Filmed on the Red Carpet at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the honorees included Uma Thurman, Debra Messing and Judy Woodruff. You can click here to watch the videos.
The One Show 2009
Overland Entertainment hired Moving Pictures for the third year in a row for the advertising industry’s international award show at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The HD presentation was programmed in Watchout and showcases outstanding advertising from around the world.
GSK Avodart Commercial Campaign
Creative editorial services for a commercial campaign starring John McEnroe, directed by Jeff Cooney and produced by EUE/Screen Gems and Bold Studios. View the campaign here.
The Parking Lot Chronicles
Joining forces with EUE Screen Gems and Bold Studios, Moving Pictures has co-produced this new web series. This HD web series was posted in our Avid Nitris Suite.
Documentary for Walnut Hill Media and Plum Television
Co-producing with Above the Line Programming, a business documentary about the current economic crisis hosted by Jonathan Tisch.
Widen-Kennedy Tokyo and Indigo Pictures
Editorial services for a 12-minute anniversary film celebrating the international Kumon Schools - released in DVD and distributed on the client's website.
Brandcasting for the Web:
In addition to servicing our clients' broadcast and corporate needs, Moving Pictures is dedicated to designing strategic entertainment for the Web. We believe it is crucial that our clients' Web video messaging is treated with the same content strategy and high production expertise that we bring to traditional television.
We call this Brandcasting - helping our clients bring their brand to the Web and its 21st century audience.
A compelling story is at the core of everything we create. We draw upon our years of experience in broadcast video to deliver results. Our capabilities encompass every aspect of Brandcasting from creative concept through production and delivery to the Web.
Ron Honsa
Producer/Director
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Ron Honsa is the Executive Producer of Moving Pictures and has overseen hundreds of projects for its diverse clientele since founding the company 20 years ago. Under his leadership, Moving Pictures has distinguished itself as a production company for original programming, corporate communications, and branded entertainment. The company has been recognized through the years by a wide range of industry awards, including numerous Emmys, the prestigious Peabody Award and a DuPont Award for Broadcast Excellence.
Ron's broad experiences in television have taken him all over the world and placed him in almost every type of production environment. Film and television production credits include: The One Show, Between the Lions, Adoption, CBS Reports, Late Line, B Smith with Style, Saturday Night Live, Battle of the Giants, One Life to Live, Sesame Street, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Live at Lincoln Center, and America's Most Wanted.
As a creative director, Ron Honsa has successfully collaborated with the company's Fortune 500 corporate clients to create innovative media presentations and brand-centric content. He often directs leading CEOs and corporate executives for high profile videos for live events, marketing films, product launches and webcasts.
During his career, Ron has directed such well-known personalities as Lauren Bacall, Robin Williams, Bill Moyers, Nelson Mandela, Gladys Knight, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jim Nantz, Deborah Norville, Alec Baldwin and other celebrities. He has also produced second unit production segments for various feature films including Head of State, Cadillac Man, The Fallen, Silence of the Lambs, She-Devil, Truce Colors, Quick Change, Jungle Fever and Awakenings. Ron's work has been honored with numerous awards in the International Film and TV Festival of New York, the Chicago International Film Festival, the American Film Festival and the Houston Film Festival.
Nan Penman
Producer
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As a founding partner of Moving Pictures, producer Nan Penman oversees a wide range of projects for the company from entertainment specials to documentaries and corporate presentations. The diversity of the company's projects has been one of the most rewarding aspects of working, writing and producing at Moving Pictures for the past 20 years. Nan's projects range from a documentary on Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival to the creation of web content for Debevoise and Plimpton LLP, a corporate profile film for UBS, a video web newsletter for PwC, the annual advertising award show The One Show and two short films for Glamour's Women of the Year at Carnegie Hall.
Nan Penman began her career in NYC in the theater, assisting the legendary Broadway producer, David Merrick, on his productions of 42nd Street and I Won't Dance. She also worked Off Broadway and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. She transitioned from theater to television with a position in program development at NBC and has done script development/research for HBO and Nederlander Television. In addition, she has coordinated live theatrical shows and fundraising galas for both corporate and nonprofit events and worked on the daytime series, As The World Turns.
Jason Gillet
Engineer/Editor
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Jason Gillet has been with Moving Pictures for the past decade. He is instrumental in supervising all the technical demands of the company's projects on location, in the studio and throughout the post-production process. He also serves as a post-production supervisor on a vast range of projects for Moving Pictures' diverse client base.
As an editor his projects include numerous promos and programs including Objects of Memory, Between the Lions, B Smith with Style and Girls on the Move. Jason has edited many corporate projects with companies such as Xerox, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pfizer, SC Johnson and Pepsi. Jason has also earned a Communicator Award for his corporate video work. Most recently Jason was the lead engineer for the post-production facility of the Rachael Ray Show. He was in charge of the design, integration, installation and testing of all the systems and equipment.
Prior to joining Moving Pictures, Jason studied at Rochester Institute of Technology where he earned a BFA in Film/Video while spending three years at WXXI, a PBS affiliate in Rochester, New York.
Charles Yurick
Designer
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As a seasoned creative director and editor, Charles draws inspiration from the latest trends in advertising and broadcast design. At Moving Pictures he designs inventive show opens, new product introductions, training, event and exhibit films for a diverse group of Fortune 500 clients.
He co-produced, directed, and edited the documentary film "Elder Grace Elder Wisdom" for Boston's Museum of Science traveling exhibition "Secrets of Aging". In 2007 Charles created a series of six short documentaries as part of an interactive exhibition on volunteerism in America, co-produced by the Smithsonian Institute and the US State Department.
Charles was awarded the CINE Golden Eagle for his conceptual film "Knowledge Workers", a work commissioned by Steelcase. In 1998 he received two CINE Golden Eagle awards for "The AT&T Knowledge Network" and its sequel "It's How You Know and Where You Work".
A self taught filmmaker and native of Pennsylvania, Charles began his career as a finalist in the Walnut Street Theatre "Best of the Philadelphia Video Artists" festival in 1977. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began producing industrials for Knoll International, a prestigious designer and manufacturer of furniture created by well-known architects.
Rob Ward
Editor
With over eight years of experience in as an editor and After Effects designer, Rob Ward’s broad skill set and ability to examine a project from multiple disciplines makes him an outstanding addition to Moving Pictures post production team. Proficient in both Avid and Final Cut, Rob has executed projects for networks such as FOX TV, HBO, PBS and BRAVO and edited numerous commercials and videos for Fortune 500 companies.
Driven by a passion to make a difference, he was inspired by the magic in motion of television and filmmaking. He received a B.F.A. in Film (Photography minor), N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts. He spent a summer abroad through N.Y.U. and studied at the British Film Institute with Ian Christie and Stuart Brown.
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