Dave Clark: Last News

Abigail Lee Loyola Marymount University will host its inaugural Innovators Film Festival, offering panel discussions and experiential installations centered around AI. The free festival, hosted by LMU’s School of Film and Television, will include screenings of student short films as well as panels and workshops made up of industry professionals who will speak about topics like the ethical use of AI in entertainment.

Abigail Lee The Variety & Adobe The Future of AI Filmmaking panel at the Sundance Film Festival featured a conversation by film executives about how AI is currently being used in entertainment as well as how it will shape the industry going forward. The panel, moderated by Variety’s executive editor Brent Lang, featured Meagan Keane, director of product marketing at Adobe Pro Video, Dave Clark, The Promise co-founder and chief creative officer, writer and director Paul Trillo, who is also a partner at Asteria, Jason Zada, founder of Secret Level, and Angela Russo-Otstot, AGBO chief creative officer.

William Earl Variety will host three panels with talent, filmmakers and creators, presented by Adobe, at the Sundance Film Festival. The conversations, running Jan. 24-25, will take place at the Adobe House.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Is generative artificial intelligence Hollywood’s friend or foe? A new studio venture, which has received backing from Peter Chernin and venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is enthusiastically in the latter camp — embracing gen AI as a power tool for creatives. Promise says it will produce films and TV shows and “pioneer new formats, empowering both gen AI artists and established Hollywood talent to bring ambitious, creative visions to life.” A key piece of the startup’s business model is proprietary software that will facilitate “a reimagined production process.” The company’s trio of founders have digital-media bona fides: CEO George Strompolos is the former founder of creator network Fullscreen; president/COO Jamie Byrne, a YouTube content executive who helped launch the platform’s creator revenue-sharing program; and chief creative officer Dave Clark, a marketer, commercial director and AI filmmaker includes short film “Battalion,” following the only Black unit to arrive on Omaha Beach in Normandy during World War II.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDave Clark, Amazon’s CEO of Worldwide Consumer, is resigning from the ecommerce powerhouse after 23 years.He will leave Amazon effective July 1, 2022. Clark is the highest-profile executive departure for Amazon since Andy Jassy took over as CEO last year, when founder Jeff Bezos relinquished the reins.Clark announced his departure Friday on Twitter, writing, “I’ve had an incredible time at Amazon but it’s time for me to build again.

A royal romance. Princess Beatrice found her prince in businessman Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi as the couple fell hard for one another after being introduced by a mutual friend.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpencer Davis, the veteran British rock musician renowned for hits that bore his name but he did not sing, has died, died Monday of a heart attack, according to his former drummer Pete York, cited in the Birmingham Mail and multiple media reports. He was 81.While the Spencer Davis Group performed for decades, its biggest hits — including such frequently covered mid-1960s classics as “Gimme Some Lovin'” and “I’m a Man” — were sung not by Davis but a teenaged Steve Winwood, making the group, like the Dave Clark 5 and the J.

Amazon said Monday that it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online.