The British director of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), one of Germany’s most prestigious film schools, has stepped down following an incident during the Berlin Film Festival in which he exposed his backside to a woman during a heated argument. The DFFB’s board of trustees and Ben Gibson, a veteran film producer, agreed to end their relationship by mutual consent “for various reasons,” the DFFB said in a statement. Sandra Braun, the DFFB’s administrative manager, will head the academy until further notice. Gibson, whose credits include the 1998 Daniel Craig starrer “Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon,” by John Maybury, and Lech Majewski’s 2004 “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” reportedly dropped his pants in anger during an argument with a woman at the DFFB facilities, located in the Sony Center at Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, on Feb. 21. In an email to DFFB students cited by Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, Gibson wrote that he had allowed himself to be provoked and then “exposed” himself. He described his behavior as a “serious mistake” and apologized for the incident, the paper reported, citing his email. Before taking on the DFFB gig in 2016, Gibson worked at the Australian National Film School from 2014 to 2016 and served as director of the London Film School from 2001 to 2014. He also produced such works as Terrence Davies’ 1992 gay classic “The Long Day Closes,” Derek Jarman’s 1993’s “Wittgenstein,” Carine Adler’s 1997 “Under the Skin” and Jasmin Dizdar’s 1999 “Beautiful People.” The DFFB’s board of trustees, whose members include Chairman Christian Gaebler, head of Berlin’s Senate Chancellery, Vice Chairman Eberhard Junkersdorf of Bioskop Film and Kirsten Niehuus, head of regional funder Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, is to meet soon to consider its next course of action. The board’s members also include Claudia Tronnier of ZDF’s Das kleine Fernsehspiel film division, producer Regina Ziegler of Ziegler Film, Detailfilm’s Fabian Gasmia, regional pubcaster RBB’s Martina Zöllner and Iris Brockmann of the Berlin Senate Department of Finance.
- 3/9/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Carrie-Anne Moss has signed on to star on ABC's drama pilot "Suspect".
Meanwhile, Marissa Jeret Winokur has been tapped to star on CBS' comedy pilot "Fugly", William Baldwin has joined ABC's drama pilot "Dirty Sexy Money", Christopher Titus has landed one of the leads on ABC's untitled Jon Feldman drama pilot, Madchen Amick is set as the female lead on CBS' one-hour pilot "Viva Laughlin!" and Eric Christian Olsen will play the male lead on ABC's untitled D.C. comedy pilot.
Additionally, Leslie Hope has come aboard Fox's drama pilot "The Apostles", Brian Benben has been cast in NBC's comedy pilot "The Mastersons of Manhattan", Swoosie Kurtz has joined ABC's drama pilot "Pushing Daisies", while David Alan Basche, Julian Sands and David Norona have joined NBC's "Lipstick Jungle".
"Suspect", from Sony Pictures TV and 25 C Prods., is a fast-paced procedural drama uncovering a crime's perpetrator by tracing the suspects in a lineup. In the pilot directed by Guy Ritchie, Moss will play a police lieutenant, the boss of the department who is tough on the outside and warm and caring on the inside. Moss, star of such films as the "Matrix" trilogy and "Memento", will next be seen in "Disturbia" and "Fido" and is slated to begin production on "Fireflies in the Garden" in March. She is repped by WMA, Manager Elizabeth Hodgson and attorney Robert Lange.
Also cast in "Suspect" are Erik Palladino and Kathleen Munroe. "ER" alum Palladino will play a detective who grew up in the streets. Munroe ("Beautiful People") will play the squad baby.
"Fugly", from 20th TV and Greg Garcia, revolves around three siblings -- identical twin sisters and a brother -- who buy one sister an extreme makeover and move to Hollywood to cash in on her good looks.
Meanwhile, Marissa Jeret Winokur has been tapped to star on CBS' comedy pilot "Fugly", William Baldwin has joined ABC's drama pilot "Dirty Sexy Money", Christopher Titus has landed one of the leads on ABC's untitled Jon Feldman drama pilot, Madchen Amick is set as the female lead on CBS' one-hour pilot "Viva Laughlin!" and Eric Christian Olsen will play the male lead on ABC's untitled D.C. comedy pilot.
Additionally, Leslie Hope has come aboard Fox's drama pilot "The Apostles", Brian Benben has been cast in NBC's comedy pilot "The Mastersons of Manhattan", Swoosie Kurtz has joined ABC's drama pilot "Pushing Daisies", while David Alan Basche, Julian Sands and David Norona have joined NBC's "Lipstick Jungle".
"Suspect", from Sony Pictures TV and 25 C Prods., is a fast-paced procedural drama uncovering a crime's perpetrator by tracing the suspects in a lineup. In the pilot directed by Guy Ritchie, Moss will play a police lieutenant, the boss of the department who is tough on the outside and warm and caring on the inside. Moss, star of such films as the "Matrix" trilogy and "Memento", will next be seen in "Disturbia" and "Fido" and is slated to begin production on "Fireflies in the Garden" in March. She is repped by WMA, Manager Elizabeth Hodgson and attorney Robert Lange.
Also cast in "Suspect" are Erik Palladino and Kathleen Munroe. "ER" alum Palladino will play a detective who grew up in the streets. Munroe ("Beautiful People") will play the squad baby.
"Fugly", from 20th TV and Greg Garcia, revolves around three siblings -- identical twin sisters and a brother -- who buy one sister an extreme makeover and move to Hollywood to cash in on her good looks.
- 2/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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