RMG Directors

Our clients continue to garner notice as 2010 wraps up.  RMG director client ROSEMARY RODRIGUEZ had her episode of THE GOOD WIFE (“Cleaning House”) named as the 7^th best TV episode of 2010 by Entertainment Weekly.

RMG Client Ellie Kanner will be directing the upcoming film For the Love of Money for All Cash Productions. The indie drama will star actors James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Jeffrey Tambour and Edward Furlong. Ellie has directed projects such as Wildfire, Greek, Boston Legal, Stephen King’s Dead Zone, and most recently directed the film Wake, which stars Ian Somerhalder and Jane Seymour.

For the Love of Money is written by Jenna Mattison, who is going to be producing with Izek Shomof. The film is based on the true story of the life of Izek Shomof, centering on the themes of family, friendship and the bonds formed between Jewish gangsters. Shooting begins this week in Los Angeles.

Director Jeff Woolnough has plenty to celebrate after two of his projects – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story and Being Erica – took home major prizes at the annual Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) awards.  Don Cherry picked up wins for Best TV Movie Sound Editing and Best TV Movie overall, while Being Erica garnered a Best Drama Series prize.

Both winning series contributed to a big night for the CBC, which also took home awards for Little Mosque on the Prairie (best comedy series) and Heartland (best family division).  The gala all took place in Toronto on Saturday night.

To see some of Woolnough’s directing work, you can visit his website by clicking HERE.

RMG client Jeff Woolnough has received a Best Director nomination in the Television Movie/Miniseries category for his work on Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story at the 9^th Annual Directors Guild of Canada Awards, being held on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. In addition, Keep Your Head Up Kid is also up for Best Television Movie/Miniseries, Best Editor, and Best Sound Editor.

Keep Your Head Up Kid tells the life story of Don Cherry, a former hockey player and coach. Part one starts with Cherry’s childhood and takes us through his career in the minor leagues, including his one and only NHL game with the Boston Bruins. Part two explores the years he spent coaching the Rochester Americans and the Boston Bruins, and then his transition to a career in broadcasting.

Woolnough also received a nomination for Best Television Series (Drama) for his outstanding direction of Being Erica, Episode 109 – “Everything She Wants”.  All of us here at Rain Management Group wish Jeff and his crew the best of luck come award night.

LIFETIME’S THE PREGNANCY PACT BECOMES AD-SUPPORTED CABLE’S NUMBER ONE RATED MOVIE AMONG WOMEN 18-34 IN OVER 10 YEARS

Original Movie about Teen Pregnancy also Becomes Cable’s Most Watched Film in Women 18-34 Since 1994, Women 18-49 Since 2001 and Adults 18-34 Since 2002,

Generating Highest Delivery Among Multiple Demos in Network’s 26 Year History

4.3 Rating in Women 18-49 Places Film in Top Five of all Original Movies Ever for Network

With 4.2 Household Rating, The Pregnancy Pact Averages 5.9 Million Total Viewers

Lifetime Television’s Original Movie The Pregnancy Pact, directed by RMG client Rosemary Rodriguez (Acts of Worship, Rescue Me, Castle) and starring Camryn Manheim, Nancy Travis and Thora Birch, generated strong ratings in its January 23 world premiere, including a 4.3 rating among Women 18-49, a 4.8 in Women 18-34, a 3.7 Women 25-54 rating, a 3.65 among Women 18+ and a 4.2 in Households.  The Pregnancy Pact’s impressive performance propelled the film to become the number one rated movie on ad-supported cable in over 10 years among Women 18-34 since 1998, in over three years among Women 18-49 since 2006, as well as Adults 18-34 (3.1) since 2004.

In delivery, it was the most watched movie on ad-supported cable in over 15 years among Women 18-34 since 1994 (1,371,272 viewers), among Women 18-49 since 2001 (2,476,310) and Adults 18-34 since 2002 (1,772,952).  It also is the most watched Lifetime Original Movie premiere in Lifetime’s 26 year history among Women 18-34, Women 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-49 (3,220,994).  The film averaged 5,855,624 Total Viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The Pregnancy Pact was also the second highest rated Original Movie premiere for the network ever among Women 18-34 and Adults 18-34.  In addition, of the 214 Lifetime Original Movies, the film ranked as the 4^th highest rated movie among Women 18-49 in Lifetime’s history.

Online, The Pregnancy Pact significantly increased traffic to the network’s official website, myLifetime.com, which generated more than 3.8 million page views over the weekend, the second most trafficked weekend in the site’s history.