Andy Whitlatch Andy Whitlatch

A Cinematic Journey Through 2023: A Year in Review

Most people do their end-of-year posts in December, but I’m more of an end-of-February guy myself. I was lucky to hop on a project at the beginning of the year which delayed my time to work on writing this post. What I like about working in the film industry is that no two days are alike and having worked for more than a decade I’m noticing that no two years are alike as well. Some years feel like a lot more travel and other years feel like more local studio gigs. In other years I’ve worked a lot in fashion or food & spirits. It’s always interesting how the momentum of one thing can lead to more of the same thing. I think it has something to do with Newton’s first law of motion, but anyway I’m not here to write a Physics paper, because that would hurt all of us. I classify this year as “iconic.” In film, It’s common to work with all kinds of famous talent, but it’s rarer to work with people so prolific they reach iconic status. I had the opportunity to work with Hall of Famer golfer, Jack Nicklaus, Celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse, and tour with one of the founding fathers of hip-hop, GrandMaster Flash.

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