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A SAG-COMMISSIONED STUDY conducted by George Gerbner, professor of telecommunications at Temple University, has concluded that Americas poor and underprivileged are practically nonexistent on primetime dramas and daytime soaps, while foreigners and mentally ill characters are more likely to be...
THERES SOMETHING ABOUT a year that ends with a nine. Whether its a birthday or the end of a decade, its just a big deal, a signal of the end of one thing and the beginning of something else. Theres trauma attached to turning 30 or 40 or 50 or whatever else we get to. So, in 1999, we start to...
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MCI WorldCom/MCI 5¢ Sundays.
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Live action by PYTKA, Venice, Calif. Joe Pytka, director/DP; Suellen Wagner, executive producer; Lisa Winston, producer. Animation by Warner Bros. Classic Animation, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Frank Molieri,...
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Toyota 4-Runner.
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Case Nydrle, West Hollywood. Peter Nydrle, director/cameraman; Carol Case, executive producer; Laura Brown, producer; Cassie Hulen, head of production; Steve Woroniecki, production supervisor. Shot on location....
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Taco Bell.
PRODUCTION CO.
Partizan Midi Minuit, bicoastal/international. Traktor, director; Andrzej Sekula, DP; Richard Ulfvengren and Ole Sanders, executive producers. Shot at Raleigh Studios, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
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TBWA/...
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General Motors Corp./Chevy Trucks/Silverado.
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Steve & Linda Horn Inc., New York. Steve Horn, director/DP; Alayne Baxter, executive producer. Shot on location.
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Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Mich. Jim Gilmore,...
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Walgreen Co.
PRODUCTION CO.
"Sources," "Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies," "Roads" and "All of the People" produced by Atlas Pictures, Santa Monica. Toby Phillips, director/DP; Sharn Stinson-Ure, executive producer; Jeff Tannebring, producer. "Photo...
Cel animation directed by Peter Chung of Acme Filmworks, Hollywood, sets up what looks like a story of intrigue inevitably leading to confrontation. But the payoff is quite different in "The Coupe Mission," a Honda spot for the U.S. Hispanic market out of La Agencia de Orci...
Submissions for "The Best Work You May Never See" can be local, regional or foreign commercials, spec spots, pro bono PSAs, test commercials that didn't get beyond limited markets or ads that were produced but never aired. If you have great creative commercial filmmaking that might...
Extending its global reach, @radical.media has opened an operation in Sydney, Australia, complementing its footholds in London, New York and Santa Monica. The company also maintains a sales office in Paris....Los Angeles-based U Ground has entered into an association with Crossroads Films, the...