Street TalkDirector Bastian Glaessner has joined Blink for international representation and Furlined for work in the North American market. As one third of the now defunct directorial team Lynn Fox, Glaessner has built a reel featuring work for clients spanning commercials, fashion and the arts....
September 28, 2012 -- Director Bastian Glaessner has joined Blink for international representation and Furlined for work in the North American market. As one third of the now defunct directorial team Lynn Fox, Glaessner has built a reel featuring work for clients spanning commercials, fashion and the arts. His previous collaborations include spots for Audi ("Spider," "Warm Up"), Mercedes ("Airbag") and Miller ("Clean Streets"), concert and promo visuals for Bjork and the launch film for Stella McCartney's inaugural fragrance, Stella. Some of this work has earned accolades including Cannes Titanium for the "Crashes" spot for Axe and D&AD Silver for Bjork's World Tour visuals....

Rep ReportProduction house Backyard has secured indie rep firm OPTiONS, comprised of Doug Sherin and Kim Griswold, to handle the West Coast and Texas....
September 28, 2012 -- Production house Backyard has secured indie rep firm OPTiONS, comprised of Doug Sherin and Kim Griswold, to handle the West Coast and Texas....

POV: What Can Be Learned from the Rebranding of Batman?By Michael Uslan
September 27, 2012 -- It's been more than two decades since Batman was resurrected--rebranded--to the mainstream world, and it's largely due to a boy and his dream. I wasn't just rejected from every studio in Hollywood; I was emphatically rejected because Batman was known only as a punch line to a joke.

spot.com.mentaryThe Road To Emmy
By Robert Goldrich
September 21, 2012 -- In our multi-part The Road To Emmy series of feature stories these past few months, it became clear that in some very notable cases gratification over a project went well beyond gaining peer recognition via a nomination or even nominations.

POVThoughts On The "Art of Noise"
By Jeff Elmassian
September 21, 2012 -- "I believe that the use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the use of electrical instruments which will make available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard."
-- John Cage, "The Future of Music: Credo" (1937)

Flash BackSeptember 28, 2007
September 21, 2012 -- By a narrow margin of a little more than 700 votes, incumbent Alan Rosenburg beat out Seymour Cassel and has been elected to serve a second term as president of the Screen Actors Guild....

Short TakesRAISING SUPPORT FOR INT'L. DAY OF THE GIRL
September 21, 2012 -- Sara Dunlop of Rattling Stick directed "She'll Learn," one of two films in a multimedia campaign from AMV BBDO, London, on behalf of development charity Plan International. The campaign is designed to ignite a global movement of support for young girls' rights to an education.

Street TalkPicrow has added director Peter Lydon to its roster.
September 21, 2012 -- Picrow has added director Peter Lydon to its roster. Known for his comedy spot work (Ikea, Discovery Channel, Carlsberg), Lydon has a filmography that also spans documentaries (Peter Sellers...As He Filmed It) and both comedic and dramatic British TV shows.... 

Rep ReportTalent agency The Directors Network has signed DP Pierre Rouger.
September 21, 2012 -- Talent agency The Directors Network has signed DP Pierre Rouger. With his international background and imaginative visuals, Rouger has turned out assorted visually powerful spots and music videos over the past two decades.

Rep ReportRuss Robertson has been named sr. VP of sales, East Coast, for post house Encore, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. He will relocate to New York from Toronto....
September 14, 2012 -- Russ Robertson has been named sr. VP of sales, East Coast, for post house Encore, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. He will relocate to New York from Toronto....