Word is that director Keir McFarlane is joining bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander….Director Steve Ramser is now working under the banner Lotion, which also represents directors Luca Maroni, Frank Samuel and Jelle Oortman Gerlings; Ramser’s previous shop, Unscented, was in affiliation with now defunct The End. Lotion is based in West Hollywood….Feature film and music video director Alison Maclean has signed with Park Pictures, New York, for commercials and music videos. This is the first spot representation for Maclean, whose credits include directing the ’99 feature Jesus’ Son and the ’92 feature Crush….Director Danny Weisberg, formerly of Hollywood-based Orbit Productions, is joining Crash Films, Santa Monica….Compass Films, New York, has signed director Magnus Wikman….Composer/sound designer David Logan has joined Amber Music, New York and London…. Composer Ron Steele Jr. of Chicago-based I Dig Music has joined Chicago-based music house Comtrack….Chris Laite has joined Moving Images, New York, as senior editor. Laite spent the past 16 years at Manhattan Transfer, New York, most recently as an editor….Editors Lance Pereira and Hal Honigsberg have teamed with executive producer Deanne Mehling to launch Santa Monica-based editorial house Chrome….Documentary filmmaker Jessica Yu of non•fic•tion spots, Santa Monica, has wrapped directing an episode of The West Wing, and is again available for spot assignments….The Angelciti Film Festival 2001, recently wrapped in Los Angeles, has named 12 as the year’s best experimental film. The comedy was written, produced, directed, shot and edited by Larry Bridges, president of Red Car, which has editorial houses in Santa Monica, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas. (The company has also just expanded into Canada via a link with Toronto-based Johnson/Burnett; see separate story, p. 7). The festival cut of 12 is a little over two hours; the director’s cut is in excess of three hours….
