August 8, 2016      DDB NY has added Chris Klein and Alan Leber as executive producers. Klein will serve as EP on the Time Warner Cable and Johnson & Johnson Beauty accounts. Prior to joining DDB, he worked for eight years at J. Walter Thompson and oversaw production for a range of clients, including Rolex, Puma, Royal Caribbean, and many Nestlé and J&J brands. Leber joins DDB from creative agency Love & War, where he led the production team through 360 branding projects including the launch of Chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s Beverly Hills restaurant Georgie. Earlier in his career, Leber headed production teams at The Barbarian Group for Samsung... Director Zach Math has joined the roster of production house Caviar. He had previously been handled by Bob Industries for commercials and branded content...Meanwhile Bob Industries has added three directors to its roster for exclusive U.S. representation: Jan Wentz, well known in Europe for his cinematic, narrative work for global brands such as Audi and Samsung; Jonathan Hock whose filmography ranges from indie documentaries to multiple docs for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series as well as commercials; and Brigg Bloomquist whose background as an agency creative, writer, improviser and animator informs his work for clients including Nike and Lego....

August 7, 2011      Director Debra Granik, acclaimed this past awards season for her feature film Winter’s Bone, has joined the roster of trio films for representation in commercials. This marks her first career spot representation....GARTNER has added director Benjamin Lee Gordon to its roster, marking the first time he has been repesented in the U.S. for commercials. Gordon is an up-and-coming talent who has already made his mark in Europe....Tom Sherak was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. This will be his third consecutive one-year term in the office. Sherak is beginning his ninth year as a governor representing the Executives Branch.  He had previously also served as treasurer for the Academy. A marketing, distribution and production executive with more than four decades of experience in the motion picture biz, Sherak is currently a consultant for Skydance Productions and Relativity Media. Previously, Sherak was a partner at Revolution Studios where he oversaw the release of more than 30 films....