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Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
DD's Domain Expands With Euro Facility: Co. Gains Ownership Stake In Efx Complex Near Dusseldorf.
OBERHAUSEN, Germany-Visual effects house Digital Domain, Venice, Calif., has joined with Los Angeles-based film/ TV producer Kushner-Locke Co., independent feature production/distribution company Capitol Films, London, and a pair of Israeli businesses-banking firm DLIN, Ltd., and post/ effects shop...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Big Picture Restructures: Exec. Prod. Seavey Cuts Directors Roster; Adds Spotmaker Hammond In Effort To Shift Co. Focus.
NEW YORK-In a bid to distinguish itself in a marketplace saturated with commercial directors, five-year-old Big Picture Communications, New York, has pared down its directorial roster. The shop no longer handles directors David Leach, Brian Bain and Ric Cohn. At press time, their future plans weren...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
THD Relaunched As Black Logic
NEW YORK-Tape House Digital is relaunching itself this month under a new moniker: Black Logic. The move includes redefining the New York-based company as a creative- and design-driven firm and expanding its services to include live-action direction and production. "We want to present ourselves as a...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Salamandra's From Elected AICE/East Prez
NEW YORK-Nitza From, owner/editor at New York-based editorial boutique Salamandra Images, has been elected president of the Association of Independent Commercial Editors (AICE) East Coast chapter by its board of directors, which was itself elected by the general membership at a meeting last month...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Carnal Knowledge DP To Get A.S.C. Int'l. Achievement Award
LOS ANGELES-Giuseppe Rotunno, A.S.C., A.I.C., will receive the International Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers at the 13th Annual A.S.C. Outstanding Achievement Awards, to be held here Feb. 21 at the Century Plaza Hotel. Over the past 40-plus years, Rotunno has worked...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Salamandras From Elected AICE/East Prez
Nitza From, owner/editor at New York-based editorial boutique Salamandra Images, has been elected president of the Association of Independent Commercial Editors (AICE) East Coast chapter by its board of directors, which was itself elected by the general membership at a meeting last month...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
AICP/Minn. Hosts DTV Conference
Roughly 200 attendees representing advertisers, ad agencies, production companies and post houses learned about DTV and its potential impact on advertising during a Dec. 15 DTV conference hosted by the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Minnesota chapter. AICP estimates that...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Cavanaugh Joins National Sound
National Sound has hired audio post engineer Bill Cavanaugh, who, since joining the New York-based facility, has worked on promos for PBS and Lifetime Television. At National Sound, Cavanaugh will be involved in engineering production, as well as working on promos and spots. Prior to joining...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Accom Acquires Scitex; Pinnacle To Buy Truevision
MENLO PARK, Calif.-In the video-technology arena, 1998 was marked by numerous acquisitions, most notably Avid Technology's purchase of Softimage and Autodesk's announced plan to acquire Discreet Logic. As the year drew to a close, two more such announcements were made. Accom, the Menlo Park-based...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Chances Are: Gidget Serenades Taco Bell - Anthropomorphic Chihuahua Fun Continues In Ongoing TBWA/Chiat/Day Campaign.
Gidget, the past year's most famous Chihuahua (and most fascinating, according to People magazine), makes another appearance in a Taco Bell spot created by TBWA/Chiat/Day, Playa del Rey, Calif. "Serenade," directed by Traktor out of bicoastal/international Partizan Midi Minuit, casts the charming...