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Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Coming SIGGRAPH Attractions: Spots
More than 20,000 attendees—including a sizeable contingent from foreign countries—are expected next week (7/21-26) for the 29th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH 2002), at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio. Commercials will figure...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
JULY 18, 1997/Chicago Music Works is opening a branch office in Santa Monica. In line with this expansion, the parent firm becomes Music Works Chicago; the West Coast branch is Music Works Los Angeles….Director/ cameraman Dick Buckley has signed with bicoastal Coppos Films for exclusive U.S...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Dir. Nick Egan Stocks Arsenal For Spots, Clips
Director Nick Egan has linked with Arsenal, the Los Angeles-based commercial and music video house headed by principal/executive producer Larry Perel. Egan had previously been represented by now defunct Cognito Films. Egan's relationship with Perel dates back to his days at now defunct Satellite in...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Ka-chew! Signs Directors Hodnet And Munro
Ka-chew!— the live-action commercial division of Hollywood-based animation studio Klasky Csupo Inc., and the sister shop to spot animation boutique Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials—has signed directors Christina Hodnet and Alan Munro. The helmers further fortify ka-chew!'s niche in the youth-appeal...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Aussies Sweeten Guava's VFX Pot
The husband-and-wife team of visual effects artist Alex Catchpoole and visual effects producer Mary-Joy Lu have come aboard Guava, the New York-based visual effects/ design boutique recently launched by post house Nice Shoes, New York. Catchpoole and Lu leave behind TANQ, the now defunct visual...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Dave Meyers Signs With @radical
Acclaimed music video director Dave Meyers has inked a deal with bicoastal/international @radical. media for worldwide commercial representation. Meyers continues to be repped by F.M. Rocks, Santa Monica, for music video projects. Meyers related he had long wanted to move into commercials...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Ohio Edit Adds Michael Mees
Ohio Edit, New York, has hired Michael Mees for the position of senior editor. Probably best known as the lead cutter on the film Any Given Sunday, Mees will work on a variety of projects at Ohio Edit, including music videos, documentary films and commercials. "We had room for one more person and...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
Breaking Through
When watching film, there are the details you see and hear, and there are those you sense. The latter are vital to a film's success—they suspend disbelief and secure the fourth wall. While there may be an esoteric French or German word that best describes this side of film appreciation, in English...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Craig Evans has joined the newly renamed agency Matthews|Evans|Albertazzi , San Diego. Evans comes aboard the shop (formerly matthews/mark) as partner/creative director. He had been with branding agency Big Bang Idea Engineering, San Diego and Seattle. Matthews|Evans|Albertazzi's other partners...
Friday, Jul. 12, 2002
Iben Makes Final Cut
Editor Sarah Iben has joined Final Cut, New York. According to Final Cut managing director Stephanie Apt, Iben's editorial style is what the firm had been seeking to round out its stable of five editors. "Everybody in the company felt we needed somebody with a really strong comedy skill set," Apt...