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Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
Patti And David Coulter Build A BeachHouse
Executive producers Patti and David Coulter have launched BeachHouse Films, a Santa Monica shop with a directorial roster comprising Richard Taylor, Martin Shewchuk, Harry Karidis, Larry Carroll, Scott McCullough and Bob Marden. With the exception of the latter two, the BeachHouse helmers come over...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
Michael Pollock Goes With Grain At Charlex
Charlex, the New York-based hybrid postproduction/design/graphics firm, has hired Michael Pollock as executive producer for Grain, the company's interactive production division, also in New York. The hire is a sign of Charlex's confidence in Grain as a viable business model. It is also an indicator...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
JANUARY 17, 1997/London-based Amber Music is crossing the Atlantic, expanding its base of operations to the U.S. While maintaining its London studios, the four-year-old firm will set up shop in New York….New York-based Hampel/Stefanides will acquire Mandelbaum Mooney Ashley, San Francisco. The deal...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
Anti-Runaway Initiatives Make Gains In California
Film California First (FCF)—an anti-runaway production program that's received favorable reviews from its users in the spotmaking community (SHOOT, 8/10/01, p. 1)—has expanded and moved significantly closer to gaining the funding necessary to keep it going for the upcoming fiscal year (July 1, 2002...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
Levi's: A Tale Of Two Advertising Votes
A pair of votes surfaced last week—one final, the other to be decided—relative to Levi's advertising in the U.S. The final vote saw London-headquartered Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), with a stateside office in New York, win Levi's coveted U.S. account from TBWA/Chiat/Day, San Francisco, which had...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
Zwigoff Goes Independent For Spots
Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff—whose feature Ghost World recently earned nominations from the Golden Globe Awards and the American Film Institute's inaugural AFI Awards—has entered the spot arena, coming aboard Independent Media, the Santa Monica-based production house headed by executive producer Susanne...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
Panini Debuts With BMW For Moxie
At press time, director Ago Panini was in Milan for his first project under the bicoastal Moxie Pictures banner: a national BMW commercial out of Publicis, Dallas. During pre-pro on the job, Panini formally signed with Moxie for U.S. spot representation, finalizing a deal that he and Moxie partner/...
Friday, Jan. 11, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Peter McHugh has joined Amsterdam-based agency 180 as partner/executive creative director. He comes over from Fallon Minneapolis, where he was serving as group creative director. Scott Bassen and David Rosen have been promoted to VP/associate creative directors at Deutsch New York . The team has...
Friday, Jan. 11, 2002
Director Jonas Frick Dies At 39
Director Jonas Frick, who worked on commercials through bicoastal/international @radical.media, died Dec. 22, in a New York City hospital. He was being treated for pneumonia, apparently deriving from a heart ailment, according to @radical.media co-proprietor Frank Scherma. Frick was 39. The...
Friday, Jan. 11, 2002
Wash. State Film Office In Jeopardy
Ironically, with the runaway production issue at the industry forefront, underscoring the importance of state and local film commissions, there's a distinct possibility that the Washington State Film Office could be shut down on June 30. Due to an expected state budget shortfall of $1.2 billion,...