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Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Convergence Fest Set For Big Easy Bow
Halloween Week 2003 in The Big Easy—the time and place are set for the first annual New Orleans Media Experience (NOME), a week-long convergence festival that celebrates the fusion of advertising, film, music and interactive content. The City of New Orleans has made a three-year commitment to host...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Price Is Right For Dieselfx
Veteran visual effects supervisor/artist Craig Price has come aboard Dieselfx, a Santa Monica-based effects design and compositing shop launched in January by Inferno artist Elliott Jobe. Price was formerly partnered with Jack Schaeffer—president of postproduction house The Finish Line, Santa...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Wilson Griak Adds Director Patrick Coyle
Director Patrick Coyle has signed on for exclusive commercial representation at Wilson Griak, Minneapolis. Relatively new to helming, the veteran actor has directed two short films and a feature, Detective Fiction, which debuted at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. The buzz surrounding his Sundance...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Editor Bica Finds Lost Planet
After two years at Venice, Calif.-based Spot Welders, editor Kim Bica has joined the roster of bicoastal Lost Planet. She'll be based in the company's Santa Monica studio. Bica is currently cutting a music video for singer/songwriter Jesse Harris, who won a Grammy for "Don't Know Why," one of...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Fender Dents FilmCore San Francisco Staff
Editor Tim Fender has joined FilmCore San Francisco. He comes over from Bob 'n' Sheila's Edit World, San Francisco, where his credits included assorted comedy spots for San Francisco ad agencies. Fender's recent credits at Bob 'n' Sheila's—his roost since 1996—include the spot "Balk," part of...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Gabrielis Kaye Steps Into Blue Room
Blue Room Music, the New York-based music and sound design house run by partners Brian Aumueller and Chris Gargani, has signed composer Gabrielis Kaye for commercial music representation. The signing marks Blue Room's first addition since senior composer/producer Aumueller and producer Gargani...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Curtis Schmidt Enters Cutting Room, Venice
Editor Curtis Schmidt, whose last staff position was at Crush Editorial, Santa Monica, has come aboard Venice-based Cutting Room. He joins a roster that also includes editors Jeff Selis, Mitchell Sinoway, Buzz Wein and William Pollock. Among Schmidt's editing endeavors at Crush were projects for...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Chris Canning Upped To Mixer At RavensWork
RavensWork has promoted Chris Canning to audio mixer. Canning, who's been an assistant mixer at the Venice-based shop for the past six years, has recently had the opportunity to serve as mixer on several spot projects for such clients as Chevrolet Impala via Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Mich., Pontiac...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces John Liegey has left Publicis, New York, to join Ogilvy & Mather , New York, as a senior partner/creative director, working on American Express. Liegey had been a group creative director at Publicis. Grant Jacoby , Chicago, has hired Andy Madorsky as its new executive creative...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
Post/VFX, music/sound design, equipment and music video briefs
SHORT CUTS Match Frame , Austin, Texas, teamed up with production company Cibolo Films, San Antonio, Texas, and Los Angeles, on a package of spots for Payless Shoe Source and Bromley Communications, San Antonio. "Spring," "Easter" and "Summer" feature Univision anchor Ana Maria Canseco as...