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Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
NEWSBRIEFS
Brian J. Kelly has been appointed a VP at Henninger Media Services, Arlington, Va. He will also retain his previous positions of executive producer and general manager at Henninger Productions, Arlington. During Kelly's eight years at Henninger, he has been involved in a number of film projects,...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Good Mix
Audio post houses have long groused that their position at the end of the commercial production cycle means that, even in good times, most of the ad budget is spent by the time the job gets to them. These days, when agencies and advertisers cut budgets, many audio post houses are having to develop...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Blink.fx Hires Mark Tyler
After working at now defunct Post Perfect for 13 years, the last 11 consecutively, editor/visual effects artist Mark Tyler has joined post facility Blink.fx, New York. With commercial, TV and music video clients, Tyler was looking for a facility that could accommodate his diverse projects and...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Big Trout Pictures Hooks Director Marcus Stokes
Director Marcus Stokes has joined Big Trout Pictures, the San Francisco production house headed by executive producer Griff Marshall. Stokes comes over from Industrial Light+Magic (ILM), San Rafael, Calif., where he started his career as an intern and moved up the ladder to technical animator, then...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
A Band Apart Signs Billy Bob Thornton
Actor/writer/ director Billy Bob Thornton, an Academy Award winner, has inked a deal to direct commercials and music videos via A Band Apart .35mm, according to executive producer Jeff Armstrong. A Band Apart .35mm is a division that represents feature filmmakers—including Quentin Tarantino, John...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
3 Dirs. + 3 Exec Prods= Trio Films
Partners/executive producers Taylor Ferguson, Annie Hanlon and Erin Tauscher have set up Trio Films, a Venice-based production house that will pursue commercials and music videos as well as feature, television and other media projects. At this juncture, Trio represents directors Steve Fong and Mike...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Draft Cold, But Sports Hot In DTV
A much publicized draft of legislation (SHOOT, 9/27, p. 1)—which includes a mandate that broadcasters stop sending conventional analog TV signals by Dec. 31, 2006—has received a cold reception from lawmakers and consumer groups. Word at press time was that the controversial provision will likely...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
OCTOBER 3, 1997/Bicoastal HKM Productions and director Roman Coppola have entered into a partnership to form The Directors Bureau. The new spot/music video shop will also be bicoastal….Director Tom DeCerchio and executive producer Oliver Fuselier have launched bicoastal Nitro Films, Santa Monica,...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Winter And Halpern Launch Hyena Films
Directors Alex Winter and Alex Halpern have formed Hyena Films, a New York-based commercial production house. The shop's roster also consists of comedy directors Suzanne Luna, Art Haynie and a directing duo dubbed the Majorcan Liberation Army—a.k.a. Marcel Lundberg and Max Makowski. Halpern and...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Comedian Shows Seinfeld, Serious Side To Stand-Up
In 1998, Jerry Seinfeld celebrated the retirement of his entire library of stand-up comedy with the HBO Special I'm Telling You For The Last Time. In the four years since then, the legendary comic has been writing new material and making surprise visits to New York comedy clubs to test it out on...