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Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
Bisetti To Primal Scream
Composer Victor Bisetti has joined Santa Monica-based music and sound design house Primal Scream. A percussionist with specialties in both rock and Latin music, Bisetti has spent the last 12 years touring and recording as the drummer for the band Los Lobos. He joins Primal Scream as part of its...
Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
Goldberg Links With Trivers/Meyers
Noted audio engineer Goldberg (a.k.a. Barry Goldberg), in conjunction with his Venice, Calif.-based Bare Bones Music, has signed with Trivers/Myers Music, Manhattan Beach, for commercial representation. Per the deal, Trivers/Myers—the music house co-founded by composers John Trivers and Liz Myers—...
Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
Three Directors Enter The Land Of Storyville
Storyville Pictures, the commercial production house headed by principal/ executive producer Dirk Detweiler, has added three directors to its roster: Deb Hagan, Mark Ellensohn and Steve Bruni. Based in Santa Monica, Storyville was launched last March by Detweiler and partner/director Glen Owen (...
Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
First Trailer Park Festival Spotlights Assistant Editors
Assistant editors at companies affiliated with the Midwest chapter of the Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) recently got a chance to show off their cutting skills via the first annual Trailer Park Festival. For the AICE-sponsored event, the assistant editors took last year's...
Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
NEWSBRIEFS
Henninger Media Services, headquartered in Richmond, Va., has promoted several staffers within its various facilities. Scott Witthaus was upped to VP/general manager, Henninger D.C. operations, which includes 1150 Post, Henninger Capitol and Henninger Arlington; Dave Leonard was promoted to...
Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design And Stock Footage Briefs
SHORT CUTS Santa Monica-based The Finish Line (TFL) worked on the visual effects and final conform for a trio of Bacardi Silver :30s via Momentum, San Diego, Calif. TFL's James Bygrave was the visual effects artist on "Bottle Dance," "Pied Piper" and "Shower," with "Pied Piper" receiving the bulk...
Friday, Apr. 12, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
As of May 1, Peter Nicholson is new creative chief at Publicis in Mid America , Chicago. Most recently he was a group creative director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco. William Gelner , formerly an associate creative director at Cliff Freeman and Partners, New York, has joined...
Friday, Apr. 5, 2002
ILMCP To Close At End Of June
Industrial Light+Magic Commercial Productions (ILMCP) is slated to close on June 28. Parent company Lucas Digital, Ltd. made the decision to shut down its spot shop due in large part to the slowdown in the ad industry. Lucas Digital and ILMCP are based in San Rafael. The feature visual effects...
Friday, Apr. 5, 2002
Director Andrew Christou Has Moxie
Bicoastal Moxie Pictures has signed director Andrew Christou for exclusive spot representation in the U.S. and Canada. A former agency creative who made the transition to directing about a year ago, Christou was last repped for commercials by now defunct Propaganda Films, which he joined in April...
Friday, Apr. 5, 2002
Looking For Solutions, Simpler Workflow At NAB
The 2002 NAB, taking place April 6-11, is spread liberally through Las Vegas' convention halls, including the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), the Sands Expo and—new to the show this year—the "South Hall" attached to the LVCC. With the growth in exhibits comes an extra day to view them, bringing...