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Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Spontaneous Elkins
David Elkins has joined Spontaneous Combustion, New York, as a visual effects supervisor/senior Inferno artist. Elkins was formerly senior digital effects editor/Flame artist/effects supervisor at R/Greenberg Associates (R/GA), the now defunct spot division of R/GA Digital Studios (R/GA-DS), New...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Mobius Awards Honor "Spirit"
An Australian Qantas Airlines spot, titled "Spirit," was awarded Best of Show in the broadcast division at the 29th annual Mobius Advertising Awards, held at the Chicago Cultural Center on Feb. 9. "Spirit" was created by Sydney-based agency Singleton Ogilvy & Mather and directed by Iain...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Cutters Revamps
In order to create a more distinct identity for its postproduction-related services, Chicago-headquartered facility Cutters has reorganized. Cutters has expanded its Santa Monica-based design/effects sister company SOL designefx, opening a Chicago operation to house what had been Cutter's Windy...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Peligro Signs Composer Gordon Cyrus
Composer Gordon Cyrus—who's been working as a freelancer out of Stockholm and Paris—has signed with Peligro Music & Sound Design, the Los Angeles house launched last year by composer/sound designer Greg Kuehn and executive producer Jonnie Peckham (SHOOT, 2/19/99, p. 7). This is Cyrus' first U.S...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Composer Tony Prendatt Joins Smythe & Company For Spots
Smythe & Company, based in New York, has signed composer Tony Prendatt, who specializes in urban and hip-hop fare. During his 25-year industry tenure, Prendatt has been a composer, engineer, arranger and producer. Prendatt was the principal engineer on Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Dir. Pawluk Joins Dublin Prodns.
Director Walter Pawluk has signed for commercial representation with Dublin Productions, the Hollywood-headquartered company headed by principal/director Rick Dublin and executive producer Jonathan Miller. Pawluk spent the better part of the past year mulling over his production house options after...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Visitor Adds Dir. Coleman
Director/ cameraman Lionel Coleman, formerly of 1/33 Productions, has joined Santa Monica-based production house Visitor. Coleman left 1/33 when his contract expired in October. 1/33 officially shuttered earlier this month, at which point its Santa Monica-space was taken over by Cohn+Company (SHOOT...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Longform Dirs. To Enter Spots Under Aegis Of J/B
Bicoastal Johnson/Burnett, best known for providing production services and backroom/administrative support to the spot industry, has formed Aegis. The new bicoastal venture is designed to facilitate longform directors looking to diversify into commercials. Aegis opens with a directorial roster...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
Windmill Lane Signs Dir. Rupert Wainwright
Director Rupert Wainwright has joined Windmill Lane Productions, Santa Monica, for spot representation in the American, Asian and European markets. Wainwright was last repped by now defunct Pavlov Productions, the commercial arm of Culver City-headquartered Sony Pictures Entertainment. Ever since...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2000
The Doctor, The Bus Driver And Wayman Manning
When the product is professional sports, creating ads might seem like a no-brainer. But the Madison Square Garden Network (MSG Network) and ad agency Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, New York, opted against the typical sports-celebrity endorsement in its latest campaign, "It's More Than Just A Game...