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Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
Forest Park To Branch Into Spots
HOLLYWOOD—Forest Park Pictures—a Hollywood-based feature company launched last year by actor/producer Hayden Christensen (who played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones ) and his brother, producer Tove Christensen—is laying the groundwork for a diversification into...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
Changing Images
The images in "Ultimate," a regional Daimler Chrysler campaign out of BBDO Detroit, Troy, Mich., for use in California, Texas, and the Southeastern U.S. markets, are strikingly beautiful: a brown bear on its hind legs, towering redwood trees, cascading Yosemite Falls, rousing cattle stampedes and...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
Top Dog At Moondog: Editor Kasko
Editor Pete Kasko—a partner in New York-based Moondog Edit and its predecessor shop, the longstanding Billy Williams Enterprises, for the past five years—has become sole owner of the company, buying the stake held by editor Billy Williams. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. At press...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
A VFX Show Within The Show
Somewhere inside the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention taking place April 5-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center lies a visual effects show. However, it is up to you to piece it together one booth at a time. While the collective experiences should reveal a snapshot of the...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
Shops Seek More Mileage From Footage
Several film and video libraries have teamed to form the Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors (ACSIL). The organization was formally launched during the MIP-TV festival, held last week in Cannes. ACSIL will be based in New York and act as a trade association, aiming to raise the profile...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
One Venue, Many Questions: Industry Gears Up For NAB
It must be that time of year—as evidenced by this week's "Your Shot" column (see p. 4) by Howie Schwartz, CEO of hsr/ny. Indeed, the 2003 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, April 5-10, is set to get underway in Las Vegas, but with several new wrinkles and questions generated in...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
Get Up & Go: A Spot Shift For Dir. Tardio
Director Neil Tardio Jr., best known for his work in the comedy/dialogue genre, has signed with Go Film, the bicoastal production company headed by partners/executive producers Robert Wherry, Jonathan Weinstein and Gary Rose. Tardio comes over after a two-year affiliation with Los Angeles-based A...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
APRIL 3, 1998/Producer Kerrie King is taking a global approach to the production services via her new company, a.k.a. films, New York, after having closed Massey/ King Productions at the end of 1997….Alan Dettelbach has been named president of bicoastal Mad River Post. Dettelbach's hiring frees Mad...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
Cucoloris Takes Two: Uppal And Johnston
Director/editor Natasha Uppal and director Christian Johnston have signed with Venice-based Cucoloris for commercial representation in North America. Both helmers are up-and-comers in the spot directing business, having directed client-direct and/or spec ads, as well as independent film projects...
Friday, Apr. 4, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Tim Roper is the new creative director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky , Los Angeles. He was most recently senior VP/group creative director at Mullen, Wenham, Mass. Roper replaces Sally Hogshead, who left the shop to prepare for the birth of twins this fall. Howard Wilmont and Duncan...