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Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
First Edition Grows Team; Announces Promotions: Editors Howie And Matthew Lazarus Join Co.
NEW YORK-First Edition, New York, has announced several new hires, as well as some promotions. Joining its creative editorial team are Howie Lazarus and his son Matthew, both previously editors at Take Five Editorial, New York, a boutique founded in the mid-1960s by Howie and now-retired editor...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Dir. Terry Heller Links With DNA
HOLLYWOOD-David Naylor & Associates (DNA), a Hollywood-based commercial/music video house, has added Terry Heller to its directorial roster. Heller, best known for his clips work, had most recently been represented by bicoastal/international Propaganda Films. Prior to his six-month stint at...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Visual Effects Society Explores Methods To Simplify Business: Will Examine Need To Create Visual Efx Bid Form.
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-The visual effects industry may be driven by creative people, but, according to Tom Atkin, executive director of the Sherman Oaks-based Visual Effects Society (VES), it still must operate as a business. So as part of VES' 1999 agenda, Atkin said the group would explore ways to...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Coppos Films Signs Director Steve Suchman: Prodn. Designer's Spec Reel Piques Co. Interest.
LOS ANGELES-Bicoastal Coppos Films wasn't looking to sign a new director-until executive producers Allison Nunn and Bill Bratkowski saw Steve Suchman's spec reel. "We all felt it was one of the better spec reels that any of us, including our sales reps, had seen in a long time," said Nunn. Coppos...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Dir. Carolyn Coal Joins Headquarters: Gold Clio-Winning Spotmaker Has Short Film Set For Sundance.
SANTA MONICA-Director Carolyn Coal-who last year won a Gold Clio in the student category for "It's Claire," a poignant AIDS Awareness Durex condoms commercial she conceptualized, produced and helmed at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena-has joined bicoastal Headquarters for exclusive spot...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
TBWA/Chiat/Day Goes Virtual For barnesandnoble.com
In an effort to increase traffic on barnesandnoble.com, Barnes & Nobles Internet bookstore, TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York, produced a four-spot campaign featuring popular authors Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Frank McCourt and Dilbert creator Scott Adams. King, Clancy, Adams and McCourt were directed by...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Gift Exchange
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And in the case of Gift Exchange, a :30 for the Oregon Lottery out of Moffatt/Rosenthal, Portland, Ore., an office worker hopes his colleagues turn out to be beholders superficial enough to judge a book by its coveraor, more accurately, a gift by its wrapping...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Coppos Films Signs Director Steve Suchman: Prodn. Designers Spec Reel Piques Co. Interest.
Bicoastal Coppos Films wasnt looking to sign a new director-until executive producers Allison Nunn and Bill Bratkowski saw Steve Suchmans spec reel. We all felt it was one of the better spec reels that any of us, including our sales reps, had seen in a long time, said Nunn. Coppos executive...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
YOUR SHOT: Sparring With The Champ
I GUESS WE ALL HAVE OUR favorite moment in advertising. For what its worth, this is mine. Parkinsons disease has been in the news lately. A lot of people are learning a lot more about it through the trials and tribulations of actor Michael J. Fox. Michael J. Fox is a class guy. The media coverage...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
FLASHBACK
5 Years Ago JANUARY 14, 1994 Directors Zack Snyder and Steve Lowe have signed with bicoastal The End, one of the publicly held Harmony Holdings companies.....Harmony Holdings, Burbank, Calif., has also announced it is closing its year-old music and sound design house, Serious Music, Burbank...