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Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
Jordan Brady Ventures Into Area 51
Director Jordan Brady—best known for performance-driven comedy, often with a measure of latitude for improvisation—has joined Area 51 Films, Santa Monica, for exclusive spot representation. He comes over from Santa Monica-based Bravo Zulu, where he spent the past year. While Brady said his career...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
N.Y.'s Kaufman Succeeds Emling As AFCI President
Pat Swinney Kaufman—deputy commissioner and director of the New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development—has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI). She replaces outgoing AFCI president, Ward...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
FCB Editor Flows Into Mad River
Stephane Dumonceau, longtime in-house editor for FCB San Francisco, has joined Mad River Post, which maintains shops in New York, Detroit, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Dallas. He will be available to work via all the Mad River facilities, with his primary base of operation being the Santa Monica...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
Red Car, Armstrong To Buenos Aires
Editor Steve Armstrong has joined Red Car, where he will play a lead role in extending the company's global reach via the launch of a full-service editorial/post studio in Buenos Aires. Armstrong projects that Red Car's Argentina facility will be fully up and running in late spring/early summer...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
DECEMBER 5, 1997/U Ground, Los Angeles, has signed the London-based, three-man directing team Hammer & Tongs for U.S. spot and music video work. The trio consists of Nick Goldsmith, Garth Jenning and Dominic Leung….Director/DP Robert Davidson has signed with Santa Monica-based Area 51 Films,...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
Levi's "Odyssey" Tops Monitor Spot Honors
Although the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound (ITS) met its demise nearly a year-and-a-half ago (SHOOT, 8/24/01, p. 1), the organization's annual competition, the International Monitor Awards, continues. Helping the awards reach their 23rd year was Tracy Murley, former director of...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
Asbury Short Film Show Long On Agency Exposure
Some 500 ad agency creatives, producers and members of the general public turned out for the 23rd Asbury Short Film Show, held Nov. 21, at The New School's Tishman Auditorium in Manhattan. Director Bob Giraldi, of bicoastal Giraldi Suarez Productions, hosted the show, which has the running theme, "...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design and Stock Footage Briefs
SHORT CUTS Guava , New York, provided visual effects supervision and execution for Dunkin' Donuts' latest campaign via Hill, Holliday, Boston. Guava collaborated with tabletop director Irv Blitz of bicoastal HSI Productions to create effects to showcase the chain's products. In "Belt," cinnamon...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Drink Up
It's clear that Pepsi occupies a special place on BBDO New York's impressive roster of clients—the account has been with the agency since 1960, which is a remarkably long time in the ever-changing world of advertising. For BBDO, the account presents different challenges than it did four decades ago...
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Shipping News
When shipping giant Federal Express opened for business on April 17, 1973, it delivered 186 packages to 25 cities in one day. And while the company did not turn a profit until '75, FedEx promptly started advertising in '74 on a budget of $150,000. Its selling point: a revolutionary new concept in...

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