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Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
VWs U.K. Spots Top IAAA Competition
Volkswagen ads from both sides of the Atlantic scored impressively in the television portion of the fourth annual International Automotive Advertising Awards, bestowed at a gala reception Jan. 6 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Topping the competition with the Gold Triomphe Best of Show honor was...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
DDs Domain Expands With Euro Facility: Co. Gains Ownership Stake In Efx Complex Near Dusseldorf.
Visual effects house Digital Domain, Venice, Calif., has joined with Los Angeles-based film/ TV producer Kushner-Locke Co., independent feature production/distribution company Capitol Films, London, and a pair of Israeli businesses-banking firm DLIN, Ltd., and post/ effects shop Gravity, Tel Aviv-...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
What About BobaThe Co.?
Executive producers T.K. Knowles and Chuck Ryant-who both exited bicoastal Reactor Films last August-have teamed with exec. producer John OGrady to launch Bob. The new bicoastal venture opens with five directors: Jason Smith, Lisa Rubisch, Mark Kohr and the team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
The Industry Gets Weird With Director Al Yankovic: Music Parodist Extraordinaire Throws His Hat Into The Spot Ring.
The Industry, the division of bicoastal Moxie Pictures that features an ensemble of filmmakers from other disciplines, has signed director Al Yankovic (a.k.a. Weird Al) for commercial representation. Since the early 1980s, Yankovic has established himself as a comedic musical artist and a pioneer...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Directors Fleisig, White Join Cast Of Villains
Directors Jeffrey Fleisig and Timothy White have joined bicoastal production house Villains, headed by exec. producer Robin Benson. White is being handled for spots and music videos, while Fleisigs representation is in the commercial arena. Both directors have already wrapped or are wrapping...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Cokes For The Local Yokels: TVB Touts Merits Of Regional Advertising With Ambitious Brand Campaign.
If Ave Butensky has learned one thing from President Clinton, it hasnt been how to score cheap sex at work; its how to reach people on a market-by-market basis. When Clinton beat Bush in 1992, the bulk of Clintons money was spent market by market, whereas the bulk of Bushs money was spent...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Milk & Honey Adds Leemkuil, Weller: Fortifies Prodn. Support In U.S. And Internationally.
Veteran producer Mark Leemkuil has been hired as head of production and Michelle Weller has come on board as head of production/ Prague for Milk & Honey Production Services, a Los Angeles-headquartered division of Milk & Honey Films. Leemkuil will oversee all commercial, feature film and...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Exec. Producer Bicknell Launches Vamp Films: Shop Opens With Directors Heslip, Peltier, Samuel, Hamad And Kaplan.
Veteran commercial producer Dodonna Bicknell, formerly head of production/producer at bicoastal Epoch Films, has opened her own production company, Vamp Films, on the Hollywood Center Studios lot. The new venture opens with a directorial roster consisting of Dale Heslip, Len Peltier, Frank Samuel,...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Monkeyshine Opens Its Doors: The A+R Group Launches Graphic Design Co.
Bicoastal production house The A+R Group has launched Monkeyshine, a graphic design company headquartered in Los Angeles. Co-executive producers Gower Frost and Roberto Cecchini, who is also president/executive producer of both The A+R Group and bicoastal/international The Artists Company, will...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
FLASHBACK
5 Years Ago JANUARY 7, 1994 Jim Hensons Creature Shop, known for its work in animatronics, art direction, modelmaking and puppetmaking, has announced it will open a base of operation in Burbank, Calif., partly to do more work for advertising. The company also has offices in London and New York......