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Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Eric King Reports To Headquarters
SANTA MONICA—Eric King, who exited his associate creative director's post at TBWA/Chiat/ Day, San Francisco, in November, has made the jump to director, joining bicoastal Headquarters. King, who's directed a smattering of spots in recent years, is best known for an agency creative pedigree that...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Tony Tabong Joins Charlex
Hybrid postproduction/design/graphics firm, Charlex, New York, has hired 3-D character animator Anthony Tabtong. Most recently, Tabtong served as a 3-D artist at Curious Pictures, New York, where he animated spots for AT&T and Target, among others. Principals at Charlex brought Tabtong aboard...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
NEWSBRIEFS
Henninger Media Services (HMS), Arlington, Va., has named Eric Hansen as chief operating officer. He assumes responsibility for HMS' day-to-day operations at its Arlington and Washington, D.C. facilities, as well as all marketing, sales and account management functions. Prior to joining HMS, Hansen...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Collaborative Effort
When Bozell New York awarded managing director stripes last year to its head of broadcast production and its then number two creative director, it said that the two would "work closely together to streamline the creative process," and that they would "open the lines of communication between the...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY PRODUCERS_ Playing The Field
For the first time since its inception in 1979, the cable sports network ESPN has launched a comprehensive branding campaign. (In the past, the network has advertised specific shows and content.) The new package, titled "Without Sports," began airing in December. Created by Wieden+Kennedy (W+K),...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY PRODUCERS_ The Right Stuff
Last fall, Mary Cheney, head of production at Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), New York, was in pre-production on Levi's Type1 Jean's "Stampede," which aired during last month's Super Bowl telecast. A few days before the production was set to shoot in Los Angeles, director Frederic Planchon of Academy,...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design And Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Dallas-based Reel FX Creative Studios worked on spot for Hasbro's G.I. Joe via Tracy Locke, Dallas. "Joe vs. Cobra II" (:60) features ten characters, four vehicles and three environments, all created in CG. Early on in the project, Reel FX presented the agency with a storyline through...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
A Reporter's Notebook: Sundance '03
Part Two of a three-part series. PARK CITY, Utah—"The trip to Sundance cost more than my film," Eric Escobar tells me. It's safe to assume that Escobar isn't alone in that regard, given the advances in digital technologies, and the pricey hotel room rates in Park City. 10:00 a.m. It's my second day...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
DGA Nominees Reflect On Best Spot Director Honor
Last week, Leslie Dektor of Hollywood-based Dektor Film received his 13th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award nomination for best commercial director of the year (SHOOT, 1/31, p. 1). He's won the coveted award twice—for his body of work in 1992 and '00. But the déjà vu of entering the select...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Kerstetter, Kitrilakis Launch Shop
Bob Kerstetter, a noted ad agency creative who last year gained high-profile recognition as a spot director, has co-founded a shop that, like himself, is somewhat of a hybrid—a creative services/ production boutique called Lushadelic. He formed the new venture in partnership with Stelio Kitrilakis...