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Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: MADE IN AMERICA_ State Fare
While much attention has been paid to federal anti-runaway legislative efforts, they have thus far borne no fruit. As referenced in this Special Report's lead story (see p. 25), whether the proposed federal wage tax credit bills in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will gain passage is...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Christine Allen Named AICP/New York Staffer
Christine Allen has joined the staff of the New York office of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). Allen, formerly a broadcast producer for Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG (MVBMS), New York, comes aboard the AICP as its East regional events manager. As...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
As Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG , New York, expands to take over a.k.a. Euro RSCG , San Francisco-bestowing upon it the full company moniker-a.k.a. managing director/CEO Michael Kantrow becomes managing director of the office on the Bay, while a.k.a. partner/creative director...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Colleagues Remember Ted Demme
Director Ted Demme, the 37-year-old helmer of feature films Blow and Beautiful Girls, as well as of numerous television shows and commercials, died Sun., Jan. 13, after playing in a celebrity basketball game. He is survived by his wife, Amanda Scheer; their two young daughters, Dexter and Jackson;...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Straddling Ads & Film At Sundance
Coincidentally, for Sony and brewery Sam Adams, the choice was obvious: While advertising and independent film are often seen as two distinct realms, when it came to Sony's Dream Project and the Sam Adams/Project Greenlight TV Commercial Contest, the 2002 Sundance Film Festival was the perfect...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Chelsea's Mgt. Team Buys Co. Back
The management team at Chelsea Pictures—Steve Wax, Allison Amon and Lisa Mehling—has bought that commercial production house from publicly traded, Minneapolis-headquartered iNTELEFILM. The three executives acquired 20 percent of Chelsea last July (SHOOT, 8/3/01, p. 1), and at press time had...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Will "Prevent Offense" Mark Super Bowl Spot Strategy?
Pre-game hype aside, Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans could prove to be one of the ad industry's most challenging match-ups—and we're not talking cola wars or the automobile that generates the most buzz. This time around, the challenge is industry wide, cutting across all ad product categories and...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
JANUARY 24, 1997/Editors Igor Kovalik and Robert Ivison—both with Los Angeles-based Rock Paper Scissors since 1994—have formed their own commercial boutique, Inside/Out. The new venture, now in West Hollywood, will move to permanent quarters in Santa Monica this May…. Bicoastal music house...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Pfeifer And Williams Head Over To Lankford Films
Former partner/ head of sales for three years at Pfeifer Van Dusen—now Van Dusen Films, New York—Chuck Pfeifer has moved on to join longtime friend and director/ owner Gary Lankford at Lankford Films, bicoastal and Houston, as head of sales based in New York. Director Jacob Williams has also left...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Director Michael Spiller Goes Into Coma Industries
Director Michael Spiller—known for helming many episodic television shows, including Sex and the City and Scrubs, and for his years as a DP on projects including most of director Hal Hartley's films—has signed with Coma Industries, Marina del Rey, for commercial and music video representation. Coma...