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Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
Editor Maciek Godlewski Finds Isis
After eight years of cutting at The Blue Rock Editing Co., New York, editor Maciek "Magic" Godlewski has joined Isis Post, New York. Isis was started in 1990 by filmmakers Etienne Sauret and David Carrara as an independent feature and documentary film postproduction facility. It has since branched...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
Ployhar Joins Crash & Sue's As Head Of CG/FX
Luke Ployhar has come aboard Minneapolis-based Crash & Sue's to head up its CG/effects department. While best known for its film-to-tape transfer, color correction and online finishing work, the company maintains an extensive effects operation and has worked on numerous commercials. The hiring...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
Steel Rose Editorial Adds Cutter Sophie Scoufaras
Editor Sophie Scoufaras has joined the staff at New York's Steel Rose Editorial after a year as a freelance cutter. Scoufaras built her career during the nine years she worked at Crew Cuts' New York office and is best known for her sense of comic timing. Crew Cuts also maintains a facility in Santa...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
N.J. Film Commission In Jeopardy
In his proposed 2003-'04 fiscal year budget for the State of New Jersey, Gov. James E. McGreevey (D-N.J.) has cut off funding for the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. New Jersey is one of many states facing massive budget deficits in the billions of dollars, necessitating...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
Runaway Bill Reintroduced In Congress
Two California congressmen, David Dreier (R-San Dimas) and Howard Berman (D-Van Nuys), joined by a bipartisan group of 45 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, reintroduced proposed federal legislation that provides wage-based tax relief for film and TV projects produced in the United...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
FEBRUARY 20, 1998/Director Thom Higgins, a partner for nine years in Hollywood-based Dektor Higgins & Associates, has joined bicoastal RSA USA. Moving with Higgins is his executive producer, Lynne Pateman….Jennifer Golub, partner/senior producer at TBWA/Chiat/ Day, Venice, Calif., has been...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
Chu Turns Onto Hwy. 61
Canadian director Eddy Chu has signed with Highway 61, New York, for exclusive U.S. representation. Chu, who was featured in the 1999 Saatchi & Saatchi Showcase of up-and-coming directors at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, continues to be represented in Canada by Radke Films,...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
BBDO's Siegel Turns A New Page With Derailed
Jimmy Siegel, vice chairman/senior executive creative director of BBDO New York, isn't just an adman—he is also an author who writes under the name James Siegel. His latest tome, Derailed, will be published this month by Warner Books. The thriller centers on Charles Schine, a creative director at a...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
New Element In Manhattan
Element Productions, a Boston-based commercial production company, has opened an office in New York. Two directors will be available to helm spots through the Gotham satellite, which officially opened for business on Jan. 1—Kohl Norville, a former art director at Lowe New York who chose to make...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
"Bleak Chic"
"Bubble," an ad from Boston-based Arnold Worldwide that debuted late last autumn to support Volkswagen's Beetle convertible, is the consummate "water cooler" spot. That said, all those who've seen the ad before can feel free to utter their reproaches for my employment of a warmed-over cliche in the...