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Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Can't Bust Him
Since 1998, Fallon Minneapolis, has been creating spots for Lee Jeans that feature the indestructible and lovable doll known as Buddy Lee. The latest round of ads featuring the iconic hero, originally used as a Lee promotion item in the '20s, is one reason the ad shop has been named SHOOT's 2001...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Rising To The Occasion
Less than a week after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Fallon Minneapolis, creative director/copywriter Bob Moore received one of the most difficult phone calls of his career. United Airlines, a Fallon account, was also one of the carriers whose planes were...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Drive On
It was a letter that most creatives could only imagine receiving—particularly from a heavyweight automotive client like BMW. But there it was, in black and white. And when Fallon Minneapolis associate creative director Bruce Bildsten saw it earlier this year, he knew that he and his team were in...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Getting The Job Done
The producers at Fallon Minneapolis, were so busy this year that they hardly got to catch their breath between jobs. But no one's complaining. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to convince anyone in the production department that there are greener pastures elsewhere. In the last year alone, the...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY OF THE YEAR_ Creative Is King
This year, SHOOT's Agency of the Year is Fallon Minneapolis, part of the Fallon Worldwide network, which in turn is a part of Publicis Groupe. This is the second time the shop has received the honor: In 1996, Fallon McElligott, then independently owned, was SHOOT's Agency of the Year. Fallon...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
DECEMBER 6, 1996/Feature filmmaker Rob Cohen, director of the just-released Daylight, has joined Industrial Light+Magic Commercial Productions, San Rafael, Calif., for exclusive representation. Cohen's previous spot affiliation was with now defunct Image Point Productions; in recent years he's...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
MJZ Lands Directors Jonze, Ariola, Kuntz & Maguire
In what some pundits have described as "the ultimate hat trick," bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ) has finalized three directorial signings, landing arguably the most coveted of the helmers from the recently closed Propaganda Films' group of companies: Dante Ariola, formerly of Propaganda; Spike...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
Bravo For Volvo Interactive Initiative
A year ago, Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG (MVBMS), New York, and bicoastal/international convergent media production company Cylo Inc. entered into an alliance to develop strategies, models and content that would help advertisers tap into the marketing potential of interactive...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
Biscuit, MJZ Enter Into Affiliation
Biscuit Filmworks, the Los Angeles production house founded a little more than a year ago by director Noam Murro and executive producer Shawn Lacy Tessaro, has entered into an affiliation with bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ). Per the association, Biscuit can continue as a boutique operation...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
Anti-Runaway Prodn. Tariff Sparks Debate
At press time, the Film & Television Action Committee (FTAC), Made in the USA and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) were scheduled to file a petition this week (12/4) with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Commission and the International Trade Administration. The petition is asking...