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Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
Mary Davenport Joins Element As Exec. Producer
Mary Davenport has joined Element Productions, Boston, as executive producer. Davenport, who has an advertising agency background, will be sharing duties with Eran Lobel, founder/executive producer at Element. Davenport was most recently the chief operating officer at Modernista!, Boston—the agency...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
NOVEMBER 1, 1996/Executive producer Bob Fisher has launched Celsius Films, New York, following his departure from bicoastal Fahrenheit Films this past summer. Former Fahrenheit director Greg Ramsey is first on the roster….Director Gary Lankford has joined New York-based Creative Film Management (...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
AICE Sets Field Of 30 Spot Finalists For Inaugural Show
At press time, point scores from a blue-ribbon panel of industry judges—consisting of 16 editors, 15 agency creatives and four commercial directors—were being tabulated to determine the 10 best-edited commercials of 2000-'01. The winners will be announced and honored at the Association of...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
Chuck Sloan, Adam Cohen Get Real
Veteran executive producer Chuck Sloan has launched Real TV, a Santa Monica-based production company specializing in reality TV-style and real-people commercials. The new venture opens with director/partner Adam Cohen, who has a pedigree in reality television series and documentaries, most notably...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
Mad River Flows Into Detroit
Mad River Post, with editorial houses in New York, Santa Monica and San Francisco, has promoted long-time New York executive producer Krystn Wagenberg to company president, scaled back its San Francisco operation, and is launching a Detroit facility in mid-November. Additionally, Mad River has made...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
Coppos Films Lands Dir. Richard Sears
Bicoastal Coppos Films, the commercial production house headed by president/executive producer Michael Appel and managing director Joanne Ferraro, has signed director Richard Sears for exclusive commercial representation. Coppos will rep Sears in the U.S. and abroad, with the exception of Canada,...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
Peer Perspectives
For the first time, commercial editors are being judged by their peers in a competition expressly designed to honor the art of editing. SHOOT caught up with several editors serving on the blue-ribbon panel of judges entrusted with selecting the 10-best edited commercials of 2000-'01. These editors...
Friday, Nov. 2, 2001
Post/VFX and music/sound design briefs
SHORT CUTS Hollywood-based production company pre?duk'shen director Eric Heimbold and executive producer Tony Frere have again teamed with the Baha Men to create "Best Years of Our Lives," the band's new music video. Previously, Heimbold and Frere had worked on the breakout video "Who Let the Dogs...
Friday, Oct. 26, 2001
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
OCTOBER 25, 1996/Executive producer Wendy Macdonald has left bicoastal Harmony Pictures to launch Foreign Affaires, Los Angeles, which will represent a collection of U.S.-based talent to the Australasian market…. Three longtime company staffers—composers Steve Hampton and John Adair, and senior...
Friday, Oct. 26, 2001
Ads Reflect Nation's Mood And Mind-set Since Attacks
The Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon changed the world in an instant. The advertising industry, like most, has been deeply affected both financially and emotionally. While this community came together immediately after the attack to address the economic concerns, it has...