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Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
It's A Go For Ex-Moxie Partner Rose
Executive producer Gary Rose has left Moxie Pictures—the bicoastal company he co-founded with director Dan Levinson—to become a partner/executive producer at Go Film, the bicoastal shop launched nearly three years ago by executive producers/partners Robert Wherry and Jonathan Weinstein. Rose gives...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
DGA Names Baker Smith Best Spot Director Of 2002
Baker Smith of Santa Monica-based Harvest has been named the best commercial director of 2002 by the Directors Guild of America (DGA). He won the honor on the strength of five entries: "Black Bands" and "Visigoths" for sports and movie channel Canal+, via agency BETC Euro RSCG, Paris; FOX Sports' "...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
Spot Trio Launches Aero Films
Executive producers Skip Short and Lance O'Connor have teamed with director Klaus Obermeyer Jr. to form Aero Films, a satellite of bicoastal Flying Tiger Films. The new venture has additionally signed director Ken Arlidge for exclusive spot representation, and expects to bring on more helmers soon...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
MARCH 6, 1998/Tony Kaye & Partners, London and West Hollywood, has entered into an agreement with Tokyo-based agency Dentsu. Kaye directors will become involved in certain Dentsu creative assignments from their inception, while Dentsu will gain from sending two creatives to work out of Kaye's...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
Homeland Security PSAs Urge Preparation, Not Panic
Just days after panicked Americans—fearing an imminent terrorist attack—stripped hardware store shelves clean of duct tape and plastic sheeting in February, the Advertising Council, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, launched a national...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
Naked Attracts Atanasio
English director Anthony Atanasio has come aboard bicoastal production company Naked Project for exclusive commercial representation in the United States. He will continue to be represented in Europe by Paris-based Première Heure. Atanasio, best known for his work in the short film arena, began...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
Dir. Stuart Acher Joins Picture Park
Director Stuart Acher has linked with Picture Park, Santa Monica and Boston, for commercial and music video representation. Previously, he had been working out of bicoastal/international Partizan on an informal basis. Earlier, he had been repped by now defunct Travisano DiGiacomo Films. At press...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY MUSIC PRODUCERS_
Agency music producers can be called upon to do many things in the course of a workday. A morning could be spent looking for just the right classic rock hit or obscure pop song to make a spot click. Early afternoon might entail negotiating song rights with a music publisher. Later, going over horn...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: SPOTLIGHT ON CANADA_ Creative Sparks Fly
When asked how he feels about his company's meteoric success, Downtown Partners DDB creative director Dan Pawych responds with a laugh: "It scares the shit out of me. We can only go downhill now." It's doubtful the Toronto ad shop will go downhill anytime within the foreseeable future. In less than...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design And Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Jay Tilin of The Anx , New York, manned a Quantel Henry to perform the online finishing for a pair of :30s for Quizno's and agency Cliff Freeman and Partners, New York. "Focus/Generic" and "Focus/Chicken Carbonara" both feature Chef Jimmy, who is so preoccupied with his work at Quizno's...