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Friday, May. 16, 2003
MVPA Raises Entertainment Profile, Honors Matt Mahurin, Peter Baron
The Music Video Production Association (MVPA) held its 12th Annual MVPA Awards Show last week on May 8 at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The event—which honors the artistic and technical achievements that went into the making of the year's best music videos—was hosted by actress...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
Elias Arts Adds Cymbala
Scott Cymbala has joined bicoastal Elias Arts as general manager of its Santa Monica office, a newly created company position. He previously served in the same capacity for bicoastal tomandandy's Santa Monica operation. Cymbala will report directly to Elias Arts' COO David Drucker. Elias Arts...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Mike Sheehan has been named CEO of Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulous . He will remain president of U.S. operations for the agency, which has offices in New York and San Francisco. Mike Dolan , CEO and chairman of Young & Rubicam Worldwide , has stepped down. Ann Fudge , a former...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
Post/VFX, music/sound design and equipment briefs
SHORT CUTS Tim Cahill of 89 Editorial , New York, cut four :30s for MCI and Deutsch New York. The ads, which feature actor Danny Glover, introduce "The Neighborhood" plan from the phone company. "Apples," "More Beans," "Rack 'Em Up" and "Two in One" were directed by Michael Patrick Jann of...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
Kaminski Enters Space Program
Director/DP Janusz Kaminski—who has won Oscars for his work as cinematographer of the feature films Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List—has signed with Space Program, Universal City, for commercial representation. Previously, Kaminski was represented by bicoastal/international Chelsea Pictures...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
Mini Cooper Scores Major Coup At The One Show
Carmaker Mini Cooper and its ad shop, Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B), Miami, were the big winners at The One Show, held on May 9 at the Winter Garden in New York's World Financial Center. Mini—a car produced under the BMW umbrella—and CP+B were awarded best of show honors based on their integrated...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
It's A Go: David Dobkin Helms Spots
Director David Dobkin, who took a year-and-a-half hiatus from commercialmaking to helm the feature Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, has returned to the ad discipline, signing with bicoastal Go Film. At press time, he had already embarked on his first job at Go, a package of...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
New Directors Showcase
SHOOT is pleased to present its very first New Directors Showcase, which spotlights directors who have been helming ads for less than two years. The new kids on the block come from a variety of locales, including several European countries, Japan, and the United States. Some helmers are familiar...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
World Wide Wadio Wins IBA Radio Sweepstakes Honor
World Wide Wadio, Hollywood, serving as a hybrid agency/production house, won the Sweepstakes Best of Show Radio honor at the 43rd annual International Broadcasting Awards (IBA) competition, for its TBS Superstation ad, "Blame TBS." Jeff Howell served as director/producer, with Michael Niles...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: POSTPRODUCTION_ Eyeing Retina
A major telecine commitment is being made in San Francisco, a market where the norm has been for ad agency producers and creatives to shuttle to Los Angeles and other cities for high-end film-to-tape transfer. Designed to keep more of that Bay Area agency work at home is Retina, a telecine/...