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Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Little Minx Forms Assn. With RSA
Little Minx, the Los Angeles-headquartered hybrid commercial/music video production house headed by executive producer Rhea Rupert, has entered into an association with bicoastal RSA USA and London-based RSA Films. Additionally, Little Minx has signed director Curtis Wehrfritz for exclusive U.S...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Shades Of ITS' Past: Tech Retreat; Monitor Awards
Although the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound (ITS) met its demise some six months ago (SHOOT, 8/24/01, p. 1), sectors of the postproduction facility/visual effects community have kept at least a couple of the organization's mainstay endeavors alive, as evidenced by recent developments...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
FEBRUARY 28, 1997/Production house Celsius Films, New York, has signed Mark Claywell and Carlos Segura for exclusive spot representation. Claywell comes north from Fireside Productions, Atlanta; Segura's background is in graphic design and print advertising…. Bicoastal Mad River Post co-founder...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Animal Logic Launches Southern Calif. Satellite
Sydney-headquartered visual effects company Animal Logic has opened a satellite office in Venice, Calif. Designed to put the Australian house in a position to draw more spot work from U.S. agencies, the Southern California shop is being headed by executive producer Brad Steinwede, who's served for...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Green Dot Films Signs Director Doug Taub
Director Doug Taub, best known for his prowess in the automotive market, has signed for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. with Santa Monica-based Green Dot Films, the commercial production house headed by executive producer Rick Fishbein. With the move, Taub breaks away from Stoney...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
HSR Boosts Ranks With Four Hires
HSR Studios, New York, has added audio mixers Glenn Navia, Henri Perotti and Bill Smith, as well as music director Andrew Knox. The four industry veterans all come over from Superdupe Recording, New York, one of four audio shops under the Octopus Garden banner. Headquartered in New York, Octopus...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Director Tim Abshire Lands In Backyard
Director Tim Abshire has signed with Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., for exclusive commercial representation worldwide. He was previously affiliated with now defunct Shelter Films, which went out of business last fall (See SHOOT's "Street Talk," 10/5/01, p. 22). After Shelter was shuttered,...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
The Butterfly Screams
By most rational standards, a movie with a mysterious, red-eyed monster at plot's center falls squarely into the horror genre. And for some moviegoers, a feature film dependent on Richard Gere's facial expressions for the bulk of its emotional impact also qualifies as a horror flick. But regarding...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Oscar Winner Jon Johnson Howls For Spots
Howling Music, a Malibu-headquartered shop specializing in music for TV commercials, has signed Academy Award-winning sound supervisor Jon Johnson to serve as its chief sound designer. Johnson earned the sound effects editing Oscar last year for his work as supervising sound editor on the Jonathan...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Open Frame Productions Adds Dir. Bill Aylward
Open Frame Productions, New York, has signed director/designer Bill Aylward for exclusive U.S. spot representation. At the first of this year, company founders/executive producers Andrew Swee and Nan Swoyer asked Aylward to come aboard, and he accepted shortly thereafter. Aylward said he's looking...