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Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
Alan Neidorf Joins Charlex
After a 17-year tenure with the New York-headquartered Tape House Group of Companies, Alan Neidorf is leaving to join the hybrid postproduction/design/graphics company Charlex, New York, as a Flame artist. Neidorf began at Tape House Editorial as an online editor in 1984. In '92 he made the...
Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
Editor Effron, Exec. Producer Dunlap Join Stuart Waks &Co.
Editor Frank Effron and executive producer Tom Dunlap have come aboard Stuart Waks & Co. (SW&Co.), the Santa Monica-based editorial boutique owned by veteran cutter Stuart Waks. Effron fills the void left by Agusta Einarsdottir, who joined Santa Monica-based Jigsaw Editorial in June after...
Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
Comtrack Is Now Comma
Long-established Chicago-based commercial music house Comtrack has changed its name to Comma. The new moniker marks the latest in a series of changes for the shop. They began earlier this year, when longtime principal/ composer Manny Mendelson abruptly resigned from Comtrack (SHOOT, 6/29, p. 7)...
Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
Flame Artist Joe Wenkoff Hops Aboard Red Car
Joe Wenkoff has joined Red Car, New York, as the company's new Flame artist. He replaces Toni Blye, who moved on to pursue a freelance career. Wenkoff relocated from San Francisco, leaving 357, the Internet design company he helped found and for which he served as creative director. Red Car also...
Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
NFL Films Signs Dir. Pier Nicola D'Amico
Photographer turned commercial director Pier Nicola D'Amico has signed with production/postproduction company NFL Films, Mt. Laurel, N.J., for commercial representation. D'Amico previously directed spots through his Philadelphia-based firm, D'Amico Studios, which will continue to represent him for...
Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design And Crew briefs
SHORT CUTS An animated cartoon envelope named "Tony Tuition," and "Rex," an animated exclamation point punctuated by a mortar board, present the College Illinois! pre-paid tuition program in a :30 produced by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, White Plains, N.Y. The spot, named after the engaging...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2001
Enlightening With Epithets
"Fag" and "dyke." These hateful words are banned from music videos played on MTV. Not even superstars like rapper Eminem are allowed to utter them. But the angry epithets spill from the lips of teenagers featured in a powerful campaign of public service announcements that began running on the...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2001
Director Carolyn Chen Joins Believe Media
Bicoastal/international production house Believe Media has signed director/cinematographer Carolyn Chen. Her previous roost was Picture Park, Boston and Santa Monica. Chen's directorial credits include commercials for such clients as Nissan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Massachusetts Office of...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2001
A Positive New York State Of Mind
Woody Allen skating gracefully on ice. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger touching all the bases in a home run pantomime at Yankee Stadium. Barbara Walters crooning for her shot at Broadway stardom. Pursuing their dreams, quintessential New York personalities have been put in these and other...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2001
Link Lands Alex Turner
Director Alex Turner has signed with New York production company Link Entertainment for commercial representation, after a year and a half with Zero 2 Sixty Productions, New York. Known for creating ads featuring spokespersons and "real people" endorsements, Turner has credits that include: "Sweet...