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Friday, Mar. 8, 2002
Picture Park Adds Barton
Director Jim Barton has signed for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. with Picture Park, Boston and Santa Monica, the commercial production house headed by owner/executive producer Mark Hankey. Barton's last formal affiliation was with bicoastal M-80, which he joined last summer (SHOOT...
Friday, Mar. 8, 2002
John RA Benson Named Mgr. Of Vinton Studios' CG Department
Vinton Studios has hired John RA Benson as manager of its computer animation department. He will oversee all aspects of CG production and supervise 30 staff artists at the Portland shop, which also maintains offices in Los Angeles and New York. Benson comes over from San Rafael, Calif.-based...
Friday, Mar. 8, 2002
Latest Visitor: Dir. Wafer
Director Rich Wafer, whose last spot shop roost was the recently closed Propaganda Films, has joined Visitor, the Hollywood-based production company founded by director James Wahlberg. Wafer becomes the second helmer on the Visitor roster. His signing fulfills part of the agenda for executive...
Friday, Mar. 8, 2002
Adjustable Visages
Steve Angel doesn't have a typical animation-industry background, and it shows—in a good way. He and Julian Gray are co-founders/partners/directors of Head Gear Animation, Toronto. They started up the firm four and a half years ago, after spending three years—two as principal directors—at Cuppa...
Friday, Mar. 8, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: EDITORS_ Drive Time
It's clear that Paul Kelly of 89 Editorial, New York, really enjoyed working on the four Mini Cooper spots that he recently cut for Mini USA. As he recounts the :30 storylines, the veteran editor can't help but laugh at the ads' humor. They are the first broadcast work for the Mini Cooper, a...
Friday, Mar. 8, 2002
Post/VFX And Music/Sound Design Briefs
SHORT CUTS Christopher Gotschall and Chris Claeys of Cutters , Chicago, edited a package of spots for Walt Disney Studios at Disneyland Paris and agency Leo Burnett, Paris and Chicago. The commercials were produced in a variety of formats (16x9, 4x3), with "Next Door" airing in the UK, Germany and...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: STREAMING MEDIA_ Click Through
It started with a "less-is-more" request. "We had been shooting this behind-the-scenes footage of the cast and crew at the Pepsi commercials," recalls Michael Santorelli, co-founder and executive producer at Dogmatic, a bicoastal production/postproduction company. "Pepsi wanted to use that footage...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Newsbriefs
Autonomy, an entertainment industry branding and marketing solutions company based in Hollywood, has named Barbara Rider as head of production. She had been serving as a project manager for several Web-based, interactive online training and educational companies in the corporate and pharmaceutical...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Gross Upped To President, BMG Production Music U.S.
Gary Gross has been promoted to president, BMG Production Music U.S.—a newly created position at the company. He was formerly senior VP/manager of Killer Tracks, BMG Music Publishing Worldwide's Hollywood-based production music library. In his new capacity, Gross—who remains based in Hollywood—...
Friday, Mar. 1, 2002
Bravo Zulu Signs Dir. Jordan Brady
Director Jordan Brady, formerly of bicoastal HKM Productions, has joined Santa Monica-based Bravo Zulu for exclusive spot representation. The move reunites him with Bravo Zulu founder/executive producer Ron Hacohen, who helped break Brady into the commercialmaking ranks in 1998 at HKM. Hacohen had...