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Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ SHOOT's Winter Top 10 Spot Tracks
1. TITLE: MasterCard, "Running Errands" MUSIC/SOUND: Big Foote Music, New York Sherman Foote and Darren Solomon, composers; Ray Foote, executive producer. Bug Editorial, New York. Andrew Betz, sound designer. AGENCY: McCann-Erickson, New York PRODUCTION: Mars Media, bicoastal Samuel Bayer, director...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Jeff Goodby To Head Cannes Film, Press & Poster Juries
Jeff Goodby, co-chairman of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, has been named president of two juries—Film and Press & Poster—at the 2002 Cannes International Advertising Festival. This marks the second tour of formal Cannes judging duty for Goodby, who served as a member of the...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Tool Signs Director/DP Richardson
Director/ cameraman Robert Richardson has joined bicoastal Tool of North America for exclusive spot representation. Richardson formerly helmed commercials via bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ). A noted feature cinematographer, Richardson is looking to advance his directorial career. He recently...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Pellington To Crossroads; C&C Go Solo
After a year and a half at now defunct Propaganda Films, director Mark Pellington has returned to his longtime spot roost: Crossroads Films, bicoastal and Chicago. Additionally, Chuck Bennett and Clay Williams, a helming team (a.k.a. Chuck & Clay) at Crossroads for the past two years, have...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
West Direction For Ritts/Hayden
Noted feature and commercial director Simon West, formerly repped by now defunct Propaganda Films, has signed with Ritts/Hayden, the Los Angeles-headquartered commercial and music video production house headed by executive producer Bill Hayden. The company will handle West exclusively for...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
DGA Nominees Reflect On Best Spot Director Honor
EDITOR'S NOTE: The five nominees—four individuals and a co-helming duo—for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award honoring the best commercial director of 2001 were announced last week (SHOOT, 2/8, p. 1). SHOOT caught up with the directors to get their reflections on being nominated, and to...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
FEBRUARY 14, 1997/Director/cameraman Peter Nydrle has joined Tony Kaye & Partners for spots and music videos; he'll be repped in both the U.S. and Europe. Nydrle comes over from bicoastal G.M.S. Productions…. @radical.media, bicoastal and London, has signed director Elma Garcia for exclusive...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Biscuit Signs Director Marcel Langenegger
As earlier reported (SHOOT's "Street Talk," 1/11, p. 22), director Marcel Langenegger has signed with Biscuit Filmworks, the Los Angeles-based production house launched just over a year ago by executive producer Shawn Lacy Tessaro and director Noam Murro. Langenegger had been represented by now...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Skyler Animation Gets Off The Ground
What started as a side gig three years ago for director/animator Cameron Gray has now become his prime focus. Gray and business partner Bill Johnson had formed Portland-based Skyler Animation in 1999 to take on small projects. At the time, Gray was freelancing as an animator at Vinton Studios,...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Free Market For Dir. Nammour, EP Kinder
Executive producer Beth Kinder and director Edouard Nammour have launched Free Market Films. The new venture has also signed director Clay Staub for exclusive U.S. spot representation. At press time, the New York house was carefully deliberating its options—namely, whether it will ultimately be an...