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Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Director Mike Wang Gains "Centerfold" Exposure
One could surmise that director Mike Wang appreciates girlie magazines and beer—but not necessarily for the obvious reasons. Rather, those items figure prominently in his Bud Light ad, "Centerfold," which was short-listed at this year's Cannes International Advertising Festival, and has generated...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Industry Mourns Billy Greene's Death
Billy Greene, an animator respected for his stop-motion photography work and beloved for his gentle, easygoing demeanor, was murdered outside his home in Emeryville, a suburb of San Francisco. He was 33. Greene succumbed to a single bullet wound to the head, shortly after midnight on the morning of...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Tool Takes Two: Dirs. Sigel And McAdams
Director/ cameraman Newton Thomas Sigel and director Brit McAdams have signed with bicoastal Tool of North America, the commercial production house headed by executive producer Dierdre Harrington. (Jennifer Siegel is acting as Tool's executive producer while Harrington is on maternity leave.) The...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Animation Dir. Prynoski Joins Class-Key Chew-Po
Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials, Hollywood, has signed animation director Chris Prynoski for exclusive spot representation. Class-Key Chew-Po is a division of Hollywood-based animation studio Klasky Csupo. Via Class-Key Chew-Po, Prynoski has already helmed Budweiser's "Foot-Long Hot Dog Inventor" for...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
NEWSBRIEFS
Senior Avid DS editor Karl Rausch has joined the business communications group at Grace & Wild Digital Studios. Prior to joining the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based production/post facility, Rausch served five years as a senior DS operator at Forest Post Productions, Farmington Hills….Composer...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
AMP/AICP Fundraiser Is Literally Without Borders
The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) and the Association of Music Producers (AMP) announced that proceeds from their scheduled Oct. 18th gala event will be donated to New York relief organizations, including the Twin Towers Fund and the American Red Cross. One of the...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Avid World & Pro Tools Conference Rescheduled
Due to the recent tragic events in New York City, the Avid World & Pro Tools Conference, which was to have begun Oct. 7, has been rescheduled for Dec. 9-12. The event will still be held at its original location, The New Yorker Hotel, and all conference activities, including seminars, speeches,...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: DIRECTORS_ Charles Wittenmeier
Charles Wittenmeier has a pet peeve. "I always hate when somebody says, 'I saw a movie and the special effects were great.' They weren't that special if they were that noticeable," states Wittenmeier, who directs spots out of bicoastal/international Propa-ganda Films. In his view, the same concept...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: DIRECTORS_ Alan White
When Alan White's life came to a crossroads in 1987, Rolling Stone magazine was there to cover it, albeit unknowingly. The very same issue that contained a review of the first album from his rock band, The Faith, also extolled his directorial work on some commercials for Homer Hudson ice cream in...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT:DIRECTORS_ CJ Waldman
If you live in the New York area, you've probably seen at least one, if not several, of the New York Sports Club (NYSC) ads on TV. And if not, then perhaps you've heard about them in the news or seen one on America's Funniest Commercials. The spots illustrate the potentially embarrassing results of...