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Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Industry Mourns Director/ Cameraman David Elliot
Veteran director/cameraman David Elliot has passed away at the age of 52, after waging a yearlong battle against pancreatic cancer. He died at his home on Nov. 25, surrounded by his wife and children. Elliot grew up in the commercialmaking business as the son of Steve Elliot and nephew of Mike...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Squeak's Pam Tarr Named Chair Of '03 AICP Show
Pam Tarr, president/executive producer of Squeak Pictures, Los Angeles, will serve as the chairperson of the 12th annual Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Show, which premieres on June 9 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. "It's an exhilarating challenge to take the...
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design and Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Edgeworx , New York, finished three independent films at its digital postproduction facility. Brian Sloan's Bumping Heads , Angela Robinson's D.E.B.S. and Miles Kahn's The Tool were all shot in high definition and posted in 24P at Edgeworx. The facility's postproduction chores included...
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design and Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Match Frame , a digital postproduction shop with offices in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, completed work on four spots for Dawn dishwashing liquid and San Antonio agency Bromley Communications. For one of the ads, flying animated dishes cleaned with Dawn detergent are stacked up against...
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Lee Garfinkel is headed to DDB New York , where he will serve as chairman/chief creative officer. He had been worldwide creative chief at D'Arcy, New York. Noel Cottrell has joined Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners West , San Francisco, as managing partner/executive creative director. Previously,...
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
FCB San Francisco has hired Michael Prieve as executive creative director. He comes over from Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore., where he held the title of creative director. Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) , Culver City, Calif., has added several staffers to its creative department. Gavin Milner joins...
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
Rhino Bumps Up Alan Dubin
Alan Dubin, a staffer at New York-based Rhinoceros Editorial for more than seven years, has been promoted from assistant editor to editor. Dubin started out in the company's shipping/duplication department. "I ran all over the city," he said. "But even though I was running around, I got to learn...
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
Becker Moves Into The Haus
Director Pedro Becker has signed with The Haus, a subsidiary of Germany-based production group, Neue Sentimental Film (NSF), for commercial representation in the U.S. and Canada. Becker joins a directorial roster that includes Alexander Kane, Lars Knorrn, David McElwaine and Richard Reiss...
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
Mansour Named Head Of Commercials At Wild Brain
Wild Brain has appointed veteran animation/visual effects producer Andrea Mansour as its head of commercials. She reports to Jeff Fino, co-founder/executive producer of the San Francisco-based animation studio. Mansour will be responsible for all sales and management of Wild Brain's commercial...
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
Crushing Adds Composer Rob Mounsey
Composer Rob Mounsey has joined New York-based Crushing Music for spotworld representation, but will continue to run his longform projects (television, feature film scoring and record production) through his eponymous shop, Rob Mounsey Music, New York. (Until last year, Mounsey's company was known...