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Friday, May. 9, 2003
Steve Burger Makes CG Splash In N.Y.
Animator Steve Burger has come aboard Splash Design, New York, as its CG supervisor. He will team with creative director/visual effects supervisor Andy Milkis, who recently rejoined Splash (SHOOT, 3/28, p. 8), to build the studio's new CG department. Burger is no stranger to developing a CG...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Kessler Exits Promiseland, Joins Trio
VENICE, Calif.—Noted comedy director Stephen Kessler has signed for exclusive commercial representation with Venice-based Trio Films, the year-old shop headed by executive producers Taylor Ferguson, Erin Tauscher and Annie Hanlon. Based in Los Angeles, Kessler had previously maintained his own...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Newest Hungry Man: Dir. Russ Lamoureux
NEW YORK—Director Russ Lamoureux has signed with bicoastal/international hungry man for commercial representation. According to Lamoureux—who began his career as an agency creative-hungry man has been instrumental in helping him develop his reel of spotwork. Prior to officially joining the company'...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design And Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Charlieuniformtango , Dallas and Austin, Texas, completed work on a campaign for The Richards Group, Dallas, and its client Go Rving. Four :30s focus on nature and people enjoying themselves as they experience the freedom of traveling in an RV. "Beyond the Fences" stresses getting...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Richard Wallace , a group creative director at Lowe , New York will oversee the Verizon Wireless account. Wallace had been working on the account at Bozell, New York, which is in the process of merging with Lowe. Doug Behm has been promoted to group creative director from executive art...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Fernandez: An Exec Prod. With Moxie
Robert Fernandez has wrapped a long tenure at bicoastal/international @radical.media to become partner/ executive producer at bicoastal Moxie Films. Fernandez brings broad-based experience in commercials and longform fare to Moxie, where he succeeds partner/executive producer Gary Rose, who...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
PostWorks Principals Move To Acquire Tapehouse Cos.
As the industry says goodbye to a legacy, there are dramatic changes afoot in the New York postproduction community. Earlier this month, two longstanding Manhattan companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy: Editing Concepts Inc., the company founded decades ago by industry veterans Arthur Williams...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Hydraulx Hires Randall As Executive Producer
Eliza Randall has been named executive producer at Hydraulx, a Santa Monica-based visual effects house active in commercials, music videos, film and TV. In addition to executive producing jobs, Randall will serve as visual effects supervisor on select projects. Randall had formerly been freelancing...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Different Kinds Of Ads
Saturn's "Sheet Metal" has been lauded as one of the most innovative car spots in recent years. The ad depicts a series of automotive scenarios—children riding a school bus, a car backing out of a driveway, backed-up traffic on a highway overpass, a motorist receiving a ticket for a traffic...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: WEST COAST CREATIVE VOICE_ Driving Desire
The concept of a car inspiring a passion for driving is not a particularly original idea—in fact, it's as well traveled as a 1973 El Dorado. But a recent campaign for the newly redesigned Nissan Maxima out of TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, gives the idea a new twist. The new package, comprising the...