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Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Spoke-n For: Directors Larry August, Tim Roarke: Renamed Prodn. Co., Formerly Known As Superior Street, Seeks A Heightened Nat'l. Profile.
CHICAGO-Two-year-old production house Superior Street, with bases in Chicago and Los Angeles, has added directors Larry August and Tim Roarke and has renamed itself Spoke Film in order to differentiate its live-action division from its postproduction/graphics and effects unit (which will remain...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
The Industry Gets "Weird" With Director Al Yankovic: Music Parodist Extraordinaire Throws His Hat Into The Spot Ring.
HOLLYWOOD-The Industry, the division of bicoastal Moxie Pictures that features an ensemble of filmmakers from other disciplines, has signed director Al Yankovic (a.k.a. "Weird Al") for commercial representation. Since the early 1980s, Yankovic has established himself as a comedic musical artist and...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Carnal Knowledge DP To Get A.S.C. Intl. Achievement Award
Giuseppe Rotunno, A.S.C., A.I.C., will receive the International Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers at the 13th Annual A.S.C. Outstanding Achievement Awards, to be held here Feb. 21 at the Century Plaza Hotel. Over the past 40-plus years, Rotunno has worked with some of...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
POP Sound Hears Bells For MCI 5¢
CLIENT MCI WorldCom/MCI 5¢ Sundays. PRODUCTION CO. Live action by PYTKA, Venice, Calif. Joe Pytka, director/DP; Suellen Wagner, executive producer; Lisa Winston, producer. Animation by Warner Bros. Classic Animation, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Frank Molieri, director; Kathleen Helppie, senior producer;...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Case Nydrle Heads To The Wilds For Toyota
CLIENT Toyota 4-Runner. PRODUCTION CO. Case Nydrle, West Hollywood. Peter Nydrle, director/cameraman; Carol Case, executive producer; Laura Brown, producer; Cassie Hulen, head of production; Steve Woroniecki, production supervisor. Shot on location. AGENCY Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Postique Freezes Time For Silverado
CLIENT General Motors Corp./Chevy Trucks/Silverado. PRODUCTION CO. Steve & Linda Horn Inc., New York. Steve Horn, director/DP; Alayne Baxter, executive producer. Shot on location. AGENCY Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Mich. Jim Gilmore, producer; Bill Ludwig, chief creative officer; Joe Puhy,...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Com/track Visits Walgreen For MSSB
CLIENT Walgreen Co. PRODUCTION CO. "Sources," "Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies," "Roads" and "All of the People" produced by Atlas Pictures, Santa Monica. Toby Phillips, director/DP; Sharn Stinson-Ure, executive producer; Jeff Tannebring, producer. "Photo Montage" produced by R/GA Digital Studios, New...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
"The Coupe Mission"
Cel animation directed by Peter Chung of Acme Filmworks, Hollywood, sets up what looks like a story of intrigue inevitably leading to confrontation. But the payoff is quite different in "The Coupe Mission," a Honda spot for the U.S. Hispanic market out of La Agencia de Orci & Asociados, Los...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
Submissions for "The Best Work You May Never See" can be local
Submissions for "The Best Work You May Never See" can be local, regional or foreign commercials, spec spots, pro bono PSAs, test commercials that didn't get beyond limited markets or ads that were produced but never aired. If you have great creative commercial filmmaking that might otherwise be...
Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
BULLETIN BOARD
Jan. 12/New York: Freelance Producers Network Meeting at Hungry Man. Contact Reg Oberlag, (212) 673-6908....Jan. 14-17/New York: The Best of the 1998 Hamptons International Film Festival at the DGA Theater. Info, tickets, (516) 324-4600....Jan. 15/New York: The New York Festivals 1998 International...