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Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Smith Confirmed As DGA Spot Winner
In response to questions regarding the eligibility of two spot entries, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) is standing firmly behind its award judges' selection of Baker Smith as best commercial director of 2002. Smith, co-founder of Santa Monica-based Harvest, won the honor at the DGA Awards...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
MARCH 13, 1998/Bruce Dowad of Hollywood-based Dowad Associates has been named Best Commercial Director of 1997 by the Directors Guild of America….Regina Ebel, BBDO New York senior VP/group head of TV production, has been promoted to director of television production, a post that had been vacant...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Off Madison Ave. Hits The Jackpot At Casino Del Sol
They are the original garage band: a trio of teenagers playing rock music, loudly and badly, in a garage located in a quiet suburban neighborhood. A respectable-looking woman drives up to the house next door and uses a remote to open her own garage door, revealing a collection of loudspeakers. She...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Blind Spot Media Adds Director Wayne Robins
Director Wayne Robins has signed with Blind Spot Media, Santa Monica and Dallas, for exclusive U.S. commercial representation. The deal marks his first spot roost. Robins continues to be handled by Los Angeles-based RW Media for music videos. He also maintains his own company, Sonar Productions,...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design and Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Bent Image Labs , Portland, Ore., created and produced four "ugly" promos for regional affiliate UPN 49. "Plumber," "Heimlich," "Housefly" and "Dentist" depict situations in which the UPN 49 logo cube gets vomited, yanked, pulled from a drain or swatted. "Plumber" shows major butt crack...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Carlos Bayala has joined the Amsterdam office of Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) as co-executive creative director, partnering with Jon Matthews. Bayala had previously been with W+K, Portland, Ore. Mel Kreilein , senior art director, and Bill Hollister , copywriter, have joined Cramer-Kresselt,...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Editors
In "Cool Cuts" SHOOT talks to a few of the editors who worked an ads that led to Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards nominations. Gavin Cutler of MacKenzie Cutler, New York, edited two of Baker Smith's winning DGA entries. The mono-monikered Katz of bicoastal Cosmo Street cut one of Dante...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Sony Offers HD Joy To Spot World
For the second consecutive year, Sony Electronics Broadcast and Professional Co. and Young & Rubicam (Y&R), New York, have made dreams happen. This year's international screening of short films captured on Sony's 24P high-definition (HD) cameras and helmed by prominent commercial directors...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Vic Armstrong Links With Saville For Spotwork
Perhaps best known for his contributions to the James Bond franchise, second unit director/stunt coordinator and Academy Award winner Vic Armstrong has signed with Beverly Hills-headquartered Saville Productions for exclusive worldwide representation as a commercial helmer. The deal marks Armstrong...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Cool Cuts
On March 1, the Directors Guild of America (DGA), during its annual awards ceremony, named Baker Smith of Harvest, Santa Monica, the best commercial director of 2002. This was the second consecutive year Smith was nominated, and the first time he won the honor. His fellow nominees were Noam Murro...