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Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
David Droga has been named worldwide creative director of Publicis . Droga, who was previously the executive creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, London, will be based in New York. Tom Cordner has joined J. Walter Thompson , San Francisco, as executive VP/executive creative director. He had...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
New York: A Technicolor Production
Technicolor Creative Services, the postproduction arm of Thomson-owned bicoastal/international production, post and distribution services provider Technicolor Entertainment Services (TES), is about to open a major digital post facility in New York's Greenwich Village. Dubbed Technicolor Creative...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
AICP Re-Elects Chairman Califano, Vice Chair Androw
During its semiannual board meeting last month in Los Angeles, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) re-elected its chairman and vice chairman, had a changing of the guard at the secretary position and laid the groundwork for a potential breakthrough event in the branded...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Ritts/Hayden Becomes HKM Satellite
Bicoastal HKM Productions has acquired Los Angeles-based Ritts/Hayden, which now operates as a satellite company under the banner Last Night...At HKM. Additionally, HKM has hired Los Angeles-based Rock Fight partners Ned Brown and Melissa White to share executive producer duties at both HKM and...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
JANUARY 9, 1998/Founding partner Charles Gibson has resigned from Los Angeles-based computer animation house Rhythm & Hues Studios after almost 11 years with the shop….Two Toronto-based Canadian companies have recently launched satellite operations in the States: Dan Krech Productions (DKP) and...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Partizan Hits The Spot For Dir. Lance Kelleher
Bicoastal/in- ternational Partizan has signed director Lance Kelleher for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. and Europe, with the exception of Italy, where he works out of H Films, Milan. The director continues to be repped in Australia and his native New Zealand by 8 Commercials,...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
2012 Olympic Games Bid Relocates New York Spirit
For those who live in New York City, the daily grind is a point of pride. Enduring the tiny apartments with astronomical rents, the generally high cost of living and the lack of personal space means you have the tenacity to live in a place most people would not tolerate for a month. The more New...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Director Godsall Sinks His Teeth Into Biscuit
Director Tim Godsall has signed with Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles, for commercial representation in the U.S. Prior to joining the Biscuit roster, Godsall—a former agency creative whose résumé includes a stint in the mid-1990s as creative director/copywriter at kirshenbaum bond & partners, New...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Dir. Herb Ritts Passes Away At 50
Internationally acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts, known for his portraits of superstars, which contributed to defining celebrity in the 1980s and '90s, died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 26 at UCLA Medical Center. He was 50. Besides his stirring still photography, which encompassed high-...
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...