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Friday, May. 31, 2002
Entertainment Data Project Carries Spot Implications
The adage "information is power" encapsulates the rationale behind an investment of $742,500 to fund the newly created Entertainment Data Project, an aspiring one-stop shop for data as it pertains to the entertainment industry. Earlier this month, Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) allocated the grant,...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
MAY 30, 1997/After 13 years in business, Los Angeles-based AckermanBenson has closed. Partners/executive producers Gregg Ackerman and Rick Benson describe the split as amicable….Director Jeff Mishler has joined Complete Pandemonium for spot representation nationally—except in the Pacific Northwest...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
Back To The Future
For the last 30 years, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) has represented the interests of the members of the commercial production industry. So much has been accomplished in that time. In fact, in recent years alone, the organization has made impressive strides on union,...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
Tommy Murov Gets Fresh With Three Editors
Creative editorial house Fresh has opened with three editors—Megan Bee, Ben Darling and Bipasha Shom—and executive producer Tommy Murov. The new venture was formed in association with established edit house Spot Welders. Operating as a separate shop, Fresh is housed in Spot Welders' Venice complex...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
Composer Robert Miller Launches Music Shop
Composer Robert Miller has departed Amber Music, New York and London, to form his own New York-based music shop through which he will score commercials, films and other projects. The venture will be called Robert Miller Inc.—RMI for short—pending approval of the name. (At press time, Miller was...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
In Celebration
SHOOT has covered the AICP from its inception 30 years ago, and I've been fortunate enough to have been involved in that relationship ever since I joined the publication as a reporter in 1978. The progress made by the organization has been truly remarkable. But amidst its evolution and the myriad...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
Growing The Brand
AICP is 30 years young! And I've had the privilege of being here for almost a third of that time. Ever since a small group of independent producers established the Association in 1972 to combat the powerful agencies that were determined to take production in-house, the AICP has taken bold sstands...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
Déjà vu: Dir. Ray Lawrence Joins Bedford
Australian director Ray Lawrence has returned to bicoastal Bedford Falls for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. The production house had represented him in the mid-1990s. For the past two years, he was affiliated with bicoastal Cohn+Company. Lawrence continues to work in France via the...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
The Legacy Lives
Named for the late legendary founding father of the AICP, the Jay B. Eisenstat Award—instituted in 1990—recognizes outstanding contributions and service to the commercial production industry. While two recipients have passed away—Benson Green and Frank Tuttle, who were honorees in '92 and '94,...
Friday, May. 31, 2002
Pre-Eisenstat Award: The Crystal
Before the AICP established the Jay B. Eisenstat Award in 1990, regional chapters presented the Crystal Award from '86 to '89, to recognize those who exemplified meritorious service to the industry. In the inaugural year of '86, AICP/ San Francisco bestowed the very first Crystal upon director/...