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Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Cohn+Company Lands Director Brough-Taylor
Bicoastal Cohn+Company has signed director/cameraman Jonathan Brough-Taylor for exclusive commercial representation. Best known for his action sequences and visual effects work in features (his second-unit DP credits include Planet of the Apes, The Fast and the Furious and Charlie's Angels), Brough...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Steam Picks Up Ron Ames, Rob Legato
Ron Ames and Rob Legato have come aboard Santa Monica-based production, design, effects and post house Steam as creative directors. Both are available to direct commercials via Steam. Ames was most recently represented as a spot helmer via now defunct Crash Films. Legato is a noted visual effects...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Dirs. McCollum, Thieltges Sign With Fusion Films
Directors Marcus McCollum and Gary Thieltges—known for their prowess in humor and tabletop, respectively—have joined Fusion Films, the Santa Monica-based house headed by executive producer Peter Abraham. McCollum is no stranger to Fusion, having freelance directed an ESPN NFL pre-season campaign...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Director Mike Wang Gains "Centerfold" Exposure
One could surmise that director Mike Wang appreciates girlie magazines and beer—but not necessarily for the obvious reasons. Rather, those items figure prominently in his Bud Light ad, "Centerfold," which was short-listed at this year's Cannes International Advertising Festival, and has generated...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Industry Mourns Billy Greene's Death
Billy Greene, an animator respected for his stop-motion photography work and beloved for his gentle, easygoing demeanor, was murdered outside his home in Emeryville, a suburb of San Francisco. He was 33. Greene succumbed to a single bullet wound to the head, shortly after midnight on the morning of...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Tool Takes Two: Dirs. Sigel And McAdams
Director/ cameraman Newton Thomas Sigel and director Brit McAdams have signed with bicoastal Tool of North America, the commercial production house headed by executive producer Dierdre Harrington. (Jennifer Siegel is acting as Tool's executive producer while Harrington is on maternity leave.) The...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Animation Dir. Prynoski Joins Class-Key Chew-Po
Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials, Hollywood, has signed animation director Chris Prynoski for exclusive spot representation. Class-Key Chew-Po is a division of Hollywood-based animation studio Klasky Csupo. Via Class-Key Chew-Po, Prynoski has already helmed Budweiser's "Foot-Long Hot Dog Inventor" for...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
NEWSBRIEFS
Senior Avid DS editor Karl Rausch has joined the business communications group at Grace & Wild Digital Studios. Prior to joining the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based production/post facility, Rausch served five years as a senior DS operator at Forest Post Productions, Farmington Hills….Composer...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
AMP/AICP Fundraiser Is Literally Without Borders
The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) and the Association of Music Producers (AMP) announced that proceeds from their scheduled Oct. 18th gala event will be donated to New York relief organizations, including the Twin Towers Fund and the American Red Cross. One of the...
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001
Avid World & Pro Tools Conference Rescheduled
Due to the recent tragic events in New York City, the Avid World & Pro Tools Conference, which was to have begun Oct. 7, has been rescheduled for Dec. 9-12. The event will still be held at its original location, The New Yorker Hotel, and all conference activities, including seminars, speeches,...