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Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
OCTOBER 3, 1997/Bicoastal HKM Productions and director Roman Coppola have entered into a partnership to form The Directors Bureau. The new spot/music video shop will also be bicoastal….Director Tom DeCerchio and executive producer Oliver Fuselier have launched bicoastal Nitro Films, Santa Monica,...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Winter And Halpern Launch Hyena Films
Directors Alex Winter and Alex Halpern have formed Hyena Films, a New York-based commercial production house. The shop's roster also consists of comedy directors Suzanne Luna, Art Haynie and a directing duo dubbed the Majorcan Liberation Army—a.k.a. Marcel Lundberg and Max Makowski. Halpern and...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Comedian Shows Seinfeld, Serious Side To Stand-Up
In 1998, Jerry Seinfeld celebrated the retirement of his entire library of stand-up comedy with the HBO Special I'm Telling You For The Last Time. In the four years since then, the legendary comic has been writing new material and making surprise visits to New York comedy clubs to test it out on...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Broadway Bound: Stewart
Karen Stewart has been appointed VP/managing director of DesignLab and Broadway Video Edit—two of the four divisions that comprise New York-based Broadway Video's postproduction group. In her new position, Stewart will oversee the day-to-day operations of Broadway Video's visual effects, design,...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Fearless Music Plays Bicoastal Tune
Fearless Music, the six-year-old New York house, has gone bicoastal. Company owner/composer Jamie Lamm has launched Fearless Music West, bringing on board a couple of recording industry veterans—composer/producers/musicians Bob Kulick and Billy Sherwood—to serve as resident talent in Los Angeles...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Phil Mossman Joins Amber Music For Spots
Amber Music, which maintains offices in London and New York, has added composer/sound designer Phil Mossman to its roster. Mossman—who hails from Southeastern England—will work out of the company's Manhattan studios, having recently relocated to the U.S. to live with his American wife. Coming...
Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
WongDoody has formed an alliance with Dallas agency Gilliatt/Paris, allowing WongDoody to open an office in the Lone Star state. The former Gilliatt/Paris will be known as WongDoody Dallas, with company creatives Doug Gilliatt and Chuck Paris retaining their titles of managing partners. WongDoody...
Friday, Sep. 27, 2002
FCF Expands With Police Reimbursement Initiative
SACRAMENTO—In sharp contrast to budget shortfalls in various states and municipalities translating into either significantly reduced funding for—or the outright elimination of—film commissions and lensing incentives, the Film California First (FCF) anti-runaway program, overseen and administered by...
Friday, Sep. 27, 2002
Burst @ Creative Bubble Launched
NEW YORK—Creative Bubble, a New York-headquartered postproduction/visual effects shop, is opening an audio post/sound design division under the moniker Burst @ Creative Bubble. Marcelo Gandola, formerly senior audio engineer at BVI, Miami, will head up the Burst division as senior engineer. Gandola...
Friday, Sep. 27, 2002
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design and Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Kerie Kimbrell of Red Car , San Francisco, cut "What Do They Want?," for Burger King out of Campbell Mithun, Minneapolis. The :30 features live action (directed by Mo Husseini of cYclops, New York) and animation (by independent 3-D arists Dan Chucta and Judah Houser) to showcase Burger...