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Friday, May. 9, 2003
SARS Fears Hurt Prodn. In Toronto
The World Health Organization (WHO) has lifted its travel advisory urging travelers to delay all nonessential visits to Toronto due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Canadian city. But the economic damage has already been done to Toronto's commercial production...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Original Entry Into Advertainment
Leveraging its feature film success in tandem with a core commercialmaking operation, Los Angeles-headquartered Original Film is extending its reach into advertainment while also broadening geographically. The latter comes via veteran executive producer Jeff Devlin, who's coming aboard as a partner...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
MAY 8, 1998/After working in features and commercials, DP David Wagreich has signed on as a spot director with bicoastal/international @radical.media….Music video director Mark Neale has joined Voyeur, New York, for exclusive U.S. spot and worldwide music clip representation, having relocated to...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Dir. Gary McKendry Links With Partizan
Following the closure of Palomar Pictures, director Gary McKendry has joined bicoastal/international Partizan for exclusive commercial representation worldwide, with the exception of Canada, where he is affiliated with Circle Productions, Toronto and Vancouver, B.C. McKendry had joined Palomar in...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Clutter Caveat Applies To Spots, Sponsored Content
When it comes to ad messages, clutter is the nemesis of advertisers and consumers alike. It is also a reality, and according to several speakers at the Institute for International Research's Branded Entertainment Summit—held April 28 to 30 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills—clutter is a...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Christian Loubek Joins Anonymous Content
Director/cameraman Christian Loubek has signed with bicoastal Anonymous Content for exclusive commercial and music video representation in the United States. Via the company's affiliations with London-based Independent and Paris-based Telecreateurs, the director also gains representation in the...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Harry Rankin Looks Stateside
Harry Rankin, a director and still photographer based in London, has come aboard Cine/DRSA International, a New York-based production company with offices in Sydney, London, Prague, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires and Cape Town. The signing marks his first official representation in the U.S. market. Rankin...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Rhinoceros Editorial Adds Ramos As VP/Exec. Prod.
Production veteran Bob Ramos has been named VP/executive producer at New York-based Rhinoceros Editorial, a part of MVG (formerly known as Multi-Video Group), which also consists of New York-based Rhinoceros Post, Rhinoceros Visual Effects and Design, Tonic and Meccanica. Best known for his tenure...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Harpoon Lands Dir. Abt
Director Michael Abt has joined New York-based Harpoon Pictures. A New York resident since 1998, Abt has directed spots in various markets and languages worldwide. He was most recently on the directorial roster at production company Great Guns, bicoastal and London. Born in Uruguay to a British...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Good Films Adds Dir. Paul Riccio
Good Films has signed director Paul Riccio for exclusive commercial representation. Previously, Riccio was represented by bicoastal/international Czar Films. According to Good Films partner/executive producer Kitty Overton, the production company was looking to round out its roster—which comprises...