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Friday, Jun. 13, 2003
STREET TALK
Three executives from Cliff Freeman and Partners, New York, have left the agency to form their own boutique shop. Jason Gaboriau, a former VP/associate creative director, Charles Rosen, formerly director of new business development, and strategist Doug Cameron, are opening Amalgamated, a New York...
Friday, Jun. 6, 2003
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The anti-runaway movement scored a major victory last weekend. As the legislative session was in its 11th hour on Saturday (5/31), the Illinois Senate passed a bill offering a tax credit to eligible longform and shortform shoots in the state. The thumbs up from the Senate followed passage hours...
Friday, May. 30, 2003
STREET TALK
Helen MacKenzie has been named head of production, commercials, at Framestore CFC, London….Doner, which is headquartered in Southfield, Mich., is closing its Baltimore outpost at the end of August….Homestead Editorial, New York, has opened aWounded Knee, an independent film division. The new entity...
Friday, May. 23, 2003
STREET TALK
Noted still fashion photographer Elaine Constantine has come aboard bicoastal Moxie Pictures for U.S. spot representation. She is no stranger to the ad arena, having helmed commercials for the Japanese and U.K. markets. At press time, she was slated to embark on her first American spot, a Moxie-...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
STREET TALK
Director Leonardo Ricagni has signed with A Band Apart, Los Angeles, for commercial and music video representation. Sister company Bikini Films, London, will also represent the director. Additionally, in conjunction with Mojo Film, Montevideo, Uruguay, a company in which Ricagni is a partner, A...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
STREET TALK
Last Night … At HKM—which was formed when bicoastal HKM Productions absorbed the roster of now defunct Ritts/ Hayden (SHOOT, 1/10, p. 1)—parted ways with HKM last month. Sonia Taylor, former head of production at Ritts/Hayden and a junior executive producer at Last Night, said that future plans...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
STREET TALK
Feature filmmaker Peter Sollett, who's gained acclaim for his Raising Victor Vargas, is coming aboard bicoastal Moxie Pictures for exclusive representation as a spot director….Good Films, New York, has signed director Paul Riccio. He had been with Czar Films, New York….Production house veteran Bob...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
STREET TALK
Robert Fernandez is coming aboard bicoastal Moxie Pictures as partner/executive producer. Fernandez, who's enjoyed a long tenure at bicoastal/international @radical.media, will succeed Gary Rose. A month and a half ago, Rose exited Moxie to become an executive producer/partner at bicoastal Go Film...
Friday, Apr. 18, 2003
STREET TALK
The leadership of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have endorsed a plan to consolidate their unions—a move they contend will increase their negotiating power in the entertainment industry. Last weekend (4/12-13), the national boards...
Friday, Apr. 11, 2003
STREET TALK
Director Geoff McGann has joined the roster of V12 Commercials, a division of Studios V12, Santa Monica. McGann's experience spans the agency and production house sides of the business. He served as a creative at Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore., and directed for such production houses as bicoastal...