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Friday, Aug. 16, 2002
STREET TALK
The New York-based holding company for a number of video and audio postproduction houses, Creative Content Artists (CCA), is ceasing operations. Nearly all the facilities under the CCA banner have closed. At press time, SHOOT confirmed that the only shop still open for business was Lower East Side...
Friday, Aug. 9, 2002
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The directors have been set for the next three installments in BMW's "The Hire" Internet film series, which will be produced by bicoastal RSA USA. The filmmakers are Tony Scott (whose feature filmography includes Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Crimson Tide, Days of Thunder, Top Gun), John Woo (...
Friday, Aug. 2, 2002
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Director Paul Middleditch, and two of the members of Icelandic band GusGus—helmers Arni and Kinski—have signed with bicoastal HSI Productions. All three were formerly with Public Works, Santa Monica….Director Luca Maroni, well established in European commercialmaking, has joined Plum Productions,...
Friday, Jul. 26, 2002
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Mike Pandolfo, David Logan and Craig Chang have partnered to form Native, a New York-based music shop….Amber Music, London and New York—best known for its work in commercials on both sides of the Atlantic—has signed composer Michael Kamen, who has roots in feature films (i.e. X-Men, Shine) and in...
Friday, Jul. 19, 2002
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The Story Companies, headquartered in Chicago, has signed a pair of directors for exclusive national representation in commercials: Jamie Most and Brian Johnson. Most is best known for his tenure as creative director of NBA Entertainment, where he directed more than two dozen commercials for the...
Friday, Jul. 12, 2002
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Director John Frankenheimer died this past weekend (7/6) in Los Angeles due to complications from a stroke following recent spinal surgery. He was 72. Renowned for his feature (e.g.—The Manchurian Candidate, The Birdman of Alcatraz) and TV work, Frankenheimer also made his mark in the advertising...
Friday, Jun. 28, 2002
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has appointed Katherine Oliver as commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, New York. She replaces Patricia Reed Scott, who held the post from 1983 to '90 and from '94 to 2002. Prior to her appointment, Oliver served as general manager of...
Friday, Jun. 21, 2002
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The Massachusetts Senate's Ways and Means Committee has unveiled a budget for fiscal year 2002-'03 that provides no funding for the Massachusetts Film Office. The state is facing an estimated budget deficit of some $2 billion for the fast approaching fiscal year. Stay tuned….Director Miguel...
Friday, Jun. 14, 2002
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Word is that BMW's "The Hire" will return this fall with three new shorts, out of Fallon Minneapolis and produced by bicoastal Anonymous Content. The Web-based shorts have scored impressively on the awards circuit this spring, gaining recognition at the AICP Show, the Clio Awards, the One Show and...
Friday, Jun. 7, 2002
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Director Fredrik Bond has come to in a sense reflect the globalization of the business on a couple of fronts over the past week-plus. For one, Supernoodles "Face Off," which he directed through London-based Harry Nash for agency Mother, London, was one of the honorees in the AICP Show's Advertising...