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Friday, Sep. 29, 2000
STREET TALK
Red Sky Interactive, with offices throughout the U.S., including San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Houston, has acquired animation house Olive Jar Studios, Boston and Los Angeles, as well as Los Angeles-based multimedia firm White Noise Productions…Word is that director Iain Mackenzie is headed...
Friday, Sep. 22, 2000
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Director Anthea Benton has joined bicoastal/international Partizan for stateside and international representation. She was previously handled in the U.S. by CMP, bicoastal and Chicago; in the U.K. by Concrete Films, London; and in France by Premiere Heure, Paris....Director Claude Mougin has signed...
Friday, Sep. 15, 2000
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Peter Giles and Paul Briggs, who joined Ware, U.K.-headquartered Cintel International Limited in January as investors/managers, have entered into a deal to buy the company's business and assets as well as shares in U.K.-based telecine CRT supplier Brimar Limited, for $11.3 million (translated from...
Friday, Sep. 8, 2000
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Bicoastal Bedford Falls has signed feature director Adam Shankman for worldwide commercial representation. An established choreographer, Shankman helmed the upcoming The Wedding Planner, starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. Shankman's shortform directing credits include promos for Just...
Friday, Sep. 1, 2000
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Despite a devastating fire which gutted its Canoga Park, Calif., headquarters last week (8/23), special effects firm The Character Shop—which specializes in animatronics, makeup effects, puppets and robotics—is back up and running, having secured temporary quarters. According to its Web site, The...
Friday, Aug. 25, 2000
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Ric Anello, executive VP/executive creative director of D'Arcy Masius Benton Bowles' North American unit, announced he is retiring from the advertising business on Oct. 1. His ad career spans 28 years, the last 11 with St. Louis-based D'Arcy….Directors Harry Karidis and Malcolm McNeill are joining...
Friday, Aug. 18, 2000
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Liberty Livewire Corporation, a majority-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp., has extended its postproduction reach on both sides of the Atlantic, first entering into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock in Northvale, N.J.-headquartered Video Services Corp. (VSC). On the heels of...
Friday, Aug. 11, 2000
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New York-headquartered commercial house Shooting Gallery Productions is in the process of launching a music video division….The New York chapter of the Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE ) has elected its slate of officers set to serve two-year terms starting January 2001. Chris...
Friday, Aug. 4, 2000
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Director Carlton Chase has left New York-headquartered Shooting Gallery Productions and is set to join bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander....Vienna-based co-directing team rad-ish, comprised of Moritz Friedel and Christophe Chruidmak, is about to join bicoastal Go Film....Director Noam Murro and...
Friday, Jul. 28, 2000
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Bicoastal shop Anonymous has added director Andrea Giacobbe, formerly of bicoastal/international Propaganda Films, and co-directors Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein, who helmed the feature On The Ropes, which won the Special Jury prize at last year's Sundance Film Festival...Director/actor/writer...