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Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk The proposed tax incentive designed to encourage filming of features, TV programs and commercials in California failed to gain passage in the state legislature's recently concluded session. Proponents of the anti-runaway measure are now pushing for the tax incentive to be included in...
Friday, Sep. 9, 2005
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Bicoastal/international Hungry Man just gotten a bit more international, launching an office in Rio de Janeiro. Heading up the new operation in Brazil is managing director Alex Mehedff....Director Annabel Jankel, the "J" on the door at bicoastal/international MJZ, has joined Santa Monica-based...
Friday, Aug. 19, 2005
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Alan Irvin, former executive creative director of Grey Worldwide South Africa, has jumped over to the commercial production house side of the business, becoming a director at Picture Tree, Johannesburg.......New York-based mister boomboom, a label of bicoastal/international Believe Media, has added...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Bicoastal/international Moxie Pictures has signed its first London-based director, James Griffiths, for commercial and music video representation worldwide. His credits include spots for adidas, Coca-Cola, Lynx and Sony PlayStation, and music videos for Groove Armada, HAL and Goldfrapp. His first...
Friday, Jul. 15, 2005
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Director George Jecel is joining Santa Monica-headquartered TWC....Jeb Schary, an ad agency vet who has served as a producer at The Richards Group, Dallas, since 1995, has jumped over to the editorial side of the business, joining Mad River Post, Dallas, as its executive producer, effective July 18...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Director Paul Gay is joining bicoastal/international Hungry Man for worldwide representation. He was previously with now defunct Omaha Pictures in the U.S., and Paul Weiland Film Company, London, in the U.K.....Clear, a privately held, London-based commercial and feature visual effects house, will...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Tate USA, Santa Monica, has signed directors Ted Pauly, Phil Brown and James Dodson for exclusive U.S. spot representation. Pauly retains his senior producer's post at MTV while becoming available to direct commercial assignments via Tate USA. The Toronto-based Brown has successfully transitioned...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Representing voice characters in video games, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have reached a tentative agreement with video game publishers on a contract which provides union performers with a 36 percent increase in...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Managing director Diane McArter and director Michael Grasso, partners in Santa Monica-based Omaha Pictures, are parting ways. Omaha is currently winding down operations and will close. McArter says the company will meet all its financial obligations. She is forming a new venture,...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk At press time, members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) were deciding whether to authorize a strike against Electronic Arts, Activision and several other video game publishers. The actors whose voices, performances and...