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Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006
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The industry is mourning veteran agency producer Peter Ellers who died on Feb. 2 after a long battle with cancer. He was 50. Among his many clients were Amstel Light, AT&T, Taco Bell and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Look for more on his career in next week's edition of SHOOT.....Ron David Walter has...
Friday, Feb. 17, 2006
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Mark Hutchinson has joined FCB New York's full service in-house production facility, Push Editorial, as senior editor. He earlier served as an editor at New York houses bluerock and prior to that, Crew Cuts. In his new role, Hutchinson will report directly to Andrew Chinich, head of broadcast...
Friday, Feb. 10, 2006
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Director Samuel Bayer, formerly of RSA, has returned to bicoastal/international HSI Productions.... Numero 6, the directing duo of brothers Laurent and David Nicolas, has split up. Each has embarked on solo helming careers with Laurent Nicolas joining Passion Pictures, London and Paris, for...
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006
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Street Talk The directing team of Gwyneth Paltrow and Mary Wigmore has signed with bicoastal/international Moxie Pictures for exclusive worldwide representation in spots and music videos. Paltrow and Wigmore directed the short Dealbreaker, which was in competition at this year's Sundance Film...
Friday, Jan. 27, 2006
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Street Talk Feature film director Lisa Cholodenko ( Laurel Canyon , High Art ) has signed with bicoastal/international Partizan for commercial representation....Director Aaron Stoller, known for creating and directing assorted notable spots and promos at MTV, has come aboard Venice, Calif.-based...
Friday, Jan. 20, 2006
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Street Talk Bicoastal production and management company Anonymous Content has teamed with Sharkle.com to provide original content for the Web site. Sharkle.com provides a forum for members to share videos and comment on other's uploaded content, constituting an online video community that has grown...
Friday, Jan. 13, 2006
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Ending months of rumors and speculation, it has been announced that the Rank Group Plc, the international gaming and leisure group, has reached an agreement to sell Deluxe Film to DX III Holdings Corp., a subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, whose chairman and CEO is businessman Ron...
Friday, Dec. 16, 2005
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Street Talk Ed Clare has resigned as the executive director of the Production Equipment Rental Association (PERA) effective Jan. 31, 06....Deluxe is reportedly close to being sold. Who will be the buyer? Most of the rumors surround businessman Ronald Perelman, who is the chief shareholder in...
Friday, Dec. 9, 2005
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Millennium Pictures, Santa Monica, has signed director Marshall Vernet for exclusive U.S. spot representation.....Paris-headquartered Thomson--whose Grass Valley unit makes the Spirit--announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 33 1/3 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of...
Friday, Dec. 2, 2005
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Street Talk Chris Rossiter has been promoted to executive VP/director of broadcast production at Leo Burnett USA, Chicago. He replaces Jonathan Davis, who is leaving the agency to join the London office of bicoastal/international @radical.media in a senior management position. In his new role,...