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Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
STREET TALK
Matthew Pomerans, executive producer at Santa Monica-based Area 51 Films, died this past weekend (1/26) in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack. He was 38. Prior to joining Area 51 last year, Pomerans was an executive producer at now defunct Satellite. He is survived by his wife Linda, daughters...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
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Rob Lieberman, two-time winner of the Directors Guild of America Award as best commercial helmer of the year, has come aboard Santa Monica-based Plum Productions. He formerly directed spots via his Lieberman & Co. in association with now defunct Straw Dogs....Santa Monica-headquartered Bravo...
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002
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The industry is mourning director Ted Demme, 37, who died Sunday, Jan. 13, after suffering cardiac arrest during a celebrity basketball game in Santa Monica. Known primarily as a feature director, Demme was represented for spotwork by Creative Film Management International, New York. Cause of death...
Friday, Jan. 11, 2002
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The Screen Actors Guild has determined that voting irregularities were significant enough to invalidate the union's November election results for SAG president, recording secretary and treasurer. Per the November vote tally, Melissa Gilbert had beaten out Valerie Harper in a contentious election,...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
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The industry is mourning the passing of director Jonas Frick, 39, who worked on commercials through bicoastal/international @radical.media. Frick died on Dec. 22 in a New York City hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia. The director was in New York scouting locations for a spot project...
Friday, Dec. 14, 2001
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Director Richard D'Alessio has joined bicoastal/international @radical.media for exclusive representation worldwide—except for Canada where he continues to be handled by Imported Artists Film Company, Toronto. D'Alessio was last repped in the U.S. by now defunct Shooting Gallery Productions…...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
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The average cost of producing a 30-second national TV commercial in 2000 decreased three percent as compared to '99, according to the American Association of Advertising Agencies' (4A's) annual Television Production Cost Survey. Extrapolating from a database of 1,230 national :30s as reported by 20...
Friday, Nov. 30, 2001
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Biscuit Filmworks, the Los Angeles shop founded a year ago by director Noam Murro and executive producer Shawn Lacy Tessaro, has entered into an affiliation with bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander. Per the association, Biscuit can remain a boutique operation while accessing and being able to offer...
Friday, Nov. 23, 2001
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Director Geoffrey Barish has signed with bicoastal HSI Productions. He comes over from now defunct Extension Films, a satellite of the recently closed Propaganda Films….Director Steve Carr, formerly of Propaganda, has joined bicoastal Lot 47 Productions for exclusive representation in spots and...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2001
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Based on a compilation of results from 31 TV/cinema competitions, The Gunn Report ranks this year's top commercial production houses as being bicoastal/international Partizan, followed by London-headquartered Harry Nash, then London-based Gorgeous Enterprises, and bicoastal/international @radical...