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Friday, Apr. 20, 2001
STREET TALK
Michael Romersa, owner of the Stoney Road family of commercial production houses, and Tom Korsan, former executive producer of bicoastal Stoney Road shop Bedford Falls, have entered into a partnership with Laura Gregory, managing director of London-based production company Great Guns, to form a U.S...
Friday, Apr. 13, 2001
STREET TALK
The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are scheduled to resume negotiations on April 17 in an attempt to reach an agreement on a new contract before the current one expires May 2. As reported in this week's lead story, there's concern as to the...
Friday, Apr. 6, 2001
STREET TALK
Irv Blitz is now directing through bicoastal HSI Productions. Prior to joining HSI, Blitz was represented by bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander….Word is that director Jeffrey Fleisig is leaving bicoastal Villains to join bicoastal/international Propaganda Films….Speaking of Villains, longtime freelance...
Friday, Mar. 30, 2001
STREET TALK
If negotiators for the feature/tv studios, the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) need any further reminder of the toll exacted by a strike, all they need do is look back to last year's six-month strike against the ad industry by the actors' unions. According to SAG figures...
Friday, Mar. 23, 2001
STREET TALK
BMW has commissioned a series of short films to run on the Internet, and has hired several notable feature filmmakers to direct them. Directors John Frankenheimer (Ronin; Reindeer Games; The Manchurian Candidate) and Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Sense and Sensibility) have completed...
Friday, Mar. 16, 2001
STREET TALK
Bicoastal production house Anonymous has signed director Nic Mathieu, who comes over from Los Angeles-based No Prisoners, and up-and-coming helmer Pat Sherman….Directing duo Snack inc.—consisting of Naz Sadoughi and Edward Salkeld—has joined London-based Stink for spot and music video...
Friday, Mar. 9, 2001
STREET TALK
Negotiations for a new Writers Guild of America (WGA) film and TV contract broke off last week, increasing the possibility that there will be a writers' strike when the WGA's current contract with producers expires May 1. A strike could have ripple effects on the spot production business. Some fear...
Friday, Mar. 2, 2001
STREET TALK
Word is that director Keir McFarlane is joining bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander….Director Steve Ramser is now working under the banner Lotion, which also represents directors Luca Maroni, Frank Samuel and Jelle Oortman Gerlings; Ramser's previous shop, Unscented, was in affiliation with now defunct...
Friday, Feb. 23, 2001
STREET TALK
Ed Decter—who directed The New Guy, slated for a May release through Sony—has signed with bicoastal First Look Artists for representation as a spot helmer. Decter co-wrote with partner John J. Strauss the hit comedy There's Something About Mary, which was directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly. First...
Friday, Feb. 16, 2001
STREET TALK
Bicoastal Anonymous has signed director Stephane Sednaoui, who comes over from bicoastal/international Propaganda Films. Additionally,Anonymous has signed a deal to provide U.S. representation for directors Chris Palmer, Frank Budgen and Peter Thwaites of London-based production house Gorgeous......