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Friday, Mar. 5, 2004
STREET TALK
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a chance to put his mark on state filming issues, including runaway production, by appointing a new director of the California Film Commission (CFC) now that Karen Constine has stepped down from that post. At press time, there was no exact timetable for the...
Friday, Feb. 27, 2004
STREET TALK
Directors Richard Sears and Alain Gourrier have signed with Tate USA, Santa Monica for exclusive U.S. spot representation. Sears had been at bicoastal Coppos while Gourrier is perhaps best known for his tenure at Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles…. Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., has signed...
Friday, Feb. 20, 2004
STREET TALK
Advertisers are paying a record high $1.5 million on average for 30 seconds of commercial time during the Feb. 29 Academy Awards telecast on ABC. This surpasses the previous high of $1.4 million, which was set last year….Director Nelson Cabrera has come aboard bicoastal HKM Productions….Director...
Friday, Feb. 13, 2004
STREET TALK
Director Eric Steinman, formerly of bicoastal Headquarters, has come aboard Trio Films, Venice, Calif….A Band Apart has signed director Thomas Krygier. The Los Angeles-based production company will represent Krygier for spotwork in the U.S.… Director Jb Carlin has joined Metro Pictures USA, the...
Friday, Feb. 6, 2004
STREET TALK
Director Henning Winklemann has signed with bicoastal MacGuffin Films for spot representation….Director Phil Harder has joined bicoastal Bob Industries….CreoCollective, Santa Monica, has opened a New York office headed by executive producer Jennifer Sofio….The Blue Rock Editing Company, New York,...
Friday, Jan. 30, 2004
STREET TALK
In a cash deal valued at about $44 million, Tewksbury, Mass.-headquartered Avid Technology has acquired Munich, Germany-based NXN Software, a provider of asset and production management systems for the entertainment and computer graphics industries. The acquisition will afford Avid's film and video...
Friday, Jan. 23, 2004
STREET TALK
Don Wahlberg, senior editor of Launch, New York, passed away after a sudden heart attack on Jan. 16 while building an ice rink for kids in his neighborhood. Wahlberg, 52, was an editor at Charlex, New York, since May 1990, and joined its recently spun-off Launch division last year. He is survived...
Friday, Jan. 16, 2004
STREET TALK
Director Ringan Ledwidge of Small Family Business (SFB), London, will be represented in the U.S. via Park Pictures, New York. Additionally, SFB will represent the Park Pictures roster—director/DP Lance Acord, and directors Neil Abramson, Alison MacLean, Ramaa Mosley, and Carter Smith—in the U.K...
Friday, Jan. 9, 2004
STREET TALK
Steve Caplan, senior VP, external affairs for the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), has been elected to the executive committee of the Entertainment Industry Development Corp. (EIDC), which oversees the joint Los Angeles City/County Film Office. Caplan gives the spotmaking...
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003
STREET TALK
Executive producer Gabrielle Yuro and director Chuck Bennett have teamed to launch Big Lawn Films, a company slated to move into permanent Santa Monica digs next month. Yuro's résumé includes having served as exec producer at bicoastal Reactor Films. Bennett comes over from Crossroads, bicoastal...

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