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NOVEMBER 18, 1994
U.S. spots scored big at the London International Advertising Awards, with Leo Burnett Co., Chicago, and BBDO New York tying with three. Additionally, director Joe Pytka won statues in four categories....DNA, Hollywood, a six-year-old music video house under the aegis of...
AN INFORMAL SURVEY OF commercial production company executives elicited a mix of angst and excitement over the changing business landscape. Of immediate concern are the ubiquitous tighter margins, increased competition, the higher cost of procuring and developing directorial talent, and...
Trail Head, the Santa Monica-based production/post house, is shifting its primary focus to the post arena, building around resident editor Patrick Fraser. Two of Trail Head's production mainstays have left the company: executive producer Gary Buonanno, who has returned to freelancing as a...
After a five-year run, New York-based independent rep firm Single Bid will be parting ways with the Story Companies (Chicago, New York, Santa Monica, Dallas) and its satellites. This will allow Single Bid to focus on the day-to-day East Coast representation of its core group of companies (i.e....
Nov. 19/Dallas: The 1999 AICP Show on Tour at the Hall of State. (972) 699-5660….Nov. 19-22/New York: 141st SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition's "Sprockets, Samples, and Satellites: Moving Images Into the Third Millennium," at the New York Marriott Marquis. Bryan Nella, (914) 761-1100;...
Tele-Cine, London, has hired Steve Cookman as head of audio and Moira Brophy as broadcast production manager.
Cookman comes over from post house Molinare, London, where he was responsible for day-to-day management of the company's audio department, in addition to performing senior mixing...
Computer Pictures, Boston, has added Christo Tsiaras as an Avid editor.
Tsiaras joins the post house after seven years at National/ Boston Video Center, Brookline, Mass., where he also served as Avid editor. Prior to National Boston, he had worked as an online editor for ten years. His...
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, St. Louis, has added Jerome Smith as an associate creative director. Smith previously held the same post at Fricks/Firestone Advertising, Atlanta. Also joining D'Arcy is Michael Wolfson, who last worked as senior copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi, Rochester,...
SoundHound, New York, has hired sound designer/mixer Paul Maraio.
Maraio brings to the position 15 years of audio post experience, and had most recently worked as a sound designer/ mixer at Jonathan Helfand Music & Post, New York.
SoundHound's facility features six audio suites...
National Video Center, headquartered in New York, has added James Popowytsch as chief engineer.
Prior to joining the facility, Popowytsch had worked for nine years at Broadway Video, New York, as a senior engineer. While there, he oversaw the planning, construction and maintenance of the...