Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

- AUGUST 18, 1995/Executive producer Stelio Kitrilakis and head of production Arthur Lang, who left San Francisco-based (Colossal) Pictures in May, have announced that their new production company, Complete Pandemonium, also San Francisco, will open later this month.... Composer Robert Miller...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Past installments of this column have advocated raising the annual H-1B visa allotment so that U.S. high-tech firmsaincluding visual effects and computer animation studiosacould tap into foreign talent to help offset a shortage of qualified American workers. That support has always been with the...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Showing kids just being kids—playing hard and experiencing life—puts into perspective for parents what is really important. Yet another positive visualization enhances this perspective in "Reward," a Partnership For A Drug-Free America (PDFA) spot directed and designed by Diane Van Ussel of...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Sometimes you get that overwhelming need to tell the world just how wonderful your new love object is.

That's the premise of the new :30 Volkswagen spot "Spread the Joy," directed by Tom Kuntz and Michael Maguire of bicoastal/ international Propaganda Films via Arnold Communications,...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Do you remember the old TV commercial for Memorex, in which the question was asked: "Is it live or is it Memorex?" I realize that we, as viewers, are consumed with reality TV—we want real-life stories, real-life heroes, real courage—real, real, real! From unscripted talk shows ranging from...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Past installments of this column have advocated raising the annual H-1B visa allotment so that U.S. high-tech firms—including visual effects and computer animation studios—could tap into foreign talent to help offset a shortage of qualified American workers. That support has always been with the...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

AUGUST 18, 1995/Executive producer Stelio Kitrilakis and head of production Arthur Lang, who left San Francisco-based (Colossal) Pictures in May, have announced that their new production company, Complete Pandemonium, also San Francisco, will open later this month.... Composer Robert Miller has...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Liberty Livewire Corporation, a majority-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp., has extended its postproduction reach on both sides of the Atlantic, first entering into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock in Northvale, N.J.-headquartered Video Services Corp. (VSC). On the heels of...

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000

Chicago-based rep firm Nikki Weiss & Company has added partner/sales associate Karen Dixon....FinnSaxon Represents, Santa Monica and San Francisco, will handle West Coast representation for production house TAG Pictures, New York.... Compass Films, New York, has signed independent rep...

Friday, Aug. 11, 2000

New York-headquartered commercial house Shooting Gallery Productions is in the process of launching a music video division….The New York chapter of the Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE ) has elected its slate of officers set to serve two-year terms starting January 2001. Chris...

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