News
APRIL 3, 1998/Producer Kerrie King is taking a global approach to the production services via her new company, a.k.a. films, New York, after having closed Massey/ King Productions at the end of 1997….Alan Dettelbach has been named president of bicoastal Mad River Post. Dettelbach's hiring frees...
Director/editor Natasha Uppal and director Christian Johnston have signed with Venice-based Cucoloris for commercial representation in North America. Both helmers are up-and-comers in the spot directing business, having directed client-direct and/or spec ads, as well as independent film projects...
New Faces
Tim Roper is the new creative director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Los Angeles. He was most recently senior VP/group creative director at Mullen, Wenham, Mass. Roper replaces Sally Hogshead, who left the shop to prepare for the birth of twins this fall....
SHORT CUTS
New York-based Rhinoceros Visual Effects and Design (RVED) brought Pepperidge Farm Goldfish to life for Young & Rubicam, New York. "Color Jingle" (:30) features vignettes of kids interacting with the new neon-color Goldfish in a variety of settings. Led by...
Editor Ellen Crocker—whose most recent company affiliation was a brief stint last year at CO-OP, Santa Monica, a sister shop to Optimus, Chicago—has joined Crew Cuts/West, Santa Monica. Her new roost is part of the Crew Cuts family of editorial shops that also consists of a full-service New York...
Sarah Grey, long-time broadcast producer for Ogilvy & Mather (O&M), New York, has joined bicoastal live action/graphic design shop Brand New School as its East Coast executive producer. She oversees all projects in the company's New York office.
Before immigrating to the United...
Basically, there are two ways to score a spot: commission a composer or music house to write an original track, or license existing material. Examples of the latter would include branding a car with a hit tune or using an up-and-coming band to imbue a soft drink with a sense of edge. Then there'...
PORTLAND, Ore.—The state of Oregon has suspended funding for the Portland-based Oregon Film & Video Office for the remainder of the biennium (March 1 through June 30), according to Robin LaMonte, a principal analyst in the state's Legislative Fiscal Office, Salem, Ore.
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NEW YORK—Bicoastal/international hungry man has launched a music video division. Dubbed HM music videos, the new venture opens with director Marcos Siega, who was formerly repped for music clips by Los Angeles-based Palomar Pictures. (Palomar is winding down operations and going out of business...
In the fall of 2002, director Lara Shapiro was awarded a package of NFL spots featuring actor Don Cheadle (Ocean's Eleven, Traffic, Boogie Nights) out of Young & Rubicam (Y&R), New York. The fact that a woman won the job is notable, given the fact that high-profile, sports-themed...