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Tigar Hare Studios, a 3-D computer animation and visual effects studio in Sherman Oaks, Calif., has added two staffers to its creative department. Kristi Frazier, who had been a producer at Celluloid Studios, Denver, joins as executive producer, and Neil Richmond, who had worked as a character...
Nate Hubbard, senior editor at Los Angeles-based Rhythm & Hues Studios, has left that house to launch Migrant Editors, a Manhattan Beach shop offering portable editorial services for location jobs.
"I've been going on location with big Avid systems for six years with Rhythm & Hues...
For cinematographer Jim Hawkinson, shooting the latest Snapple campaign was like a breath of fresh air. Hawkinson, who is represented by Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, had spent the past year filming large-scale music videos back-to-back with director Dave Meyers of F.M. Rocks, Santa Monica....
Commercial and feature film director of photography Tim Maurice-Jones—represented by United Talent Agency (UTA), Beverly Hills, Calif.—recalls a seminal moment in the development of his craft: "I was lighting a set for a music video," he recounts. "I had switched some lights on, but I hadn't...
Business has been bad, but now it's getting better: That is clearly the consensus among Miami-based production companies and post houses regarding the current state of the spotmaking industry in their region. Levels of optimism may vary, but clearly things are looking up in South Florida....
Generally speaking, this year's product introductions at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) didn't dazzle their audience. As a result, NAB 2002 was chalked up as a year for improving infrastructure and workflow. The catch phrase, "It was an evolutionary, not revolutionary, year," was...
Directing team Mortimer Jones has signed with Boulevard Films, Charlotte, N.C., for exclusive spot representation in the U.S. Also based in Charlotte, Mortimer Jones consists of partners Chris Walldorf, Richard Wright and Adam Stone.
The trio began collaborating while studying film at the...
Veteran commercial and independent film producer Preston Lee has joined Area 51 Films, Santa Monica, as executive producer. Lee was formerly at Play, a now defunct commercial/music video production house he founded as its exec producer.
At his new roost, Lee will work with Area 51...
Executive producer Eriks Krumins has joined Backyard Productions, the Venice-headquartered production house owned by head of sales Roy Skillicorn and executive producer Blair Stribley. In the newly created position, Krumins will share exec producer responsibilities with Stribley and Kris Mathur...
Sam Schapiro, a mentor to many in the industry and a founding father of three major commercial production houses—De Sort and Sam, Harmony Pictures and Johns+ Gorman Films—died in Los Angeles on March 24 due to complications from stomach cancer. He was 67.
Schapiro worked at several TV...