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For SHOOT's spring special report on production companies, we decided to canvass a selection of agency producers and creatives, asking all of them the same three questions, to find out what they look for in a director and a production company. Below are their answers.
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Just how difficult is it to launch a new director, given the current economic climate? To be perfectly frank, it's a tough proposition, according to several production company execs that SHOOT spoke with. Whether a director is a well-respected former agency creative with years of experience in...
The Washington State Film Office has weathered the economic storm and will remain open for business. The state legislature passed and Gov. Gary Locke (D-Wash.) recently signed the overall State of Washington fiscal year 2002-'03 budget, which includes a $375,000 allocation for the film...
Dimensional animation house Vinton Studios has bought Celluloid Studios—a shop best known for cel animation, spanning spots and longer-form fare—from its owner, James Wahlberg. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Based in Denver for some 18 years before setting up what turned...
By all accounts, last year's inaugural Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) Editing Awards accomplished its prime objective: namely, to gain recognition for the art and craft of commercial editing. Now AICE organizers are looking to expand the scope of that recognition by...
If a high-profile production house didn't already have the name, "Anonymous Content" might be an appropriate headline for this story. Under the condition that their identities not be disclosed for fear of possible repercussions from certain ad agencies and clients, a number of production company...
APRIL 25, 1997/Director John Mastromonaco has signed with bicoastal Reactor Films, coming over from bicoastal Bedford Falls. Both firms are part of the Stoney Road family of production companies….Veteran teleproduction facility executives Scott Kane and Pat Saviano have teamed to launch video...
Sound designer Claude Letessier has joined Santa Monica-based music/ sound design house stimmüng. His credits include spots on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as noted longform endeavors.
Additionally, Letessier contributed to a short and several trailers that were part of BMW's The...
Director Glenn Ashley, a former creative director best known for fashion-related work, has signed with New York-headquartered The Joneses for exclusive representation. Ashley has already wrapped his first job at the shop, shot prior to his signing: two Crest Toothpaste :30s, out of D'Arcy, New...
Editor Matt Silver has come aboard Rex Edit, the boutique post house formed a year ago by editor Bill Marmor and executive producer Allison Nunn (SHOOT, 4/13/01, p. 7). Silver is the first editor to join the Venice-based shop since its launch. He was previously a staff editor at Go Robot!, New...