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Bicoastal Reactor Films—part of the Stoney Road family of production companies owned by Michael Romersa—has entered into a reciprocal representation/production support agreement with Saint Cloud, France-based commercial house The Gang Films.
Per the deal, Reactor Films will handle...
The Whitehouse Post Productions, Ltd., London, and The Lookinglass Company, with shops in Santa Monica and Chicago, have signed a letter of intent to enter into a merger, which will result in the formation of a single international creative film editing company. The new venture will be known as...
Director Wayne Gibson, a comedy/dialogue specialist, has signed with The Story Companies for exclusive national representation. Gibson has been freelancing since last July, when he left now defunct Populuxe Pictures. He will be based out of The Story Companies' New York office. The house also...
Conspiracy Films, bicoastal and Austin, Texas, has signed director David Leach for national commercial representation. Leach continues to maintain his New York-based photography studio, David Leach Inc., for print assignments.
For the past three years, Leach has been an occasional...
Director Danny Weisberg has signed a deal for exclusive spot representation in the U.S. via Crash Films, a Santa Monica-based production house headed by executive producers Gary Ward and Bill Fortney. Weisberg comes over from Orbit Productions, Hollywood.
Weisberg's final assignment at...
While a number of its directors have turned out high profile features over the years, bicoastal/international Propaganda Films often wasn't directly involved in those endeavors. However, that is changing as a company initiative to take a lead role in longform has started to bear fruit.
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Park Pictures, New York, has signed director Alison Maclean for spot and music video representation. She is best known for her features and short films, as well as episodic TV endeavors.
This is the Maclean's first venture into commercials. She is currently wrapping her initial assignment...
The most recent campaign for Animal Planet, "Life is Better with Animals," added visual effects to live action to bring some pretty wild animals to the screen. "Nights" shows a burglar entering a sleepy house via the window. Shining his torch around the room, he sniggers on spotting a little pet...
Lots of hotels claim to offer personalized service to make guests feel comfortable, but Wyndham goes a step further. A new TV campaign highlights the hotel's guest recognition program, Wyndham ByRequest, which invites consumers to "request the things that make your room your room." Created by...
MARCH 8, 1996/Robert Lieberman has won the Directors Guild of America's 1995 Best Commercial Director award. This, his second win, is for two entries: "Jeffrey's Secret" for Hallmark and agency Leo Burnett Co., Chicago; and Merrill Lynch's "Sisters," out of Bozell Worldwide, New York….Director...