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McCann-Erickson, New York, has elected Peter Friedman, Danielle Korn and Steve Ohler executive VPs. Friedman is director of broadcast production, Korn serves as director of broadcast operations, and Ohler is a group creative director.
Fred Hammerquist,...
The number of commercial location shooting days in Los Angeles declined some 32.7 percent last year as compared to 1999, according to film permit figures released by the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC), the public/private sector partnership that oversees the joint Los...
During a specially scheduled session of the New York City Council last month, several Council members expressed concerns about industry shoots causing significant disruptions in local neighborhoods. Looking to have such complaints addressed, the Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation, Cultural...
Nearly a year after departing Santa Monica-based Primal Scream, sound designer Reinhard ("Ron") Denke is about to resurface in a new music and sound design com-pany, Stimmung, also in Santa Monica. Under construction at press time, the Stimmung facility is slated to open in late January.
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The Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) is launching an awards show that will honor the "best edited" commercials of the year (July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001). Dubbed the AICE Editorial Awards, the annual competition will recognize a total of 10 spots.
The winning commercials...
Director John Lindauer has joined bicoastal Believe Media, the commercial production house under the aegis of executive producers Luke Thornton and Liz Silver. Lindauer comes to the company after a year and a half at Santa Monica-based Fuel (SHOOT, 9/24/99, p. 7).
The director's final...
Composer Justin Burnett, who recently wrapped the full score for the Warner Bros. release Dungeons and Dragons, has joined Hollywood-based Musikvergnuegen, the music/sound design house headed by founder/creative director Walter Werzowa.
Already at his new roost, Burnett has worked on a...
Lexus commercials via Team One Advertising, El Segundo, Calif., dominated the TV gold portion of the sixth annual International Automotive Awards (IAAA), held earlier this week (1/10), in Royal Oak.
The IAAA bestowed nine golds in TV categories, seven of which went to Lexus fare. And five...
Chelsea Pictures, a commercial production company with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Sydney, Australia, has formed a music video/commercial satellite, the Production League of Amer-ica (PLA).
Heading PLA will be music video and commercial executive producer Jo Ann Thrailkill. She...
Anne Wilson Kurtzman has been named head of production at Los Angeles-based advertising agency davidandgoliath. She replaces former executive producer Amy Samuelson, who left at the end of November.
Most recently, Kurtzman was a freelance producer for davidandgoliath's Kia Motors America...