Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

DDB New York executive producer Tim Speidel is the new Plato—that is if you're willing to buy into two key suppositions: First, that New York City is Athens in the Golden Age of Greece. And second, that the medium of film has supplanted philosophy, theater, the novel and so forth as the most...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

Director Carl Willat—best known for different forms of animation, at times mixed with live-action elements—has opened his own San Francisco-based shop, Carl's Fine Films. He is teamed in the new venture with executive producer Sandra Kimberly, who regularly freelance produced for him at his...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

Postproduction veteran Dan Rosen—whose last facility roost was R!OT Manhattan and its predecessor shop, Manhattan Transfer, where he served as president from 1994 to '01—has launched an eponymous executive coaching/consulting service. The new venture, simply called Dan Rosen, is designed for the...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

Bicoastal creative editorial house Lost Planet has added editors Saar Klein and Peter Mostert. The two join a company roster that also includes cutters Hank Corwin, Paul Martinez, Geoff Hounsell and Charlie Johnson. "I've worked with Saar on several films and he is one of the best natural...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

Editor TG Herrington has come aboard bicoastal Crew Cuts. He intends to shuttle between the company's Santa Monica and New York facilities as needed for projects. (Crew Cuts also maintains a presence in San Francisco.)

A native of New Orleans, Herrington began his career as an apprentice...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

The last few weeks have brought considerable expansion at Hyena Films, New York, the comedy-focused production company run by directors/partners Alex Winter and Alex Halpern. For starters, Hyena has launched a new production division, Fur, which will represent directors best known for their work...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

Executive producer, Michelle Thibeault has joined P.S. 260, the New York-based creative editorial boutique launched last summer by owners/editors John Zieman and JJ Lask. Principals at P.S. 260 were attracted to Thibeault's diverse professional background in editorial facilities, production...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

If there's no new legislative initiative on behalf of U.S. high-tech companies relative to bringing qualified foreign workers stateside, the annual allocation of coveted H-1B visas will be cut by two-thirds starting in October—from the current level of 195,000 down to 65,000.

Such a...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

JGF, the Hollywood-based commercial production house headed by director Jeff Gorman, has brought two executive producers on board: Lilly Weingarten LaBonge and Damian Stevens. The hires reflect JGF's plan to expand beyond its longstanding profile as a one-director shop.

LaBonge and...

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

Framestore CFC, London, and Venice, Calif.-based Digital Domain topped the spot portion of the first annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards during a gala/ceremony held last week in Los Angeles.

Framestore's work on Xbox's "Mosquito" for Bartle Bogle Hegarty, London, copped the Best...

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