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LOS ANGELES—The 99-cent value menu, daringly conceived by Wendy's, was at first an affront to conventional wisdom on operating a profitable big league burger chain. Now, the value menu has become almost as ubiquitous among fast food chains as grease traps and saltshakers. (How soon can it be...
To paraphrase executive producer Brian DiLorenzo of Fallon, Minneapolis, Driving Miss Daisy it's not. Rather, the second season of BMW of North America's short film series, "The Hire," features more death-defying stunts, dramatic explosions, eccentric characters, life-held-in-the-balance plot...
Director David Frankham has joined bicoastal Smuggler, the production company headed by executive producers Brian Carmody and Patrick Milling Smith. Smuggler is a satellite of bicoastal Villains. Frankham comes over to his new roost from bicoastal The Artists Company.
Frankham related...
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has elected eight new board members to serve two-year terms. In the process, the board's global reach has been extended with members now coming from five continents—including, for the first time, Africa.
The new film commissioner...
OCTOBER 24, 1997/Directors Bronwen Hughes and Dewey Nicks have joined bicoastal Epoch Films. Hughes comes over from the recently closed O Pictures; Nicks had been with bicoastal Reactor Films….Hollywood animation house Acme Filmworks has expanded its directorial roster, signing Peter Chung, Bill...
London-based director Laurie Castelli has joined production company TheFirm, New York, for stateside representation. Castelli is currently helming commercials in the U.K. through London-headquartered Stark Films, and in Europe through Democracy, London. Coming aboard at TheFirm marks Castelli's...
Admusic has entered into a co-marketing agreement with 740 Sound Design, which will establish an onsite presence at Admusic, Santa Monica, and will function as that commercial music production house's sound design company of record. As part of the arrangement, which is effective immediately,...
After a longstanding working relationship in which they've assisted assorted clients for commercial production in the U.S. and globally, the principals of Cine International and DRSA have decided to merge their two New York-headquartered companies into one: Cine/DRSA International, a division of...
Studio V-12, best known as a design/ production company, has launched a spot division, V-12 Commercials. The new venture recently hired executive producer Bill Hewes to serve as executive producer and has added director Linzi Knight, who was formerly repped in the U.S. for spots by...
Editor Louis Lyne has come aboard Griot Editorial. The Southfield-based creative editorial boutique is a division within the broadcast advertising group of Grace & Wild Inc.
"I think Louis' arrival at Griot will be great for the Detroit market," related Griot VP/general manager Craig...