Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Director Rachel Harms has joined bicoastal The Artists Company for exclusive representation. Up until now, she had known but one spot home: Atherton and its successor shop Cylo tvc, which recently closed.

During her five years there, Harms established herself in commercials, after...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Consider the experiences of Kathy DiToro over the past several months. DiToro, executive VP/director of broadcast production at Campbell Mithun, Minneapolis, has had three jobs on the cusp of being awarded to production companies, only to learn late in the game that those shops that had become...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

MARCH 7, 1997/New York editorial shop Crew Cuts is set to go bicoastal. Founding partners of Crew Cuts/ West are the parent company's editors/principals Clayton Hemmert and Chuck Willis, and editor Adam Liebowitz….Jonathan Miller, who exited the presidency of bicoastal Harmony Pictures last May...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Animation studio Film Roman, best known for its primetime hits The Simpsons and King of the Hill, has added four individual animation directors—Aaron Augenblick, Divya Srinvasan, Jeff Drew and Nina Paley—and the helming duo of Joe Russo and Aaron White, to its roster. The North Hollywood-...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Director Jim Barton has signed for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. with Picture Park, Boston and Santa Monica, the commercial production house headed by owner/executive producer Mark Hankey. Barton's last formal affiliation was with bicoastal M-80, which he joined last summer (...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Vinton Studios has hired John RA Benson as manager of its computer animation department. He will oversee all aspects of CG production and supervise 30 staff artists at the Portland shop, which also maintains offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Benson comes over from San Rafael, Calif.-...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Director Rich Wafer, whose last spot shop roost was the recently closed Propaganda Films, has joined Visitor, the Hollywood-based production company founded by director James Wahlberg. Wafer becomes the second helmer on the Visitor roster. His signing fulfills part of the agenda for executive...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

Steve Angel doesn't have a typical animation-industry background, and it shows—in a good way. He and Julian Gray are co-founders/partners/directors of Head Gear Animation, Toronto. They started up the firm four and a half years ago, after spending three years—two as principal directors—at Cuppa...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

It's clear that Paul Kelly of 89 Editorial, New York, really enjoyed working on the four Mini Cooper spots that he recently cut for Mini USA. As he recounts the :30 storylines, the veteran editor can't help but laugh at the ads' humor. They are the first broadcast work for the Mini Cooper, a...

Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

SHORT CUTS

Christopher Gotschall and Chris Claeys of Cutters, Chicago, edited a package of spots for Walt Disney Studios at Disneyland Paris and agency Leo Burnett, Paris and Chicago. The commercials were produced in a variety of formats (16x9, 4x3), with "Next Door" airing...

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