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SEPTEMBER 19, 1997/Director Rob Lieberman has entered his bicoastal The Lieberman Company into an association with Straw Dogs, also bicoastal. Straw Dogs will handle spot work for Lieberman throughout the U.S…. Director John Clive, who has spent the past seven years at R/GA, New York, has joined...
Is the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC) a private corporation or a public agency? That's the pivotal question in the current imbroglio over the EIDC, which oversees the joint Los Angeles City/County Film Office.
As reported in last week's "Street Talk" column (SHOOT,...
Nike's "Move"—directed by Jake Scott of bicoastal RSA USA for Wieden+Kennedy (W+K), Portland, Ore.—has won the sixth annual primetime Emmy Award for best commercial. The honor was announced, and Emmy statuettes were presented to W+K and RSA, during the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (...
Cole & Weber/red cell, Seattle, has hired Travis Britton as senior art director. He comes over from Mad Dogs & Englishmen, New York, where he held the title of art director.
Copywriter Lynne Mlady has been promoted to senior copywriter at Keller Crescent Co...
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Match Frame, Austin, Texas, provided editorial and post services to GSD&M, Austin, and client Land Rover for the :30 "Earth." The spot showcases the features of the Land Rover Freelander, as it drives through various locales and environments. Match Frame's...
Ohm Lab, a commercial music/sound design house based in New York, has brought aboard Sharon Middendorf as co-executive producer. Established in late 2001 by partner/sound designer Darin Hallinan and partner/composer Daniel Belardinelli, Ohm Lab is looking to bolster its operations by drawing on...
Two years ago, Nissan asked the creatives at TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, for something very important: an identity. "The situation at Nissan was, there were eight different [automobiles] that were doing fine on their own, but no one knew what made them Nissan," explains Chris Graves, a creative...
A new branding spot for Sears, "Then & Now," done via Young & Rubicam (Y&R), Chicago, highlights the venerable retailer's role as a provider of a diverse array of merchandise over the years, from generation to generation.
Directed by Tony Kaye, through Minder Media, New York,...
NEW YORK—Nick Felder has been hired by Lowe New York as executive VP/director of broadcast production. Felder assumes the post from exec VP/managing director Susan Shipman who remains on staff. Shipman temporarily ran Lowe's broadcast production department after Bob Nelson departed in February...
MINNEAPOLIS—At one point last year, Propaganda Films—in what later proved to be desperate financial straits—was looking for an infusion of capital. Word was that among those courted to buy or at least invest in the company was Carl Pohlad, owner of baseball's Minnesota Twins. It's not known if...