Short Takes
GARTNER FOR GARDNER Helping to get us into the holiday spirit is "Rookies," a spot promoting the Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes. Directed by James Gartner of Santa Monica-based GARTNER for Gardner, Nelson & Partners, New York, the...
PUTTING A HUMAN FACE ON STOP MOTION In order to show a female puppet transform from wholesome to sexy upon her washing in the wilderness with a black bar of Lux soap, Portland, Ore.-based animation studio Bent Image Lab brought a live-action dimension to its...
GEORGIA ON OUR MIND
Bill Thompson has been named director of the Georgia Film, Video and Music Division, succeeding Greg Torre who, becomes the Georgia Department of Economic Development's (GDEcD) division director for small business and innovation. The film commission is under the...
SKINS GAMEMuskrat Lovely made its TV debut on PBS earlier this week as part of the network's Independent Lens series. The documentary premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival last fall and marks the first feature-length endeavor for director Amy Nicholson, a...
CUT OUT FOR WONGDOODY: PETER MARTIN Peter Martin, the helming duo (Peter Livolsi & Martin Dix) who gained inclusion into SHOOT's New Directors Showcase earlier this year and then signed with Santa Monica-based harvest, has wrapped "Aussie Cut Out" for Full Tilt...
"REQUIRED READING"
Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, topped last month's Chicago Creative Club Awards, winning best of show in two categories, including television for the Hallmark spot "Required Reading," which was directed by David Harner, then a creative at the agency...
CORWIN CUTS DYLANEditor Hank Corwin of bicoastal Lost Planet has cut the music video for Bob Dylan's "When The Deal Goes Down," directed by Bennett Miller, an Academy Award nominee for Capote and a spot helmer at bicoastal/international Hungry Man. The clip stars Scarlett...