Street Talk
Word is that director Bob Kerstetter and his longtime colleague, executive producer Stelio Kitrilakis, have come aboard bicoastal/international Chelsea Pictures….Director Pete Henderson of Toronto-based Brown Entertainment has joined Free Market Films, New York, for U.S. representation. Headed...
Bicoastal Villains has signed director Philippe Andre and The Guard Brothers (Tom and Charles)….Directors Jesper Ericstam and Magnus Rosman have joined Venice, Calif.-based Backyard Productions….Santa Monica-based BeachHouse Films has signed director Andre Marcell for representation on the West...
Director Miles Goodall of Suburban Films, Cape Town, has signed with bicoastal/international @radical.media for worldwide representation. Goodall, a partner in Suburban Films, will continue to accept work through that company….Director Michael Norman has come aboard Venice, Calif.-based...
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have delayed their next full bargaining session until June 1. The commercial industry has been keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings, with hopes that a settlement can be reached so that the fall...
Director Leigh Ogilvie and director/DP Tony Baggott of Frieze Films, Johannesburg, have signed with bicoastal Notorious for exclusive U.S. representation….Director Peyton Reed has formally come aboard bicoastal Moxie Pictures for exclusive spot representation; as reported in SHOOT (3/5, p. 15),...
Director Rob Sanders has joined Seed, Venice, Calif., a sister shop to Backyard Productions, Venice, for representation in North America. Sanders continues to work in Europe via Amarillo Films, a London-based shop he launched with partner/producer Tom Shard….Director Johan Edström has come...
Director Lenard Dorfman has joined bicoastal/international Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ). He was previously with bicoastal/international @radical.media….Director Robert Hales has signed with bicoastal X-Ray Productions for commercial representation, and with bicoastal...
Michael Cuesta has rejoined bicoastal The Artists Company after a stint with bicoastal/international Hungry Man…. Director Ken Fox, formerly of bicoastal Villains, has joined Oil Factory Films, Beverly Hills, Calif….Moo Spots, a division of Moo Studios, Burbank, Calif., has signed director Ellen...
Ambience Entertainment, Crows Nest, Australia, has opened up a New York office in conjunction with Jeff Devlin's New York company, Media Logic. Devlin will serve as Ambience's U.S. executive producer. Ambience is a commercial production and animation company headed by managing director Matthew...
London-based production company Blink now has a U.S. presence. The company has set up an office in Venice, Calif., headed up by executive producers Elizabeth Newton and Jeremy Smith, and has signed its first U.S.-based director—Sam Jones. A director and still photographer, Jones helmed the well-...