News

Director Jon Favreau has signed with Pacific Rim Films, Santa Monica, for exclusive worldwide spot representation. His directing credits include the feature film Elf, and he is currently helming...

New Faces

Creative director John McNeil is joining McCann Erickson, San Francisco, to head creative on the Microsoft account. He was previously with Ogilvy & Mather...

SANTA MONICA—Reactor Films has added director Thomas Kloss to its roster. Kloss comes to the Santa Monica-headquartered shop from Venice, Calif.-based Chased by Cowboys, his spot roost for the...

Bicoastal/international Chelsea Pictures has hired Brent Novick of independent representation firm Novick & Associates, San Rafael, Calif., to handle the West Coast for director Bob Kerstetter...

The directing team of Matt Donaldson and Chuck Leal has come aboard Redtree Productions, Boston and New York. At press time, the duo had already helmed its first job at Redtree, a four-spot...

Rad-ish, the directing team of Christoph Chrudimak and Moritz Friedel, has signed with Park Pictures, New York. They had previously been with bicoastal Go Film….Director Arni Thor Jonsson has...

CLIENT

CBL & Associates/CBL Malls/Hamilton Place.

PRODUCTION CO.

Big Lawn Films, Santa Monica.

Chuck Bennett, director; Doug Koch, DP; Gabrielle Yuro, executive...

CLIENT

Hitachi UltraVision CineForm Series LCD Hi-Definition Television.

PRODUCTION CO.

Tate USA, Santa Monica.

Albert Hughes, director; Bill Pope, DP; Susan Kirson,...

Ah, the plight of the independent filmmaker. Scrounging to get a project—and for that matter, a career—off the ground can be a difficult proposition. One must be hale, hearty and resilient in...

Director Carlos Gutierrez, who made his first major industry mark on the agency side as a producer at Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B), Miami, has come aboard The Production Farm, New York, a sister...