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Venice, Calif.-based production house Play has secured independent reps Hesh Rephun of H.R. RepNstuf and Liz Laine of Liz Laine Reps to handle the West Coast and Midwest, respectively….Atlanta-...

Robert Walston, president of Liberty Livewire Corp., Santa Monica-headquartered parent company to a host of post/effects facilities worldwide, has added the title of CEO. He had been...

Love on the Rocks," a spot in the Gap's new campaign created by Boston-based Modernista!, is inspired genius. It is a dead-on parody of Neil Diamond as portrayed by Will Ferrell of Saturday Night...

Lying on an operating table, a man looks up to seemingly get some words of encouragement from his surgeon.

"Nervous, son?" asks the doctor understandingly. But the pep talk veers off on a...

As a 25-year veteran in high-end post, animation, and special effects, I can honestly say that this is the most dynamic and promising period yet in production and post for those embracing new...

AUGUST 23, 1996/Effects editor Arturo Cubacub, colorist Alex Scudiero and engineer Mark Adler have teamed to open their own finishing and effects post house, i^3 (read that "i-cubed"), Chicago…....

The national office of the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound (ITS), based in Vienna, Va., closed its doors last week. The shuttering didn't come as a complete surprise in that the ITS...

A sizeable contingent from foreign countries, including CG artisans looking to break into the U.S. marketplace, descended upon the Los Angeles Convention Center last week for the 28th...

In a move that's long been rumored, director Scott Burns has departed Tool of North America, the bicoastal production house he co-founded with director Erich Joiner in 1995. Joiner is now the sole...

Director Kieran Walsh has joined bicoastal/international production company Chelsea Pictures after six years helming spots through bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ).

With a background in...