• Washington Square Films Enters Indie Film World

    Amy Hobby, who has produced independent flicks such as Secretary, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing and Hamlet, has partnered with Washington Square Films, New York, to form a new production...

  • Boom Times For Sednaoui, Believe

    Director/photographer Stephane Sednaoui and partner/producer Stephanie Bruni have teamed with bicoastal/international Believe Media to launch production house mister boomboom. The new venture,...

  • Grasshopper, Mindy Dubin Make Noise At Quiet Man

    Quiet Man, the sister visual effects company of Crew Cuts, both based in New York, is launching a new design unit called Grasshopper that will be led by creative director/Inferno artist Mindy...

  • Kopple To Direct Kevorkian Film

    LOS ANGELES-Producer Steve Jones has acquired rights for a film about Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the advocate of doctor-assisted suicide who is serving a 10- to 25-year prison term. Filmmaker Barbara...

  • NEWSBRIEFS

    Rachel Kaminek has come aboard bicoastal design/graphics shop Brand New School in the position of producer. She had been serving as executive producer at Los Angeles-headquartered Sway Studio,...

  • Insiders Lament Weak Q4 Advertising Trends

    The advertising market continues to limp along in the fourth quarter, with little upward momentum from this year's upfront, according to some of the nation's top media buyers and entertainment...

  • Schoelermann Joins Area 51

    Area 51, Santa Monica, has signed Hamburg-based director Marc Schoelermann for exclusive U.S. representation. He joins a company directorial roster that includes Anniken Lien, Jordan Brady, Craig...

  • STREET TALK

    The directing team Blue Source—Rob Leggatt and Leigh Marling—has signed with Bob Industries, Santa Monica. The duo was previously with Blink USA, Venice, Calif.…Director Darren Grant has joined...

  • 2004: Digital Odyssey For Discreet

    It sounded like something out of a sci-fi thriller—only it was real. Several Discreet engineers, while working on a routine tech support call from a client in France, learned that the company was...

  • AAAA Study: Average Cost To Produce A :30 Went Up 4%

    While the figures usually change from year to year, the response from the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) holds steady. This latest case of déjà vu came with the release of...

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