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Flying Right
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B), Miami, SHOOT's 2003 agency of the year, is a shop that's been widely recognized for great creative, innovative marketing strategies and strong growth. Its...
Nolting Opens Newhouse With 3 Dirs.
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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Executive producer Heidi Nolting—best known for her longstanding tenure as partner/executive producer at Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles, a position she exited earlier this year—has launched...
Dir. David Fincher Pioneers Spot Production With Viper
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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Noted feature and spot director David Fincher, who is represented for commercials by bicoastal Anonymous Content, recently completed the first U.S.-produced TV ads to be lensed with the new Viper...
Charlex Undergoes HD Makeover
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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In an extensive initiative, Charlex is re-outfitting its New York-based post and visual effects operation with high definition capabilities. The retooling is driven by expanded creative...
R/GA Resurfaces In The Spot Arena
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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R/GA, New York—the interactive advertising agency and Interpublic company that from 1977 to '99 created more than 4,000 spots and was one of the leading visual effects companies in the commercial...
Green Light
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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Robert Green's directorial career began some 30 years ago when since shuttered house N. Lee Lacy/Associates hired him as a helmer based on his thesis film at UCLA. After 10 years under contract at...
Let's Make Film
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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We're talking about filmmaking, right? The director calls, "Action!" and the film moves through the camera at a given number of frames per second. The lens captures what it is directed to capture...
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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DECEMBER 4, 1998/Ace Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based commercial production house headed by executive producer Pam Tarr, has entered into a reciprocal production support and representation deal...
Bernice Kanner QBs Book On Super Bowl Commercials
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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Marketing expert Bernice Kanner's latest book, The Super Bowl of Advertising: How the Commercials Won the Game, has come out at a time when it seems like everybody is beating up on advertising—the...
Crushing Music Creates Blueprint For Hip-Hop
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
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Crushing Music, New York, has opened bicoastal Crushing Blueprint to produce hip-hop music for the commercial market. Crushing Music partners Joey Levine and Mary Wood, along with Steve Lindsey,...