Editor Signings, Company Moves
Editor Keith Olwell has joined FilmCore Editorial, New York. He comes over from Bug Editorial, New York, where he cut spots for BMW, Royal Caribbean, Cingular and Target, as well as a “viral” music video for the artist DJ Dangermouse. Olwell is currently editing his first assignment under the FilmCore banner: a Microsoft spot directed by Ralf Schmerberg of bicoastal/international @radical.media….
Editor Jason Kileen has joined PS260, New York. He has steadily moved up the ladder in the Manhattan post scene, starting as an assistant at Slingshot, freelancing at Lost Planet and Crew Cuts before landing at Go Robot! where he was editor Adam Leibowitz’s cutting assistant for three years. With Go Robot!, Kileen got the chance to edit some projects and has not formally made the jump to full-fledged cutter at PS260, under the aegis of editor/owner JJ Lask. Already under the PS260 banner, Kileen has edited YRTV for Young & Rubicam, New York, which is a set of quirky vignettes featuring a sarcastic walking television as its main character. He is also currently collaborating on a documentary about the late director Ted Demme for IFC, as well as a series of videos for AMEX OPEN’s campaign via Ogilvy & Mather, New York….
Post Production Playground, New York, has expanded its creative team, secured a key financial investment, unveiled a new post complex in the West Village, entered into a production co-venture, and adopted a new name–Creative Mega Playground. New hires include senior colorist Michael Smollin, senior editor Seth Isaac Buncher, producer Jonathan Epner, technician Nick Brzoza, and sales rep Blair Lavey. The investor is Brazil’s Estudios Mega, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which gains a foothold in the New York market. And the production co-venture partners are Joe Dinki and Cleve Keller, specialists in unscripted/reality production, who have joined with Creative Mega Playground to form CMP-TV…..
Barbara Bowen has been named executive producer at Spot Editorial, Boston. She comes over from Terminal, Santa Monica. Bowen returns to Boston after 10 years on the West Coast, including producer stints at POP (now R!OT Santa Monica), Mattel Creative Advertising Services and now defunct Superior Assembly, and an executive producer position at Post Logic, Hollywood. Bowen started out in Boston during the early 1990s, including two years at Natinoal Boston. Spot Editorial’s roster consists of editors Larry Andersen and Jeff Ledellaytner, and Smoke artist Evan Fellers….
