MAY 5, 2000 The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) launched their strike against the ad industry this week, staging rallies and forming picket lines in L.A., New York, Chicago and San Francisco….Director Floria Sigismondi has signed with Believe Media, the bicoastal shop launched earlier this year by executive producers Luke Thornton and Liz Silver….Bicoastal/international Propaganda Films has finalized a deal to represent European director Sebastien Grousset for spots, music videos, television and feature projects in the U.S. and U.K….Comedy director Martin Granger has signed with Los Angeles-headquartered A Band Apart Commercials for exclusive representation in the U.S….Director Randy Spear has signed for spot representation with Dublin Productions, the Hollywood-based company headed by principal/director Rick Dublin and executive producer Jonathan Miller….
MAY 5, 1995
London-based director Mehdi Norowzian has signed with bicoastal Chelsea Pictures for U.S. representation….Music video director Wayne Isham has joined bicoastal Industrial Artists for exclusive representation in commercials, videos and interactive projects….Parallax, the postproduction mixing and sound design arm of Betelgeuse Productions, New York, has unveiled its new 400-square-foot recording studio….Tom Leeser, most recently with visual effects/computer graphics producer at CIS Hollywood, Los Angeles, has joined Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, as visual effects supervisor….Rich Jack, who most recently served as director of editorial services at Editel, New York, has joined post house Big Sky Editorial, New York….Director/cameraman Ed Buffman and producer Alice Haynsworth have teamed to open a production company, 2 Rivers Productions, Haverford, Pa….
