JANUARY 28, 2000
Editor Brad Wetmore is set to join the Santa Monica operation of Mad River Post, the bicoastal editorial house which also maintains facilities in New York and San Francisco. He comes over from Santa Monica-based editorial shop Jigsaw, where he spent the past four years….On the strength of his spec reel, director Dan Rush has landed at Los Angeles-based Palomar Pictures….Pacific Data Post, a Santa Monica-based telecine boutique, has been launched. The new venture is a subsidiary of Dallas-based Video Post & Transfer (VP&T)….J. Walter Thompson, New York, has created ยฉJWT, a New York-headquartered division that is an alliance with Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Basic Entertainment. ยฉJWT will develop entertainment built around brands, and will bring corporate clients closer to projects in development….
JANUARY 27, 1995
Bruce Hurwit, a creative group head and art director for four years at agency Cliff Freeman & Partners, New York, has left the agency to direct commercials for bicoastal production company Crossroads Films….Director/cameraman Ken Morrison has joined bicoastal Harmony Pictures for commercial representation on both coasts, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit and in most international markets….Napoleon Films, New York, a division of Napoleon Videographics, has announced its new affiliations with three directors: Los Angeles-based director Greg Marquette, New York-based tabletop shooter Ben Dolphin and Los Angeles-based music video/spot director Peter Allen….Fireside Productions, Atlanta, has signed director/cameraman Mark Claywell, formerly with Oasis Films, Charlotte, N.C….