After 10 years as a partner to Robert Campbell at Outsider, London, executive producer Toby Courlander has left the company to focus on writing a feature film project…Studio Center Total Production, headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, has acquired New York-based audio post house Tonic Studios. The purchase price was not disclosed. Tonic’s services span spot, promo and long-form mixing, feature film scores and sound design. Studio Center now has studios in six cities–New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Memphis, Nashville and Virginia Beach. Studio Center Total Production produces audio for radio and TV commercials, documentaries, computer games, toys, websites, corporate training programs and government training films…Joe Glass, a former senior producer at JWT, New York, has joined creative production/design studio Thornberg & Forester, New York, as a producer. Most recently, he worked as a freelance producer for Blue Barn Pictures, New York. Earlier he spent four years at J. Walter Thompson and JWT2, where he oversaw broadcast and interactive projects for such clients as Cadbury, Kimberly Clark, Helene Curtis and Diageo (Smirnoff)….Entries are now being accepted for the 2008 AICP Show, which debuts on June 3 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. For the first time in its 17-year history, the Show has two entry deadlines: February 15th (for work airing February 5, 2007-February 3, 2008), and February 29 (for work airing February 4, 2008-February 24, 2008). Traditionally the Show entries spanned Super Bowl to Super Bowl. That has been extended to include the Academy Awards in late February which have increasingly become a high-profile showcase for advertising. Entries may be submitted online at http://www.aicp.com….
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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