August 8, 2018 John Bailey, ASC was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Bailey is beginning his second term as president and his 15th year as a governor representing the Cinematographers Branch. Bailey is the first cinematographer to hold the position of Academy president. His credits include Ordinary People, American Gigolo, The Big Chill, Groundhog Day, As Good as It Gets, The Anniversary Party, The Way Way Back and A Walk in the Woods….Alex Bogusky, one of the original founders of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, has rejoined the agency as co-founder, chief creative engineer. In this new position, he will assume a leadership role in all aspects of the company. Bogusky will be working closely with CEO Erik Sollenberg, president Danielle Aldrich and chairman Chuck Porter….Sweetshop has signed director Jakob Marky for representation globally, excluding most of Europe where he is handled by Scandinavian shop Bacon (the U.K. is covered by Sweetshop). Marky’s Facebook campaign for Skittles’ “Super Mega Rainbow Updater” won a Silver and a Bronze Lion at Cannes in 2011….
August 8, 2013 Director Brett Fallentine has signed with The Famous Group for commercials and branded content. His credits include a Refresh web video documentary for Pepsi out of TBWAChiatDay, as well as spots for Google, IBM, Pepsi, Microsoft, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Nikon and FC Barcelona….Crispin Porter+Bogusky has hired three creative directors for its office in Boulder, Colo.: Sesh Moodley, Matthew Elhardt and Avital Pinchevsky. Moodley comes over from AKQA, where he was a creative director on a number of Anheuser-Busch InBev brands, including Budweiser and Bud Light. Prior to AKQA, Moodley was at Naked Communications in Sydney, where he received top honors for campaigns like “Steal Banksy” for Art Series Hotels, which won Cannes and Effie Gold, and the “Speedkills” for Transport Accident Commission (TAC), which received Gold at both New York Festivals and Spikes Asia. Moodley has also worked at Lowe and Partners, Leo Burnett and Ogilvy & Mather. Elhardt had most recently been creative director at 180LA. Pinchevsky comes to CP+B from DDB South Africa where she was creative director on McDonald’s, First National Bank (South Africa), Bob Martin and KWV…..
