Director Spike Jonze will be staying put at bicoastal/international Satellite, where his most recent spot endeavors include Nike’s "Morning After," a tongue-in-cheek take on a Y2K catastrophe scenario, out of Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore. His feature film, Being John Malkovich, tied with Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy last week as the National Society of Film Critics’ choice for best picture of ’99….Meanwhile, word is that David Fincher has left bicoastal/ international Propaganda Films and joined 8Media, the bicoastal production company launched by Steve Golin, Propaganda co-founder and former chairman. Fincher is being bid on several jobs, according to 8Media’s Dave Morrison, who expects to announce additional directorial signings and a new company name shortly….Director Matt Murphy has joined Porter Film Company, Hollywood….Taxi Films, New York, has signed South Africa-based director/DP Miles Goodall for U.S. spot representation….Composer Gary Fry has left Chicago-based music/sound design house Com/track and has joined Chicago-based Catfish Music; the move reunites Fry with former Com/track colleagues and current Catfish principals, Joel Raney and Jeff Boyle….The prominence of crossover is evident, following the recently announced Grammy Award nominations in the music video categories. Nominated in the shortform music clip category were TLC’s "Unpretty," Brian McKnight’s "Back at One," Korn’s "Freak on a Leash," Lauryn Hill’s "Everything is Everything," and Bjork’s "All is Full of Love." "Unpretty" was directed by Paul Hunter, who’s repped for spots via bicoastal HSI Productions. "Back At One" was helmed by Francis Lawrence, whose video and commercial home is DNA, Hollywood. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and Todd McFarlane teamed to direct "Freak on a Leash"; Dayton and Faris are repped for spots via bicoastal Bob Industries. "Everything Is Everything" was directed by Sanji of bicoastal Little Minx, the music video arm of bicoastal commercial production company Atherton. "All is Full of Love" was helmed by Chris Cunningham, who’s available for spots through bicoastal RSA USA. Also nominated for a longform music video Grammy was Gloria Estefan’s "Don’t Stop," helmed by Mo Fitzgibbon of Walker/Fitzgibbon, Miami….
