5 Years AgoJune 8, 2001
Executive producer Bryan Farhy has launched brand tv as a satellite of bicoastal Headquarters, the commercial production house headed by Tom Mooney and Alex Blum….Marc Schwartz has joined New York-based design, visual effects, and original music studio Fluid as managing director….Paul Babb, former senior partner/executive producer at Ogilvy & Mather, Los Angeles, has returned to the production house side of the business, becoming executive producer of Ka-Chew! the newly launched live-action commercial division of Klasky Csupo, Hollywood….
10 Years AgoJune 7, 1996
Colossal Pictures, a 20-year-old multimedia design, television and film development house in San Francisco, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the purpose of reorganization. The firm has laid off nearly half of its staff since March….Director Jim Manera, formerly of bicoastal production house Bedford Falls, has joined Sony Pictures’ commercial division in Culver City, Calif. Another Bedford alum–Rupert Wainwright–became Sony’s first spot director in February–Henry Anderson has been named creative director, 3-D animation at Digital Domain, Venice, Calif. He was previously computer animation director/designer at Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles….