OCTOBER 14, 1994
Director Ray Lawrence has signed with Bedford Falls, Santa Monica, for commercial representation in the U.S. He will continue to work internationally via Window Productions, the Sydney, Australia-based shop where he is a partner….Red Car, an editing shop with offices in Hollywood, Santa Monica and New York, has opened up a Chicago branch….Director Brad Christian—who has most recently been freelancing—has joined Original Film, Santa Monica, for commercial and music video representation….George Mendoza has joined post/visual effects facility CIS Hollywood, Los Angeles, as head of commercial production. He was most recently a producer at Leo Burnett Co., Los Angeles….
OCTOBER 13, 1989
Story Piccolo Guliner, bicoastal and Chicago, has launched a New York division, Crossroads Films. The new unit will represent and produce for feature film, TV, animation and graphic design directors….Ending a nearly 20-year tenure at Sunlight Pictures, director/cameraman Melvin Sokolsky has launched his own boutique, Sokolsky Film, Los Angeles….In an effort to increase his company’s video postproduction and film transfer capabilities, president Jack Tohtz of Szabo-Tohtz Editing, Chicago, has debuted a videotape and editorial division, Skyview Film & Video, also Chicago….Tapping into the growing Florida commercial industry, music house Richard Goldman Productions, Cincinnati, is expanding its operation into Miami….