SEPTEMBER 15, 2000 Director Luis Mandoki and producer Mimi Polk Gitlin have launched Mandolin Entertainment and entered into a spot, music video and longform deal with bicoastal/international Propaganda Films. Mandolin is headquartered in Propaganda’s Hollywood complex….After 22 years in Boston, September Productions is shuttering its office in the city and moving all operations to its New York base….Radium, the San Francisco-headquartered digital effects studio headed by principal/creative director Jonathan Keeton, has expanded its Los Angeles operation with the addition of creative director Loni Peristere, effects supervisor Chris Jones, executive producer/Los Angeles Steve Schofield and CG artist Robert Hubbard….Commercial director David Emery and feature helmer Adam Shankman have signed for exclusive spot representation with bicoastal Bedford Falls….
SEPTEMBER 15, 1995 After four years as president of Editel/Chicago, Richard Mandeberg has resigned to accept a new position as VP/director of electronic marketing at marketing agency Frankel & Company, Chicago….Director/cameraman Garry Sato, known for his work in the food/tabletop arena, will open his own production company by year’s end….Director Osbert Parker, known for his mixed-media animation work, has joined A Band Apart Commercials, Hollywood….Dave Warner joined Peachtree Post, Atlanta, as general manager on Sept. 5….Director/animator Tom P. Larson, founder of Reelworks Animation Studio, Minneapolis, died of cancer on Aug. 28. He was 43….John Adams, VP/director of broadcasting for agency Tucker Wayne/Luckie & Co., Atlanta, has accepted the position of director of broadcast production at DDB Needham/Dallas….
