Hollywood-based animation/live-action/design house ka-chew! has secured Ann Asprodites of Asprodites Reps, New Orleans, to handle the South, and in-house rep Ryan Ingram to cover the West Coast…..Visual effects house Radium, with bases of operation in Santa Monica and San Francisco, has hired Rich Durkin of independent rep firm Ice Tea Productions to handle the East Coast…..Independent rep Michael Bennett has added three Santa Monica-based shops to his roster: Cake Editorial; audio post facility Lime Studios; and Boomerang Music. He will primarily handle the West Coast–and some other individual markets–for the companies…..
Music/sound design house Yessian, bicoastal and Detroit, has signed Connie Mellors and Ellen Dempsey of Connie Mellors & Co. for West Coast representation….Global Production Network (GPN), Los Angeles, has added to its roster of production service companies overseas, signing Hungary’s C47 Films to an exclusive North American representation deal. Based in Budapest, C47 is headed by managing director/executive producer Alex Nemetz, who was a creative director at BBDO and TBWA, both in Budapest, before moving over to the production side of the business….Cinematographer Barry Markowitz has joined ICM, Beverly Hills, for representation in all areas….Cinematographers Nicola Pecorini and Nick Taylor have signed with The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation….DP Gordon Brown has signed with Orlando Management, Sherman Oaks, Calif., for exclusive representation….DP Andy Lilien is now available exclusively through The Lyons Sheldon Prosnit Agency, Los Angeles….DP Eric Edwards is now available through Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for all work after wrapping principal photography on The Breakup with director Peyton Reed…..Wardrobe stylist Genevieve Tyrrell has completed the feature film Accepted and is set to take on spots via The Montana Artists Agency, Los Angeles….
