Marci Miles, owner of Reelize Reps has promoted Julie Ford to senior sales associate for the Midwest territory. Reelize recently reorganized its roster to include: Rhythm + Hues Studios, Picasso Pictures, PandaPanther, Shine and Special Agent….Live action and animation production house Moo Studios has added Robin Frank Management to its East Coast sales force alongside Moo head of sales Erika Sheldon. Robin Frank Management will additionally represent Moo directors Ellen von Unwerth, Pamela Hanson and Molly Schiot exclusively for music videos….Radar Studios has secured Sherry Howell of Sherry & Company as its West Coast sales rep…..Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) has signed production designers Alison Stadler, Gary Matteson and Debra Echard. Sadler has worked on spots for such clients as Mercedes-Benz, American Airlines, Yahoo, Budweiser, Verizon and MasterCard and has a longstanding collaborative relationship with directors Craig Gillespie, Peggy Sirota and Harald Zwart. With Gillespie, Sadler designed the pilot for Showtime’s The United States of Tara and feature film Mr. Woodcock, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Sarandon, Sean William Scott and Amy Poehler. Matteson’s credits include the feature Pulse, penned by Wes Craven. Echard has designed spots and videos for the likes of directors Lance Acord, Kinka Usher, Tony Kaye and Marcus Nispel…DP Theo Van De Sande has wrapped principal photography on Dennis Dugan’s Just Go With It starring Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler and Nicole Kidman, and is now available for commercials, promos and music videos via Paradigm….
Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey Launch Production House 34North
Executive producers Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey have teamed to launch 34North. The shop opens with a roster which includes accomplished directors Jan Wentz, Ben Nakamura Whitehouse, David Edwards and Mario Feil, as well as such up-and-coming filmmakers as Glenn Stewart and Chris Fowles. Nakamura Whitehouse, Edwards, Feil and Fowles come over from CoMPANY Films, the production company for which Cicero served as an EP for the past nearly five years. Director Wentz had most recently been with production house Skunk while Stewart now gains his first U.S. representation. EP Clancey was freelance producing prior to the formation of 34North. He and Cicero have known each other for some 25 years, recently reconnecting on a job directed by Fowles. Cicero said that he and Clancey “want to keep a highly focused roster where talent management can be one on one--where we all share in the directors’ success together.” Clancey also brings an agency pedigree to the new venture. “I started at Campbell Ewald in accounts, no less,” said Clancey. “I saw firsthand how much work agencies put in before we even see a script. You have to respect that investment. These agency experiences really shaped my approach to production--it’s about empathy, listening between the lines, and ultimately making the process seamless.” 34North represents a meeting point--both literally and creatively. Named after the latitude of Malibu, Calif., where the idea for the company was born, it also embraces the power of storytelling. “34North118West was the first GPS-enabled narrative,” Cicero explained. “That blend of art and technology, to captivate an audience, mirrors what we do here--create compelling work, with talented people, harnessing state-of-the-art... Read More