Director Gavin Bowden has come aboard Los Angeles-headquartered A Band Apart for spot and music video representation….Crossroads Films, bicoastal and Chicago, has signed directors Andy Margetson and Julia Jason….CreoCollective, Santa Monica, has opened an office in London with Sean Feeney as executive producer….Berwyn Editorial, New York, has added Fran Gullo to its editorial roster….Zero 2 Sixty, New York, and Comotion Films, Atlanta, have entered into a joint marketing and production partnership. Additionally, director Mark Claywell has been signed by both companies for exclusive commercial representation. Zero 2 Sixty will represent Comotion directors—John Davis, Stephen Moe and Keith Adams—in the Northeast and Central regions, while Comotion will rep Zero’s Robert Mowen, Reginald Hudlin and Andras Mahr in the Southeast and Southwest areas….Fallon has announced the opening of Fallon Tokyo, which will be led by Tamio Koshino, president/chief creative officer, and Mitsuru Kubota, executive VP/managing partner, along with Phil Rubel, managing director. The agency also has offices in Minneapolis, New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and São Paulo….Composer Stuart Matthewman, a founding member of Sade and Sweetback, has signed with bicoastal Agent Jackson for spotwork….Mike Levesque Sr. and Mike Levesque Jr. have formed a partnership with Earth2mars, New York, creating audio post shop Nomad Post@Earth2mars…. Match Frame, a postproduction facility with offices in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, has signed Marcel Rodriguez as a creative editor for commercials. Rodriguez has worked in the documentary arena for the past eight years, and has contributed, in various capacities, to the feature films of his brother Robert Rodriguez, who’s repped for commercials via Los Angeles-based A Band Apart. 35mm….
Gene Hackman Died Of Heart Disease; Hantavirus Claimed His Wife’s Life About One Week Prior
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, authorities revealed Friday. Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said alongside state fire and health officials at a news conference. "Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer's disease," Jarrell said. "He was in a very poor state of health. He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that's what resulted in his death." Authorities didn't suspect foul play after the bodies of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative. Investigators found that the last known communication and activity from Arakawa was Feb. 11 when she visited a pharmacy, pet store and grocery before returning to their gated neighborhood that afternoon, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday. Hackman's pacemaker last showed signs of activity a week later and that he had an abnormal heart rhythm Feb. 18, the day he likely died, Jarrell said. Although there was no reliable way to determine the date and time when both died, all signs point to their deaths coming a week apart, Jarrell said. "It's quite possible he was not aware she was deceased," Jarrell said. Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, said he believes Hackman was severely impaired due to Alzheimer's disease and unable to deal with his wife's death in the last week of his life. "You are talking about very severe Alzheimer's disease that normal people would be in a nursing home or have a nurse, but she was taking care... Read More