For its Mountain Dew campaign, BBDO New York garnered Best of Show TV at the 2006 New York ADDYS, sponsored by District Two of the American Advertising Federation. A special Governor’s Award was presented to Ogilvy & Mather, New York, for its long running American Express campaign, “My Life…My Card”….Jim Bouvet of Traktor fame has come aboard @radical.media as executive producer of its New York office….Digital Kitchen, the production design firm with bases of operation in Seattle, Chicago and New York, has brought Kent Smith on board as executive producer. He works out of the Chicago office, moving over from Sideshow Entertainment where as an indie producer he developed and produced feature film projects. Additionally Digital Kitchen promoted Jeff Long from group creative director to executive creative director in the Chicago office….An infusion of talent at Mother New York includes creatives Bill Moulton, formerly of BBH, New York, Piers North, a transplant from Mother London and Peter Karras, newly named creative manager Stephanie Rand and strategist David Fuller….
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