Editors/partners Eric Carlson, Barney Miller and Kane Platt, and executive producer/partner Rosemary Quigley have teamed to form Hooligan, a New York-based editing/graphic design house. Quigley and exec producer Sue Wladar guide Hooligan on the executive/management side. In addition to the aforementioned editors/partners, Hooligan’s roster of editors includes Jordan Green, Jane Keller, Greg Letson, Peter Mostert, Thomas Ostuni, Kate Owen and Pete Slife….Jill Applebaum, former creative director at Y&R/Brandbuzz, has joined Draftfcb New York as sr. VP/group creative director. At her new roost, Applebaum will helm creative efforts for key accounts including Oreo and Gevalia. Applebaum’s appointment comes on the heels of Roald van Wyk’s hiring as a sr. VP/group creative director last month from Publicis Modem. Both report to Darren Moran who was recently appointed Draftfcb New York’s CCO. As creative director at Y&R/BrandBuzz, Applebaum developed and oversaw TV, print, interactive and integrated campaigns for Burt’s Bees, the New Jersey Nets, Dymo, Sharpie, and LG Electronics….Animation studio Passion Pictures has formed a live-action commercials division, Passion RAW, under the aegis of exec producer Dan Scott-Croxford, formerly with Stink. The new venture will sit alongside Passion’s animation and live-action documentary departments and be based in the company’s London offices…..Darcey Cherubini has joined Altana Films in Buenos Aires as exec producer. Earlier in her career, Cherubini was exec producer/director of broadcast at JWT New York and served as an agency producer in the Asian and Australasian markets. She also was a live-action producer in Australia for many years….
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