January 26, 2015 Chief creative officer John Patroulis has been named to assume the newly created position of creative chairman, and executive creative director Ari Weiss becomes chief creative officer at BBH New York. The pair, along with North American CEO Pat Lafferty and chief strategy officer Sarah Watson, will make up the core leadership of the agency….. Director Philippe Andre has joined Skunk for North American commercial representation. He had formerly been handled in the U.S. market by Biscuit Filmworks…. Birdman received a welcome lift on its flight to the Oscars after winning the Producers Guild of America’s highest film award Saturday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. The win delivers needed momentum to Alejandro Inarritu’s showbiz romp following its upset loss to The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Golden Globes’ comedy category earlier this month. It’s now neck and neck in the Oscar race with Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which won in the Globes drama category…..Gustavo Sarkis has been named executive creative director of CP+B Miami. In this role, Sarkis will lead the creative department on all accounts, which include Infiniti Mexico and Latin America, The Miami Dolphins, Tork, Mission 22, The Underline and agency-developed products Papa’s Pilar and Angel’s Envy. Sarkis comes to CP+B from TBWA/Chiat Day where as a creative director he was an integral part of the team that won the pitch for the Adidas World Cup campaign….
January 25, 2010 The Hurt Locker scored the top film award from the Producers Guild of America, building new momentum for drama in the expanded Oscar race for best picture. The film beat out such celebrated nominees as Avatar, Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air….Pixomondo, a global VFX company, has launched Public Art, a digital production studio focusing on commercial production. The new venture–based in a new 9,500 square foot facility in Santa Monica–is headed by industry creative veteran Jonathan Keeton, working with his partners in the worldwide studios. Keeton is perhaps best known as co-founder of Radium, a digital studio which opened in San Francisco and then branched out with a facility in Southern California before being acquired by Reel FX, Dallas, in 2007. Last year when Reel FX closed the San Francisco operation, Keeton exited the company (Radium/Reel FX continues to maintain shops in Santa Monica and Dallas)….
