Michael Chaves and Alex Beh to Strengthen ONE at Optimus Director Roster ONE at Optimus, the live-action production arm of leading production and post-production house Optimus, announced today that it has signed two new directors to its roster. Michael Chaves and Alex Beh bring a wealth of talent to the house’s... more
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Ko Kawashima & Chris Kraft join the new Integrated Content division of HELLO! Expanding their production capabilities, Los Angeles-based HELLO! announces the formation of a new Integrated Content division. Industry vets Ko Kawashima joins as Head of Integrated Content and Chris Kraft as in-house Producer. Ko brings her branding and marketing expertise to run the day-to-day operations of... more
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Here is what it the wall this week…lets see what sticks...Click 3X Launches New E*TRADE Babies Campaign
The legendary E*TRADE babies are back, this time in a seven-spot campaign produced from start to finish by Click 3X. John J. Budion, working closely with Grey NYC, led Click's in-house team as director, creative director, and lead flame artist, shooting, directing and handling all VFX. While the basic concept and characters will be familiar to any... more
Pepsi Launched the Refresh Campaign
The Pepsi Refresh Project is a multi-million dollar marketing platform that invites people to submit and vote for ideas that help make the world a better... more
Tool and DDB Take It Off for Bud Light
Tool of North America Director Erich Joiner's comedic storytelling sensibilities are on tap for Bud Light in the latest viral video from DDB. Clothing Drive is the hilarious sequel to the Emmy award... more
Analogue Muse Scores Super Bowl Spot for Google
Upstart original music and sound design studio Analogue Muse - formed just 18 months ago by Partners Jeremy Turner and Alan Zahn - has followed a string of successful feature, TV, web, and commercial projects with a wildly popular Google web film turned Super Bowl spot. Analogue Muse utilized its full toolbox of impressive and growing... more
Nola Comes Up Huge for Paralympics
Nola Director Huge, via CDP RPM Radar, released a moving spot promoting the 2010 and 2012 Paralympics. The :45 spot, which was edited at Nola, showcases Huge's ability to tell the... more
Asylum Delivers Unwanted Package for Teleflora
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Asylum, under the guidance of lead animator Mike Warner and lead inferno artist Rob Trent, with Go Films Director Tim Hamilton and Fire Station, created a nefarious cluster of anthropomorphic flowers promoting... more
The Revolving Door
The Colonie’s 2nd Annual Party begins at the door on Fairbanks Court, where smiling interns welcome guests into a small, bright lobby. It is a friendly gesture, but it offers little hint of the madness to ensue. There is no mention of the decadence that will spill onto the street or the unsuspecting history buffs who will stumble into the mix or the... more
Creative Soup
Despite the ailing economy and the relative uncertainty of consumer spending forecasts, this year’s Super Bowl commercial spots managed to put a brave face on that cracked more than a few smiles on game day. It has been reported that more than one hundred million people tuned into the game breaking the previous record and that... more
The Call Sheet
MADE IN MINNESOTA: Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup and Greg Kinnear star in “The Convincer,” filming in and around Hopkins, Minnesota through mid-March. Wisconsin natives Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher wrote the script, which Jill Sprecher will direct. Minneapolis-based Werc Werk Works, an independent film and finance company, is producing... more
Leading Off
We knew when we drew up the editorial calendar for the new SCREEN late last year that our first issue and its cover story, Post Ghosts, would be touchy but we didn’t realize just how touchy. more
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| 3/26/2010 | Young Jean Lee: The Shipment | Chicago |
| 3/27/2010 | The Essence of Mexico | Chicago |
| 3/30/2010 | Filmmaker Meet Up | Chicago |
| 4/6/2010 | First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival | Chicago |
| 4/9/2010 | John Jasperse Company: Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies | Chicago |
