New signings at Notorious 24:7, Nonfiction Spots, Gartner and Attik; Clear to be 'one stop shop' from July; The Circus opens new branch in Uruguay; and more...
New director Ben Weinstein has signed to Santa Monica-based Notorious 24:7 for commercial and music video representation. Weinstein has already completed two projects through Notorious - a music video for Moby's single Beautiful and a Sony PlayStation MLB 2006 ad for TBWAChiatDay. This is the first time Weinstein has been repped as a director.
Nonfiction Spots has signed director David McNamara to its roster. McNamara has shot spots for brands including Rolex, Firestone, and Old Spice/Red Zone. He joins Nonfiction Spots from The Film Company on April 15.
Gartner in Santa Monica has signed UK directors Shona Auerbach and Jim Weedon for US representation. The directors are both repped by The Bare Film Company in the UK.
Ric Peralta has been named chief executive officer at global creative agency Attik. Peralta, a longstanding member of Attik's board of directors, has also recently held senior executive positions with frog design and fuseproject. His new position at Attik is effective immediately and he will be based in San Francisco.
Clear in London has appointed Mick Vincent as head of telecine. Vincent's move signals the company's step to becoming a 'one-stop shop' offering a Spirit 4K Telecine department, scheduled to open in July. Vincent will join the company from VTR at that time.
Production company The Circus, based in Argentina and Spain, has opened a new office in Uruguay, offering access to stunning locations in the country's capital, Montevideo. For more info on The Circus, visit http://www.thecircus.com.ar.
A group of creatives based in five cities internationally has formed a creative alliance, UnitedSenses, to offer strategic, creative and production services. Established by Markus Schmidt, former managing director and executive creative director of SevenSenses, the alliance will be headquartered in Munich. Other founding members include Micha Riss of Flying Machine, New York; Sandep Rahi of ThinkCreative, Los Angeles; L Nicolay Gronlund of Timeline, Copenhagen; Sergey Shanovich of NTV Design, Moscow; and Mikhail Sprirov of Koordinata 20, Moscow. More info is at http://www.thoughtagency.com/unitedsenses.
Linda Vezzoli has joined Maverick Media as sales and marketing manager. Vezzoli replaces Tanya Hempenstall at the company.
Global Production Network in Los Angeles has signed production service company El Camino Films, based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Toronto-based post-production company AXYX has secured independent rep Arthur Portnoy for sales on the east coast. More info on the company is at http://www.axyzfx.com.
