 | 166. | |  | | RAUSCH JOINS VICON AS VP OF PRODUCTION
Posted Date: 2/20/2008
LOS ANGELES – Brian Rausch, a former senior manager at Sony Computer
Entertainment of America, has joined Vicon (www.vicon.com), the
developer of motion capture systems. He brings over 10 years of motion
capture pipeline and animation production experience to his new
position as VP of production for Vicon and Vicon House of Moves.
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| | 167. | |  | | RIOT/NY ADDS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HOLT
Posted Date: 2/20/2008
NEW YORK – Creative studio Riot/New York (www.rioting.com) has added
Brent Holt as executive producer. He brings nearly 20 years of
experience to his new role, having most recently worked as a freelance
producer in Los Angeles.
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| | 168. | | AVID APPOINTS KIRK ARNOLD VP/GM
Posted Date: 2/12/2008
TEWKSBURY, MA - Kirk Arnold has joined Avid as executive vice president
and general manager of the company’s professional video business
unit. She will be responsible for all of Avid's products and
services for the professional video market, including broadcast
television, post production and media enterprises.
Category: Daily News
| | 169. | | MATTE PAINTER KENNETH NAKADA JOINS FRANTIC FILMS
Posted Date: 2/7/2008
LOS ANGELES – Prime Focus Group’s Frantic Films VFX division
(www.franticfilms.com) has hired matte painter/film effects designer
Kenneth Nakada. Nakada comes to the studio after a two-and-a-half year
stint with Momentum/LookFX, where he served as a visual effects
supervisor and designer.
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| | 170. | | MOTION GRAPHICS STUDIO FISH EGGS ADDS CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Posted Date: 1/31/2008
VENICE, CA - Motion graphics design studio Fish Eggs (www.fisheggs.tv)
has added creative director Jeffrey Pittle to its senior design team.
Formerly with Las Vegas production studio Media Underground, Pittle
will assist in overseeing design projects, supervising artists and
designers, and making new business presentations.
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| | 171. | |  | | AL DINOBLE HEADING UP NEW BUSINESS AT RENEGADE
Posted Date: 1/30/2008
GLENDALE, CA - Entertainment sales and marketing specialist Al DiNoble
has joined Renegade Animation (www.renegadeanimation.com) to head the
studio’s new business development. DiNoble’s background includes senior
marketing postitions with Cynergy, Eastman Kodak’s Cinesite and
MetroLight Studios.
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| | 172. | |  | | ROLAND BROWN JOINS QUANTEL'S BOARD
Posted Date: 1/21/2008
NEWBURY, UK - Quantel has appointed Roland Brown, recently director of
engineering at The Moving Picture Company, as a non-executive director
to the company. He will help Quantel identify and harness emerging
technologies that influence content creation.
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| | 173. | |  | | PHOENIX EDITORIAL ADDS ARTIST PHIL SPITLER
Posted Date: 1/21/2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Motion graphics and VFX artist Phil Spitler has joined
the team at Phoenix Editorial & Designs. He brings with him 15
years of experience, having worked with major ad agencies and blue-chip
clients in both the United States and in his native England, where he
was a founding partner of motion graphics studio Keyframe.
Category: Daily News
| | 174. | |  | | OUTSIDE ADDS EDITOR/COLORIST ALEX BICKEL
Posted Date: 1/18/2008
NEW YORK - Alex Bickel has joined Outside Editorial
(www.outsideedit.com) as the company's first editor/colorist. He will
be using Apple's Final Cut Pro and Color applications at the studio.
Category: Daily News
| | 175. | |  | | JONES OVERSEEING SALES & MARKETING AT WEST POST DIGITAL
Posted Date: 1/17/2008
SANTA MONICA CA - West Post Digital (www.westpostdigital.com) has hired
industry veteran Tom Jones to oversee sales and marketing for the
growing facility. The facility expanded into its 20,000-square-foot
Westside location a little over a year ago, and in 2007, integrated a
large insert/VFX stage and production offices to complete the
production center.
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| | 176. | | COMPANY 3 ADDS DI COLORIST NAKAMURA
Posted Date: 1/15/2008
SANTA MONICA, CA - Digital Intermediate colorist Stephen Nakamura has
joined Company 3, reuniting him with its president and fellow DI
colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld. Nakamura’s credits include The Bourne Ultimatum, Spider-Man 3 and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Category: Daily News
| | 177. | | EDITOR RICHARD COOPERMAN JOINS CRUSH
Posted Date: 1/15/2008
SANTA MONICA, CA - Crush Editorial, which specializes in TV
commercials, film trailers and promotional content for videogames, has
hired Richard Cooperman as editor.
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| | 178. | |  | | MANIC ADDS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Posted Date: 1/14/2008
NEW YORK – Design, motion graphics and 2D/3D VFX house Manic has added
executive producer/director of operations Melissa Warhaftig to its
team. She will be working with EP/head of sales James Braddock to
develop and implement a growth strategy for the ever expanding company.
Category: Daily News
| | 179. | | POSTWORKS ADDS TO WEST COAST TEAM
Posted Date: 1/11/2008
HOLLYWOOD - PostWorks Los Angeles (www.postworks.com) has grown its
West Coast staff with the recent addition of Jim Houston as senior
VP/imaging and Jeff Quinn as VP/engineering.
Category: Daily News
| | 180. | |  | | THE POST GROUP PROMOTES MIKE LEVY
Posted Date: 1/10/2008
HOLLYWOOD - The Post Group (www.postgroup.com) has promoted Mike Levy
to executive VP from VP of longform post services. In this new
role, he will supervise business development and marketing for The Post
Group and its sister companies — iO Film, Runway Edit, Novastar Sound,
and Lightning Media — known collectively as Post Start2Finish.
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