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Screen Magazine - Screen Magazine: Vol. 29, Issue 15 - Index

peermusic Promotes Craig Currier To
Senior Creative Director Of Advertising Markets
peermusic, the world’s largest independent music publishing
company, is pleased to announce that Craig Currier has
been promoted to the position of Senior Creative Director
of Advertising Markets. He will also continue in his role as
Executive Producer for the division.
Currier, who has been with peermusic since 2000, heads
up peer’s successful advertising markets division, dubbed
peercommercialmusic. Under his guidance, the division
has enjoyed an impressive growth rate and positioned
the company as a “go to” resource for music for major
advertising agencies worldwide. peercommercialmusic
has provided music for hundreds of national spots, including
Pontiac, Visa, Delta, GM, Kohl’s and Covergirl. GE’s global
branding initiative, which was nominated for an Emmy,
utilized the Donovan classic, “Catch the Wind.”
In his new role, Currier will continue to oversee all
aspects of peermusic’s advertising markets division,
peercommercialmusic, and will now be responsible for
negotiating all U.S. commercial projects.
//www.peermusic.com
Trailer Park’s Video Games AV Division Expands
Trailer Park Video Games AV, a division of Trailer Park,
the industry’s leading entertainment marketing agency,
has expanded by bringing in a noted producer, and has
also announced
a number of
new promotional
projects for a broad
range of major video
gaming publishers.
These clients
include Ubisoft,
Disney Interactive,
Activision, EA, Midway, Konami and Vivendi. Seth Hendrix
has recently joined Trailer Park’s Video Games AV division
in the position of Producer. He joins Jim Call, a longtime
Trailer Park Video Games AV producer, in spearheading the
creative direction and client relations for the division.
Joel Johnston, COO, Trailer Park, said, “’It’s an exciting
time to be in the business of video game marketing. As
the category continues to grow with new titles and players
entering the marketplace everyday, video game marketing
demands ever more creative solutions that really push the
boundaries.”
//www.trailerpark.com
Red Car Chicago Welcomes Diana Schroeder
As Managing Director
Red Car Chicago is pleased to welcome Diana Schroeder
as Managing Director. “Diana is the best manager of
creative talent I have seen in Chicago in the last 10 years,”
said Larry Bridges, Red Car’s owner. “The day she came
through Red Car’s door, a new era began in the history
of a company with deep local roots and a tradition for
challenging the status quo in Chicago.
“Her experience as an executive producer for a production
company, director of broadcast production at The Richards
Group and, most recently, executive producer at the
Whitehouse all point toward the continuation of her personal
success as well as growth for Red Car.”
//www.redcar.com
Nikki Weiss Welcomes New Representation
Independent rep Nikki Weiss of Nikki Weiss & Co. has
signed Pony Show Entertainment for exclusive Midwest
representation. This reunites Weiss with executive producers
Susan Kirson and Jeffrey Frankel. The representation will
include directors James Woods, Luc Besson, Alex Proyas, P.T
Anderson, Peter Berg, Jon Favreau, Jake Kasdan, Spike Lee,
Baz Luhrmann, Louis Leterrier and Bryan Singer. The deal will
also include commercial directors Jean Paul Goude, Bosi &
Sironi, Amanda Evans and Eric Will.
//www.nikkiweissandco.com
Visual Effects Society Publishes First White Paper
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the entertainment industry’s
only official organization representing the extended
community of visual effects professionals, has published its
first ever white paper, titled “The State of Visual Effects in the
Entertainment Industry.” The document examines existing
conditions within the visual effects industry and how these
issues affect the entertainment business on a macro scale,
from workflow to the interaction of personnel within various
departments and the extraordinary impacts that the digital
revolution has caused.
“We feel that we have a unique perspective as to how the
work of visual artists and technologists intersect to have a
huge impact on the business model bottom line,” said VES
Executive Director Eric Roth. “We are very excited to publish
this first paper, which will serve as a foundation for future
white papers delving into significant issues which face not
only our craft, but the entertainment industry as a whole.”
//www.visualeffectssociety.com
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Doorpost Film Project Awards $10,000 To Top 15 Finalists
The Doorpost Film Project, a short filmmaking contest aimed
at discovering and developing filmmakers capable of
producing films that inspire and influence, has announced
the 15 highest-scoring finalists from round one. Each of these
finalists has been given $10,000 to produce a final-round
short film, (8-15 minutes) based on the designated topic of
hope, with an August 15th deadline. The finalists include Luis
DeLeon, Debs Gardner-Paterson, Lev Goren, John Gray, Jeff