Lake wins Our Compliments

Revolver Film Company director/dop Harry Lake shot two days for Agora/Our Compliments out of Bates Advertising. Brian Wells and Ross Briggs edited at Chameleon.

David O’Brien directed and Mike Andringa lensed a one-day job for the GM Dealers Association. Director Drew Jarvis and dop Glen Keenan also had a day for GM Dealers. Both jobs were through MacLaren McCann and Peter McKeen posted at Edge Productions.

Jarvis and Jeffrey Siberry shared directing duties on a one-day psa for m.o.r.e. out of Vickers & Benson. Ray Dumas was the dop Ian Harvey cut at Partners’ Post.

Siberry and Dumas landed a day for Kraft Handi Snacks out of J. Walter Thompson. Paul Gowan edited at Partners’ Post.

Director Don Allan and dop Paul Tolton got together for a day of Radio Shack through Young & Rubicam. Gerry Banning edited at Partners’ Post.

Allan teamed up with dop Stephen Poster on a one-day shoot for the 1999 Subaru Impreza through Temerlin McClain, Texas. Jeff Bessner edited at Partners’ Post.

Apple Box Productions (Vancouver) director Fred Frame and dop John Spooner had a day for the Canadian Mental Health Association through Cossette. Jayne Morris Berry edited at JMB Post.

Director Craig Worsham and dop James Gardner got the call on four festive days for a Bell Mobility Christmas campaign through Cossette. Norm Odell posted at Flashcut.

Apple Box (Edmonton) director Mark Walton and Spooner had a day for Agrevo through Parallel Strategies, Calgary. Rainmaker handled the post in Vancouver.

David Rosen directed and Spooner shot a day for Telus Mobility out of Ogilvy & Mather, Calgary. Post was done at Rainmaker.

Radke Films director Eddy Chu and dops Michael Brierley and Terence Martis teamed up in South Africa for two days of Sunlight out of Ammirati Puris Lintas. Mick Griffin posted at Flashcut.

Director Martin Shewchuk and dop Gabor Tarko landed two days for Purex out of jwt. Brian Williams edited at Panic & Bob.

Shewchuk and Tarko were together again for a two-day McDonald’s job through Cossette. Peter McAuley edited at The Daily Post.

Steve Gordon was director/dop on a one-day shoot for the Royal Conservatory of Music out of Bensimon Byrne dmb&b. Archie Van Dyke edited at The Daily Post.

TOPIX/Mad Dog’s Patrick Coffey spent six days in Acapulco and Mexico City as effects supervisor for three :30s and a :60 for Tequila Cuervo out of BBDO Mexico. After returning to Toronto, Coffey along with Susan Armstrong and James Cooper spent three weeks on post/effects in both Inferno and Flame. The spot was shot by New York’s Film ConeXion’s director Xavier De La Cueva.

Jet Films’ Curtis Wehrfritz and dop Chris Soos shot a spot for Molson Hi Dry beer through Publicis bcp, Montreal. Cooper spent two days in Inferno.

Avion Film director Henry Holtzman and dop George Morita had two days for Lipton out of y&r, Montreal. Leo Zaharatos edited at Chameleon.

Holtzman and dop Simon Mestel teamed up on a two-day America’s Best shoot through WB Doner, Detroit. Post was done in the u.s.

Director Francine McDougall picked up a two-day job for Kellogg’s out of Leo Burnett. Andre Pienaar was behind the lens and Zaharatos edited.

Director Martin Granger and dop Barry Parrell also had two days for Kellogg’s, out of Leo Burnett, Chicago. Post was handled in the u.s.

Imported Artists director Ramaa Mosley and Parrell shot three spots in three days for Eaton’s through Roche Macaulay & Partners. Mark Hajek edited at Stealing Time.

Mosley and dop Arlene Donnelley got the call on a three-day job for Adidas. The spot features three runners who get trapped in a traffic jam and decide to go into the sewer. When they resurface they find themselves in China. Publicis, New York, was behind the creative and editing was handled in the u.s.

Robin Willis directed and shot a day for Blockbuster Video out of Doner, Detroit. Editing took place in the u.s.

Director Wayne Craig teamed up with dop David Pelletier on a one-day job for Hallmark out of Leo Burnett. Brian Williams edited at Panic & Bob.

Director Richard D’Alessio and Mestel had three days for Molson Export out of MacLaren McCann. Chris Parkins edited at Flashcut.

The Players Film Company director David McNally landed a four-day job for Pepsi Canada out of bbdo. Armageddon cinematographer John Schwartzman shot the spots and David Baxter edited at Panic & Bob.

Director David Cowdery and dop Dylan MacLeod had a day for 9-Lives out of Palmer Jarvis ddb. Greg Edgar handled the cut at Stealing Time.

Generator director/dop George Morita had three days for Zellers direct. Dave Rheaume edited at Generator.

Bob Perks shot and directed a day for McCain/Ford through Segal Communications. Generator’s Scott Blackett cut the spot.

Director/dop Derek Case picked up a one-day job for Mr. Sub out of Brandworks. Rheaume edited.

Sparks director Chris McCumber completed his first Canadian assignment with a spot for Tim Horton’s out of Enterprise Advertising. Tarko was the dop and Chris Van Dyke edited at The Daily Post.

Jack Churchill shot and directed two days for Visine through Partners & Shevack, New York. Hicks edited at Panic & Bob.

Director John Massey and dop Michael Duff got rolling on a one-day job for Goodyear out of Hitchcock Fleming & Associates, Ohio. Post was done in the u.s.

Director Peter Riddihough had a day for Kellogg’s Corn Pops through jwt. Robert MacDonald was the dop, Robert Kraus edited at Smash and Grayson Mathews Audio Design handled the sound.

Calgary’s White Iron Productions and Partners’ director Eric Yealland shot two days for Western Canada Lotteries out of Highwood Communications. Dean Bennett was the dop and Jeff August cut at White Iron Digital.

*Correction

In last issue’s Commercial Directions, the Starchoice job directed by Radke’s Brian Hickling was out of Leo Burnett, not Cossette as stated.