Three new comedy series are among the offerings Halifax-based Salter Street Films announced at its 2000 annual general meeting, held in March. The prodco’s production slate also includes new episodes of some older favorites….

A duo known as Clyde Henry Productions has signed a worldwide representation agreement with Toronto’s Spin Productions. Spin president and executive producer Connie Dercho says Clyde Henry offers something very different from what folks in the advertising and broadcast design industries…

Vancouver-based director Phil Brown has come aboard the Radke Films roster for representation. Brown, notorious for his controversial ads like ‘Dead Chicken’ (for Fong’s Fresh Poultry) and more recently ‘Lawnmower Man’ and ‘Bathtime’ (for Vancouver’s Canine Equipment), will be repped by…

Mexican-born director Javier currently makes his home and living in Toronto with The Players Film Company. The 26-year-old Javier says in the four years he has been directing professionally he continues to learn quite a bit about both filmmaking and advertising….

Prince Edward Island’s Cellar Door Productions’ president Gretha Rose reports a wide variety of projects currently in the works. The first is a feature film coproduction with Thom Fitzgerald’s Emotion Films called Wild Mustard, which Fitzgerald is set to direct….

Canadian special effects and animation technology companies will be dressing their booths to the nines at NAB2000, each boasting new products and updated systems….

Director/animator Steve Hillman has made a name for himself with his innovative and memorable broadcast design work for MuchMusic. Now the founder of eight-month-old commercial/design shop exhibita is displaying his particular penchant for the bizarre and surreal in broadcast design projects…

Toronto’s Cuppa Coffee Animation has always managed to stay in the forefront of Canada’s broadcast design marketplace. One of the reasons for this is named Justin Stephenson, an artist and filmmaker who divides his time between working at Cuppa Coffee and…

With its first anniversary coming in less than two months, Toronto’s Crush has already carved out a little spot for itself in the commercial and broadcast design markets. This is no surprise to managing director Jo-ann Cook, who says she has…

Avion Films director Jean-Marc Piche is a man about North America who is intensely proud to be a Canadian. The spot director divides his professional life between Toronto, Montreal and the u.s., and estimates he’s on the road 20 days a…

In two slushy, gray days in February, a team assembled by Apple Box Productions is gathered at Applied Innovation in Vaughn, north of Toronto, to put together two commercials for Purolator Courier’s purolator. com service. The spots are to be humorous…

Sam Sniderman has one of the most famous faces in Canadian retail. As Toronto’s best-known record peddler, Sam ‘The Record Man’ Sniderman is known for his enduring and successful chain of record stores. The Sam’s chain has been in business for…