As alumni of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Joseph Nanni and Larry Ioannou discovered a special kinship when their career paths crossed at Harrod and Mirlin fcb four years ago. They have been a creative team since, and their…

This is the first in a series of post-nab reports….

In choosing the best creative teams for this year’s top-spotters, two names that came up often were writer Jana Peck and art director Wain Choi out of Cossette Toronto, the duo behind some of Saturn’s more famous spots….

Art director Scott Schneider and copywriter Blair Dewan met at Glennie Stamnes in Vancouver about two years ago and soon began to develop a creative relationship. Eventually, both moved over to Cossette Vancouver, where they became a creative advertising tag team….

The Partners’ Film Company director Don Allan and dop Miroslaw Baszak had a one-day shoot for Harvey’s/Swiss Chalet through Ambrose Carr Linton Carroll. Chris Brook handled the edit at Partners’ Post and TOPIX/Mad Dog’s Susan Armstrong, James Cooper, Patrick Coffey and…

Commercial Productiondience, Blink Pictures’ Dale Heslip gave up on his childhood dream of becoming a rock star and took his passion for music behind the scenes….

Former Alliance Atlantis Communications post-production supervisor Gregor Hutchison, along with partners Peter Sander and Diana West, recently launched Upper Story, a new production entity aimed at commercial and long-form animated work. Sander, previously executive in charge of animation at aac, left…

After a year of shooting music and corporate videos Good Call Productions is moving into the commercial arena….

Much more than a festival, Hot Docs, now in its sixth year, is very much a haven for Canadian doc producers to foster international copros and financing opportunities….

Entering its sixth year, Hot Docs is shifting its industry focus to a broader mandate, hoping to attract a wide public audience and lure more international filmmakers and broadcast executives to the event….

With the number of outlets for documentary programs increasing exponentially, Canadian distributors are faced with a radically altered marketplace in which to sell their product….

As Toronto’s documentary festival gets into gear, so do this year’s four producers with the Ontario Film Development Corporation’s Hot Docs Mentorship ’99….