PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Academy, London has signed Swedish director Jorn Haagen.

Hollywood-based Believe Media has signed director/DP Carolyn Chen.

New York's Cohn + Company has signed director/cameraman Jonathan Brough-Taylor and director Harry Patramanis.

New York's Compulsive Pictures has signed director Johan Tappert.

Bicoastal Coppos Films has signed director Richard Sears.

London's Cowboy Films has signed directors Kevin Molony and Nick Love for commercial representation.

New York-based Crossroads Television has hired project coordinator Sarah Scully.

Curious Pictures has signed Australian director Nick Donkin for US representation.

Boston-based Element Productions has brought Mary Davenport on board as executive producer.

Harry Nash, London has added Danish director Jan Gleie to its roster.

Bicoastal HSI has signed directors Scott Burns and Peter Berg.

Neue Sentimental Film Frankfurt has hired manager Georg Hofer von Lobenstein.

Santa Monica's Steam has hired creative directors Rob Ames and Rob Legato.

New York's Steel Film Productions has added director Linda Hassani to its roster.

Hollywood-based SunSpots has signed feature film director Danny Boyle for commercial representation.

Talkback, London has signed director Johnny Daukes.

Bicoastal Treat his signed director David Emery for commericals.

POST/ANIMATION/AUDIO

London- and New York-based Amber Music has signed director Tony Kaye as a commercial composer.

Santa Monica editorial, post, design and interactive TV company Artifact has hired Olu Aiyegbusi, Paul Alcaraz, Renee Barron and Peter Murphy.

Manhattan's Cool Beans Digital Audio has brought Rick Granoff on board as senior audio designer.

Denver's Base2 Studios has hired Henry artist Susan Johnston.

New York-based post-production house Charlex has announced the addition of film and video artist Alan Neidorf and director/designer Jeet Tailor.

Santa Monica-based audio post boutique Latte Mix has hired mixer/sound designer Dona Richardson.

New York's Liquid Light has hired smoke editor Nathan Hurlburt.

New York-based Post Works has hired visual effects and graphic designer Victor Barroso has head of their graphics and effects division. Barroso comes to Post Works from Flicker fx.

Stimmung of Santa Monica has named Ceinwyn Clark executive producer. Clark was formerly exec producer at Tomandandy and HUM Music + Sound Design.

Sunset Digital of Glendale California has hired Jeff Ross as executive VP/COO. Ross comes to Sunset from Pacific Ocean Post, Santa Monica.

Superior Assembly in Santa Monica has added British native Joel Marcus to its editorial roster.

The Whitehouse, New York, has named Roe Bressan its managing director. Bressan was most recently with New York's Spontaneous Combustion. Also new to The Whitehouse is editor Richard Orrick who comes from London's NWH.

AD AGENCIES

Los Angeles-based davidandgoliath has named Nigel Williams creative director. Previously, Williams was creative director at Suissa Miller Advertising in Los Angeles.

DDB New York has promoted John Staffen to post of executive creative director. He replaces co-executive creative directors David Nathanson and Steve Landsberg who left in 2000.

Deutsch, New York has promoted Mike DePirro to the rank of senior vice president, group creative director. He was promoted from the post of vice president. DePirro joined Deutsch in 1999 from BBDO West.

Hill Holliday of New York has hired creative directors Jeff Harris and Philip Koutsis.

Leo Burnett USA has appointed Mark Tutssel vice chairman/chief creative officer. Tutssel makes the move to the Chicago agency from Leo Burnett/London. Meanwhile, back in London, his former partner Nick Bell is taking over as exective creative director.

McCann-Erickson, San Francisco has named Courtney Buechert its executive vice president and general manager. He comes over from his previous role as managing director of Leagas Delaney, San Francisco. Buechert takes over from Barrie Hedge, who has returned to McCann-Erickson, New York.

Saatchi & Saatchi London, has seen the arrival of creative Paul Ewen. An Australian, Ewen spent the past four years working as creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi Vietnam, Hanoi. Dave Shirlaw, another Australian, will take over creative leadership of the Vietnamese branch.

Y&R Advertising has a new chairman/CEO in Michael Dolan. Dolan leaves his position of CEO of Y&R parent company Young & Rubicam and replaces outgoing Ed Vick, who is retiring.