PRODUCTION COMPANIES

London's 2AM Films has signed director Andy Margetson, who most recently worked through MTV.

Believe Media has signed director Zack Snyder for US and UK projects. Snyder was previously represented by HSI Productions.

London's Brave Films has signed directors David Hartley and Olivier Venturini.

David Naylor & Associates (DNA) has signed Marco Brambilla.

JFA, London, has signed top Indian commercials director Prasoon Pandey for representation in the UK.

Bicoastal Gartner has signed director Martin Cannellakis, formerly of hungry man, for commercial representation in the US.

Green Dot Films, Santa Monica, has signed director Duncan Sharp.

Lot 47 Films has signed director Steve Carr, formerly of Propaganda.

Manarchy Films, Chicago, has signed director Randy Diplock for US representation. He continues to be repped by Apple Box in Canada.

Toronto's Navigator Films has signed South African director/DP Michael Buckley for Canadian representation. Buckley works through Frieze Films in South Africa.

Republica Films, Miami has hired Aurelio "Yeyo" Marquez as associate executive producer. Marquez comes to the company from Miami's BVI, where he was exec producer.

Stark Films, London, has signed director Zak Ove, who previously worked through now defunct BFCS.

Bicoastal Treat has announced the signing of directors Kevin Bourland and David Emery.

Bicoastal Villains has signed director/adman Larry Frey for representation in the US. He was previously with @radical.media.

POST/ANIMATION/AUDIO

Digital Kitchen, Seattle and Chicago, has signed designer/director David Carson.

FilmCore, Santa Monica has promoted Christie Price from post-production supervisor to producer.

New York-based Fluid, a design/visual/effects and original music company has expanded into sound design with the hiring of sound designer Fred Szymanski.

Howling Music has set up shop in New York and hired composer Dan Goldberg and sales rep Andrew Hall. Goldberg, a freelance composer will continue to work out of his New York studio, which is now Howling's East Coast base. Hall is perhaps better known as an actor; for many years he had a regular role on the popular BBC series The EastEnders.

Mad River Post, Santa Monica, has hired editor Steve Prestemon, who comes over from Swietlik, Santa Monica.

London's Moving Pictures Company has hired colorist Moncho Sanchez-Gomez. Sanchez-Gomez was formerly on the telecine at Barcelona's La Truka.

Reality Check Studios, Los Angeles hired Chilean designers Francisco Chaigneau and Matias Rivera. Chaigneau and Rivera are the founders of CineFX, Santiago, Chile, the first post house in Chile to work in 3D animation and provide high-end Mac driven visual effects.

Rough House Editorial, has hired Flame/Smoke artist Michael Angelo.

Terminal, a Santa Monica editorial company has hired producer Amy Russo.

Spontaneous Combustion, New York has named Sally Kapasalis managing director and hired live action director Bob Mowen, who comes over from Zero2Sixty.

AD AGENCIES

Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago, has named Scott Wild VP/group creative director.

DDB, New York has promoted Brian Fandetti, Kate Murphy, Thom Baginski and Janey Guillet to the status of group creative directors.

Deutsch, Los Angeles has promoted Alex Brook from associate producer to producer, and Rebecca Darvin has been promoted from producer to senior producer. Associate creative directors Michael Bryce, Mark Musto and Chris Ribeiro have also added VP status to their titles.

Harris Drury Cohen, Fort Lauderdale, has announced that Michael Cannon has been promoted to executive creative director/partner of the agency.

The Interpublic Group of Companies has named McCann Erickson Worldgroup executive VP Gunnar Wilmot its top executive.

McCann-Erickson UK has announced that Luke White is to become the sole creative director of the London office. White was previously stationed at McCann's youth agency Magic Hat.

Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer Euro RSCG (MVBMS), New York, has promoted creative director Israel Garber and broadcast producer Sidney Rothberg to partners.

Mother, London has hired Argentine creatives Sebastian Wilhelm and Juan Cabral, both formerly with Buenos Aires agency Agulla & Baccetti.

London-based agency Mustoe Merriman Herring Levy has hired Mick Mahoney and Andy Amadeo as its joint creative directors.

TBWA, London, has scooped star copywriter/art director Paul Silburn. Silburn comes to the TBWA following a brief stint with Leith London, prior to which he was with Leo Burnett.