PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Bravo Zulu of Santa Monica has signed director Jordan Brady, formerly of HKM Productions.

LA-based Coma Industries has signed Sex and the City director Michael Spiller for commercial representation. The company has also signed German director Katja von Garnier for exclusive worldwide representation.

London's Harry Nash has signed fomer Ance director Lukas Hammar for worldwide representation, with the exception of Scandanavia.

London production company Huge has signed directing team Felt (made up of Dominic Bridges and Richard Carroll). The pair is represented in the US by Public Works and were previously repped in the UK by Blink.

Santa Monica production house Independent Media has signed Terry Zwigoff for commericals.

New York's Open Frame Productions has signed director/designer Bill Aylward, who comes from design house Fred+Ethel.

Santa Monica-based Plum Productions has signed directors Rob Lieberman and Charley Stadler to its roster. Lieberman previously directed through his own company Lieberman & Co. Stadler is signed to Gap Films in his native Germany and Spy Films in Canada.

London's The Producers has signed directors Brian Percival and Sebastien Chantrel for UK commercial and music videorepresentation. Chantrel directs through Premiere Heure in France.

RSA USA has signed directing team Acne Film and director Richie Smyth, in addition to appointing Philip Fox-Mills to the position of head of sales.

London's Unit9 has signed MD Mark Iremonger, former managing director of cross-platform production company Sleeper.

POST / ANIMATION / AUDIO

Minneapolis-based Echo Boys Music & Sound Design has hired composer Alex Berglund.

Santa Monica visual effects house Colorado has hired Dana Townsend as executive producer. Townsend comes to Colorado from Radium.

New York-based Edgeworx has hired Caleb Cooks as in-house director/ exec producer. Cooks comes to Edgeworx from PBS.

Bicoastal Face the Music has hired record producer/songwriter Tony Shimkin. He comes to Face the Music from his own New York-based music and sound design company LMNOP.

New York's The Ink Tank has hired video animator Mary Varn.

Liquid Light, New York has hired creative director Kieran Walsh. Walsh joins Liquid Light from R!ot Manhattan.

The Mill, London has hired Stephen Venning as operations manager for its 3D department and Judy Roberts as an inferno operator. Venning was most recently at Rushes. Roberts joins from Smoke and Mirrors.

New York-based Northern Lights Post has hired Andrea Rhodes as head of sales and new business. Rhodes joins the company from The Shooting Gallery.

New York's Post Production Playground has hired colorist Ben Perez, formerly of R!ot Manhattan as partner and senior colorist.

Santa Monica's Stimmung has hired music supervisor Liza Richardson.

Terminal, a Santa Monica-based edit facility, has hired Amy Russo as a producer.

Tomandandy, Los Angeles has named Pegi Murray producer. Murray comes over to Tomandandy from Atomcandy, the record label affiliate of the bicoastal music house.

AD AGENCIES

Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee has hired senior art director Chad Vander Lugt, art director Simon Kao and copywriter Greg King. The new hires come from Frankel, Chicago, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Detroit and MVBMS/Euro RSCG, New York respectively.

D'Arcy, New York has named Bob Nelson executive vice president and managing director, global creative services. Nelson was most recently executive vice president, director of broadcast production at Lowe.

D'Arcy, Germany has named Hans Albers chief creative officer.

Deutsch, New York has named Florence Buchanan senior vice president, executive creative director. Buchanan comes over to Deutsch from JWT, New York, where she was creative director, partner.

Doner, Detroit has hired VP/creative director Larry Donabedian, who comes from PentaMark Worldwide Detroit, where he served as vice president/associate creative director.

Euro RSCG Circle, Boston has hired Matthew Charde as senior VP/director of multimedia entertainment.

Hill, Holliday, Boston has promoted Marty Donohue to executive VP/executive creative director from senior VP/group creative director.

Leo Burnett/Brussels, Belgium, has named André Rysman executive creative officer.

Publicis, New York, has hired Tom Godici, Andi Bird and Stephanie Sigg. Godici comes over from Ogilvy & Mather, New York to be a senior principal and creative director with Publicis. Bird and Sigg, both art directors, come from TBWA/Chiat/Day and Wieden & Kennedy, respectively.

Ziccardi Partners Frierson Mee, New York has promoted Joe Fontana from executive VP/director of creative services to general manager/partner.