PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Santa Monica's Area 51 Films hired exec producer Preston Lee, a former founder of production house Play.

Black Dog Films, London signed Ludovic Houplin and Herve De Crecy, 2/3 of directing team H5.

Blink, London has signed animation directing team LynnFoxx.

Bicoastal Cohn + Co. signed David Jellison, formerly of bicoastal Tool of North America.

Cape Town's Egg signed NY-based director Brent Harris, who is still repped by Go Film in the US.

NY's Highway 61 signed director/ cameraman and former snowboarding video guru Jerry Dugan.

Bicoastal HSI Productions signed director Michael Haussman for the US. He also works through Serious Pictures, London.

NY's Rockhard Films will expand now that director Marc Klasfeld has left hungry man to develop commercial production at the music video shop he founded.

Independent London signed South African director Daniel Levi for the UK; he will still work for Gatehouse in Cape Town.

London prodco Outsider signed Swedish directing collective Acne. Outsider also signed former BBC promotions director Ric Cantor.

Rogue, London signed South African director Kim Geldenhuys (Egg, Cape Town) for UK representation.

RSA USA has signed director Erick Ifergan, ex of Believe Media.

LA's Scream Productions has signed Icelandic director Arni thor Jonsson (Saga Film, Iceland) for the US.

Bicoastal Smuggler signed directing duo Zak & Dan and team Happy, who are both repped by Arden Sutherland Dodd in the UK.

London's Stink has signed Brian Beletic for UK representation.

POST / ANIMATION / AUDIO

NY music library and licensing group Associated Production Music hired music director Rich Judice, formerly at The Sound Patrol.

Southfield, MI-based Audio2 and its affilliate, Brad Music, have signed composer Tommy Coster, Jr. of Tommy Sound for exclusive representation.

Austin, Texas' Charlieuniformtango lured editor Sam Selis from his W+K work at Joint Editorial in Portland, Oregon.

New York's Company 3 hired colorist Tim Masick along with his producer Luana Ayres from NY's Moving Images. Ayres will be director of telecine, sharing resources with R!OT Manhattan.

Atlanta's Crawford Communications hired editor Terry Boyer, formerly at Click 3X.

NY audio shop Fluid hired Brad Stratton as senior music producer, formerly VP/music producer at D'Arcy, NY.

London editing shop O.B.E. signed Jono Griffith who's first work was with Traktor.

LA's Primal Scream signed former Los Lobos star Victor Bisette to compose with their world music division.

New York's Slingshot hired director of new business Simone Lazer, formerly a director's rep at Zero 2 Sixty. Senior music producer Billy Senia also joined from his role VP, music producer and director of music production at D'Arcy, NY.

London post shop Smoke and Mirrors hired Flame artist Mark Hopkins from Mill Film.