PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Addiction, a London-based spot/music video company, added Dan Curwin as head of production.

Hollywood production and marketing company Angelsmith named Bruce Wayne Yip MD.

Washington, DC-based prodco Atomic Dog signed Carol Flaisher as consultant.

The Directors Bureau, Los Angeles, signed director collective Shynola, out of London.

A Few Miles North, Venice, CA, signed music video director Erik White, whose title is EVP.

London-based Godman signed Albert, a.k.a. BBC directors Andy Poyiadgi and Barry Kimber.

Bicoastal Go Films took on Gary Rose as an equal partner and EP.

Culver City-based HSI Productions signed director Joseph Kahn.

Limbo Films, Portland, signed director Greg Penner, formerly of Tyee Euro RSCG.

Lost in Space's prodco division Enchanted, London, signed zeitguised (a.k.a. Jamie Raap and Henrik Mauler).

Newnewfilms, Toronto, took on directors Mark Reber, Brent Thomas and Thom Higgins for exclusive Canadian representation.

Red Truck Films, Raleigh, NC, signed director Kevin Bourland.

London's Rogue signed director/ writer Kevin MacDonald for spots.

Spank Films, Toronto, signed Canadian directors James Hyslop and Sammy Ray Welch.

Spectre, London, signed director Oliver Ashton. He was previously with Atomic Arts, London.

London prodco Stink signed director Sven Super.

Australasian prodco The Sweet Shop added director Noah Marshall, producers Cindy Wilson and Sarah Vincent, and senior producer Tony Whyman.

Toronto prodco YYZ Pictures signed Jeffrey Berry and Jim McGorman for spots in Canada.

POST / AUDIO / ANIMATION

Austin's 501 Post acquired editors Travis Aitken and Luis Lacau.

Chicago editorial boutique Amazon hired Laurel Dobose as EP.

Audio post-production company audioEngine, NY, welcomed mixer John Grant to the company.

ComputerCafé Animation and Visual Effects in Santa Maria, CA, added Grzegorz Jonkajtys as digital animator.

Digital Bucket, Minnesota/California, added designer/new media programmer Tom Benbow.

Howling Music in Malibu Lake, CA, took on Kimberly Lambert as senior producer. Lambert was formerly an agency producer at Doner, Detroit.

Santa Monica-based editorial house Lost Planet added editors Saar Klein and Peter Mostert.

Northern Lights Post, a New York creative post house/design boutique, added veteran editor Robert Pennington to its roster for commercials.

New York-based editorial boutique PS 260 took on producer Michelle Thibeault.

R!OT, Santa Monica, promoted associate producer Diana Young to visual effects producer.

Animation studio Skunk, London, signed directors Kingsize, a.k.a Mika Pollack and Andreas Pettersson; Acne Characters, a branch of the Acne directing collective; and Jan Cafourek.

In Toronto, Spin Animation and Design welcomed visual effects artist Jeff Campbell as a partner.

Andy Milkis rejoined Splash, New York, as creative director/visual effects supervisor.

At digital effects company Spontaneous Combustion, NY, Cara Buckley is now assistant producer.

Steel Rose Editorial, NY, welcomed editors Sophie Scoufaras and Nicole Futoran aboard.

Digital effects and CG animation studio Zoic, Los Angeles, added visual effects artist Steve Meyer.

AD AGENCIES

In Detroit, BBDO hired Tom Luke as executive vice-president and creative strategic planning director. Luke comes from J. Walter Thompson.

At Carmichael Lynch, MN, Jim Nelson was promoted to ECD. Nelson has been at the agency since 1991.

Cole Weber/Red Cell's Portland office promoted group director Rebecca Armstrong to MD.

Cramer-Krasselt in Chicago added senior art director Mel Kreilein and copywriter Bill Hollister. Both arrive from freelancing for Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Kreilein previously worked at Cole & Weber and Caldwell VanRiper. Hollister is a veteran of Arnold, where he worked on the American Legacy "Truth" campaign.

Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, Miami, promoted Rupert Samuel and David Rolfe to co-directors of broadcast production. Both formerly held the title of senior producer. Sara Gennett Lopez, previously VP/director of broadcast production, becomes VP/broadcast business manager.

In Minneapolis, Fallon Worldwide promoted Mark Sitley to the position of director of production, North America. Before joining Fallon in 1999, Sitley was an agency consultant and commercial director.

Grey, New York, acquired creative team of writer Ari Halper and art director Stephen Krauss from J. Walter Thompson, NY.

Hill, Holliday named Jeroen Bours executive creative director of the Boston-based agency's New York office, following two years as ECD/senior partner at Ogilvy & Mather, NY. Before that, he was SVP creative director at DDB, NY.

Lowe, London, appointed Matthew Bull as chief executive. Bull comes from Lowe Bull Calvert Pace, South Africa. He replaces Chris Thomas.

Boston-based Modernista! added C. Clift Jones as president. Co-founders and CDs Gary Koepke and Lance Jensen will become chair and CEO, respectively.

PJ DDB, Toronto, promoted Andrew Simon to associate CD from senior copywriter.