PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Bicoastal @radical signed Bob Kerstetter.

A Band Apart, LA signed director Thomas Kruggier for the U.S.

London-based All Films signed Tom Geens, previously with Harry Nash.

Area 51, Santa Monica, signed comedy director Charles Wittenmeier for exclusive U.S. spot representation.

Bikini Films, London, signed Tom Routson for exclusive representation in the UK, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

LA's Bob Industries signed director Phil Harder, half of Harder/Fuller Films. He will maintain the latter for music videos.

San Antonio's Cibolo Films added director and photographer Rebecca Blake.

Bicoastal Coppos signed director Lisbon Okafor for spots.

Gartner Films, LA, hired Andrew Hall of Musikvergnuegen as head of business development and marketing.

Highway 61, New York, added director Jeremy Warshaw for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S.

Bicoastal HKM signed directors Barbara McDonough and Nelson Cabrera.

Independent Films, London, signed director Jake Nava for commercial representation in the UK and Europe.

Peter Webber, director of Girl With Pearl Earring, signed with London's Love Productions to direct TV commercials.

POST / AUDIO / ANIMATION

The Blue Rock Editing Co., NY, hired editor David Lee, formerly of P.S. 260.

Charlex, NY, named Ross Scroble senior character animator, 3D department.

Company 3, Santa Monica, hired visual effects editor and artist Rob Doolittle.

Convergence Edit, NY, named editor Oren Sarch partner.

Digital Bucket, Minneapolis, signed graphic designer George Katz and Web developer Justin Wesley.

Bicoastal Face The Music hired composer/producer Drazen Bosnjak as senior CD.

iO Film, North Hollywood, named John Sterneman director, HD post-production.

Bicoastal MusicBox appointed Caitlin Hill director of client services.

Music shop Non-Stop, NY, added Ben Porter as East Coast regional manager.

Radium, CA, hired five members: head of production Dennis Hoffman, CG supervisor Kirk Cadrette, Inferno artist Jon Wank, digital effects artist Chris Biggs, and CG artist/matte painter Darin Hilton.

R!OT Manhattan hired producer Colleen Garvey and promoted Luis Ribeiro to executive producer.

NY's Sideshow named Fred Mushel head of engineering and Michelle Brunwasser, GM and head of business development.

Slingshot Post, NY, hired editor Namakula from London's Final Cut.

The Well, NY, hired former Madhouse editor Terence Ziegler and promoted assistant editor Brent Hardy to editor.

Hollywood's Transistor Studios hired line producer Curtis Mead.

NY's UVphactory hired senior producer Brian Welsh and AD Alexandre Moors.

Moon, London, signed new director Daniel Outram, previously repped through Maverick Media.

Notorious Pictures NY signed Joel Peissig.

LA-based Trio Films signed director Eric Steinman, formerly of Headquarters.

AD AGENCIES

Atlanta's Cole Henderson Drake signed Mary Patton Sage and Cally Bybee as co-creative directors.

Hill, Holliday, Boston, named Nancy Harhut SVP and ECD in relationship marketing. She was formerly SVP and creative director at Mullen.

JWT, London, hired Craig Davis, formerly of Saatchi & Saatchi, to the new role of chief creative officer for JWT Europe, Middle East and Africa. JWT, NY, also named Eric Steinhauser CCO, replacing Michael Campbell.

JWT's entertainment division, IconEntertainment@JWT, added Joanne Schwartz, formerly of Warner Bros. Records, as director of business development, and Dave Lory, foremerly of Mercury Records, as director of music.

Finally, JWT Detroit hired Kevin Teevens and Jack Crifasi as senior copywriter and senior art director, respectively.

Leo Burnett USA named Rick Houghton-Larsen and Jonathan Hoffman vice-chairmen of the agency. Houghton-Larsen, EVP/director of brand planning, will continue to lead Burnett USA's planning department. Hoffman, an EVP/ECD, assumes creative leadership of the U.S. Army and other key accounts.

Lowe, NY, promoted Susan Kantor to president of the New York office after US chief executive Tom Bernardin left to become worldwide president and US CEO of Publicis Groupe's Leo Burnett in Chicago. In addition Lowe, London, hired new creative team Ted Heath and Paul Angus, formerly of M&C Saatchi.

McCann-Erickson Detroit hired Michael Antonucci as senior VP/executive director of broadcast production.

Wieden + Kennedy, London, appointed Neil Christie, previously with Euro RSCG, London, as managing director. Christie succeeds Amy Smith, who's returning to Australia.