• HELLO, MR. BOOMBOOM SPEAKING> Director/photographer Stephane Sednaoui and partner/producer Stephanie Bruni have launched production company mister boomboom, backed by Believe Media. Operating out of Soho, the fledgling prodco is on the verge of three director signings. Sednaoui is known for his visually rich videos and commercials, including spots for DKNY, Bjork and Tricky. With his company he aims to "transcend the boundaries of commercial and music video production with a diverse spectrum of creative directions and compelling visuals."
• CALABASH HANDOVER> Calabash Animation has been sold by founders/owners Ed Newmann and Monica Kendall to employees Wayne Brejcha and Sean Henry. Brejcha will take over as chairman/animation director, while Henry will be president. Newmann and Kendall will serve as independent contractors - Newmann as a freelance animation director and Kendall as a producer. http://www.calabashanimation.com
• YESSIAN IN NYC>Detroit-based Yessian Music opened in New York. The office will be lead by executive producer Marlene Bartos, who officially joined in June to spearhead the opening of the new facility. Yessian will maintain its Detroit office, but plans for an LA venture are already in play. The company currently has LA-based staff composers Hayley Moss and Andy Grush. http://www.yessianmusic.com
• AN ANIMATOR'S WIMZE> Animator Cleber Redondo has opened New Jersey-based Wimze Studios, which specializes in 3D character animation for TV, home video, commercials and games. Wimze is currently in production on the pilot for the 26-episode aniamted series "The Firecrackers." Also in production is the second of Wimze's own properties, "Dinomites," about a cartoon-style family of dinosaurs and targets a preschool audience. http://www.wimze.com/
• THE STORY OF BLAKE> Chicago-based The Story Companies announced the launch of Rebecca Blake Films, a satellite of the Chicago-based company. Led by executive producer Mark Androw, Blake will be the principle director, though the pair plans to expand with more directors in the future.http://www.thestorycompanies.com

Area 51 has signed Hamburg-based director Marc Schöelermann for exclusive US representation. http://www.area51films.com

Brand New School has hired Rachel Kaminek as a staff producer in their West Coast studio. Prior to joining BNS, Kaminek served as Executive Producer of SWAY Studio/LA. She has also worked as a producer for Motion Theory/LA, and began her career as a broadcast producer for Grey Worldwide/SF. http://www.brandnewschool.com

Director Dominic Savage has joined London's The Brave Film Company. Savage directed through Stark, before it merged with Spectre to form Large. He comes to Brave from Large.

Denver's Citizen Pictures, CPG and Base2Studios have restructured resulting in a management shuffle: Citizen Pictures partner/creative director Jeanne Kopeck has been promoted to president/chief creative officer; Ann Fox has been elevated from executive producer of CPG to president/executive producer; and Frank Matson becomes CEO of the three companies while maintaining his role of Base2Studios president. http://www.citizenpictures.com

PostWorks, New York brought on Anthony Caputo as director of post production services. Caputo was most recently VP and director of operations for New York's Moving Images. http://www.pwny.com.

PROMAX&BDA has named Brett Ashy, former director of business development for Troika Design Group and Vice Chairman of the BDA Board of Governors, as Senior Vice President. Ashy becomes a senior member of the PROMAX&BDA management team in this newly created position. Ashy will be based in PROMAX&BDA's Los Angeles headquarters. http://www.promax.tv

Thomas Winter Cooke has signed Michael Fueter exclusively for commercials. This is the first stateside represneation for the Swiss director. http://www.thomaswintercooke.com

The Jonses has signed Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst for exclusive commercial representation. Additionally, the prodco has signed newbie director Adam Rosenblatt, also for commercials.

New York-based Washington Square Films has brought Amy Hobby on as president of the produciton company's newly formed independent films division. Hobby is an indie filmmaker herself, and was founder and partner in Double-A Films. http://www.wsfilms.com

The Whitehouse hired editor Richard Learoyd. He joins the company after editing I, Robot. His first job will be for Samsung, directed by Gerard de Thame of Gerard de Thame Films, London. http://www.whitehousepost.com

X-Ray Productions and merge@crossroads has signed feature, commercial and video director Darren Grant for spots and videos respectively. Both companies are a part of the Crossroads family. http://www.crossroads.com