• GILLESPIE WINS DGA COMMERCIAL KUDOS>

  The third time was a charm for MJZ's Craig Gillespie, capturing the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials honor at this year's DGA Awards, held last weekend in Los Angeles. Gillespie, previously nominated in 2001 and 2002, got the nod this year for two Ameriquest spots for DDB Direct LA ("Surprise Dinner", "Mini-Mart") and two Altoid spots for Leo Burnett, Chicago ("People of Pain", "Fable of the Fruit Bat"). He beat out last year's winner Noam Murro (Biscuit) as well as rostermates Spike Jonze, Rocky Morton and Rupert Sanders.
  http://www.dga.org

• AICP CALL FOR ENTRIES TO INCLUDE NON-TRADITIONAL MEDIA WORK>

  The Association of Independent Commercial Producers has announced that it is opening entries for the 15th Annual AICP Show to work that appears in non-traditional media, meaning that commercials created for new media platforms such as cell phones, iPods, PDAs, and the web will be welcome to enter the range of technical, concept and special categories in the AICP Show alongside traditional media. Reflecting this shift in the spectrum of material accepted, the name of the show has deleted the word 'Television', and will now be known as 'The Art & Technique of the American Commercial'. Only in the show's Advertising Excellence categories (Advertising Excellence/Single Commercial, Advertising Excellence/Campaign and Advertising Excellence/International) will traditional media be distinguished from the new platforms - a new category, Advertising Excellence/Non-Traditional, will be introduced this year. The deadline for the show's call for entries is February 15th.
  http://www.aicp.com

• BAYER COMES BACK TO HSI>

  Having left RSA Films after two-and-a-half years, director Sam Bayer has reportedly returned to HSI, where he had been repped for close to ten years prior to his stint with RSA.
  http://www.hsiproductions.com

• ONE MORE WEEK FOR ONE SHOW SUBMISSIONS>

  The One Show Awards is accepting entries in print, television, radio and design until Feb. 6. As well, One Show Interactive is accepting entries up to the same date for web design, banners and all forms of new media. The two international advertising awards competitions are sponsored by The One Club, and the ceremony will be held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
  http://www.enteroneshow.org

• CADMAN, LIDSTONE COMING TO EURO RSCG>

  Euro RSCG London announced this past week that JWT London's managing director Mark Cadman and head of planning Russ Lidstone are heading over to Euro RSCG to take the roles of CEO and chief strategic officer, respectively. "I am delighted that Mark and Russell have agreed to join us as they are far and away some of the best talent in the UK market," said Euro RSCG Worldwide's global CEO David Jones in a statement.
  http://www.eurorscg.co.uk

• FRASCIONE NAMED CEO FOR BBDO NORTH AMERICA>

  BBDO has named Gerry Frascione, previously president and CEO of the agency's Canadian division, as CEO for North America, reporting to North American chairman and CCO David Lubars. Previously, BBDO worldwide CEO Andrew Robertson had been overseeing North American business. BBDO has also promoted its New York COO Jeff Mordos to COO for North America.
  http://www.bbdo.com

Moxie Pictures has signed directorial duo Gwyneth Paltrow and Mary Wigmore for exclusive worldwide representation for commercials and music videos. The team's short film Dealbreaker was featured at Sundance this year. "We look forward to working with such talented filmmakers not only here in the US but also in Gwyneth Paltrow's adopted hometown of London," said Moxie Pictures' Robert Fernandez in a statement.
http://www.moxiepictures.com

Furlined has signed Douglas Avery for commercial representation in the US. Avery is repped by Independent in the UK, and by Colonel Blimp for music video work in the US and UK.
http://www.furlined.com

Spot Welders' New York office has named Tommy Murov as executive producer. Murov has been with the editorial house for six years as a producer, and had previously worked as a producer with Rubin Postaer in Santa Monica and Fallon in Minneapolis.
http://www.spotwelders.com

Toronto-based editorial house Relish has hired Graham Chisholm as editor. Previously, Chisholm was a freelance editor in Montreal who'd worked for such clients as Coca-Cola, MasterCard and Burger King among others.
http://www.relish.ca

Michigan-based post house GTN Inc. has hired Adolfo Martinelli as colorist. He was most recently with R!OT in Santa Monica and has worked on spots for Comcast, General Motors, DirecTV and McDonald's among others.
http://www.gtninc.com

Los Angeles prodco UNCLE has signed on French-born directorial duo Christophe Navarre and Alain Gourrier. Navarre comes to the company via RSA, while Gourrier was formerly repped by Tate USA. Navarre will continue to be repped by Irene in Paris and RSA in London.
http://www.uncle.tv

New York-based prodco Hornet Inc. has signed Brit directorial duo Model Robot (Sean Miles and Jason Jameson) for US commercial and music video representation. The team is repped by Bermuda Shorts in the UK.
http://www.hornetinc.com

Kalle Haglund has signed with Blink Productions' animation division Blinkink for commercial representation. The former Stylewar director is repped by Blink's Colonel Blimp for music videos.
http://www.blinkprods.com

Bicoastal creative prodco Stardust has hired Michael Neithardt as senior producer to run the company's NY studio. Neithardt, previously an assistant to Bob Weinstein at Miramax Films, had previously worked with Stardust on a number of projects on a freelance basis.
http://www.stardust.tv

Chicago-based post house Optimus has hired visual effects director Matt Daly, previously with Digital Kitchen, for its new graphics department to provide technical and creative direction on CGI and VFX projects.
http://www.optimus.com

London-based prodco Chris Horton Productions has signed BAFTA-nominated commercial director Yoav Factor to its roster.
http://www.chrishortonfilms.com

Modernista! in Boston has named Dustin Johnson as director of its new Engagement Strategy division. Johnson, most recently with Kirschenbaum Bond & Partners in San Francisco as director of media operations, will report to strategy director Gareth Kay. The agency has also hired Max Koepke as assistant video editor.
http://www.modernista.com