•BOARDS 'DIRECTORS IN DEMAND' CLIOS REEL NOW ONLINE>If you missed Boards' associate editor Barry Walsh's presentation of our 2008 Directors in Demand reel at the Clio Awards and Festival in Miami last week, fear not, the complete reel is now available online thanks to AdBeast. Check it out here and to read our Clios coverage, including a round-up of winners, click here.

•SIX BLACK PENCILS AWARDED AT D&AD> Fallon, London's much-discussed "Gorilla" for Cadbury picked up a Black Pencil for TV/cinema at the 2008 D&AD Awards Ceremony Thursday night, one of six handed out at the UK ad industry's pre-eminent industry event. This is the first time in D&AD's 45-year history that six Black Pencils have been awarded. The other winners were Milk "Get the Glass" by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Uniqlo "UNIQLOCK" by Projector, Tokyo for online advertising and Apple for iMac and iPhone, making the company the biggest single winner of Black Pencils, with six won since 1999. London's The Partners also picked up a Black Pencil for "The National Gallery Grand Tour", a poster campaign featuring life-size facsimiles of real paintings.

Sixty-four Yellow Pencils were also given out. Frederic Planchon, Frank Budgen and Ringan Ledwidge picked up TV/cinema direction for Vodafone, "Time Theft", Sony Bravia, "Play-Doh" and Levi's "Dangerous Liaisons", respectively. BBH and Hakuhodo became the first agencies to win Pencils for Mobile Marketing, while Nintendo won two in the gaming category. Norway's Motion Blur picked up a Pencil for direction in the viral category for Hydro ""Train". Integrated winners were BBDO, New York for HBO "Voyeur", McCann-Erickson/TAG for Halo 3 "Believe" and Crispin Porter + Bogusky for "Coke vs. Coke Zero".
http://www.dandad.org

•'THE GUM THIEF', 7UP TOP WINNERS AT BESSIES> A direct-to-client campaign for the Douglas Coupland book The Gum Thief by Toronto production company Crush shared Best In Show honors with the 7UP spot "Emoticon Susan" by BBDO Canada at The Bessies, the Canadian ad industry's top award show. Gold winners included the Warchild Canada campaign "Camp Okutta" by john st., 7UP "Elevator Talk Tony", Parmalat Canada "Stairs" and United Nations High Commission for Refugees "Dave", all by BBDO Canada, and "Electricity or Rent" for Habitat for Humanity by Cossette.
http://www.thebessies.ca

•STRAIGHT 8 RETURNS TO CANNES LIONS>Tickets are now on sale for Super 8 film fest straight 8's Cannes Lions screening. The "Best of the Ad Bunch" screening will take place on June 20 at 11 a.m. at the Star Cinema (98 Rue d"Antibes), in association with Rushes Post Production and DDB. This year's program features short films by RSA director Ben Dickinson, Industry Films' Anton Purr and Flynn Productions' Ben Canny, as well as films by creative types from agencies such as DDB, M&C Saatchi, Glue, Mother, McCann Erickson and Specsavers. To see the full line-up and to buy tickets, head to the straight 8 website and to see a teaser of this year's films, check out the trailer on YouTube.

•N.E.R.D. HOOKS UP WITH T.A.G.> Hip hop mega-producer Pharrell Williams has turned to San Francisco-based agency T.A.G. to create an integrated campaign hyping his band N.E.R.D.'s new single, "Everyone Nose". Williams initially approached HSI Productions with the idea of doing a "branding experience" rather than a traditional music video. The company suggested working with the creatives at T.A.G., who in turn dreamt up an integrated-campaign based on an interactive music video. The result is everyonenose.com, a site inspired by night life photographer Bronques' raunchy photo blog . Viewers can activate individual clips from the video of hipsters and celebs partying at a N.E.R.D. show, which eventually vanish, replaced by the words "removed by request". The site also links to band merch and iTunes, where fans can purchase the single. A traditional video directed by HSI Productions' Diane Martel and featuring cameos by celeb scenesters Kanye West and Lindsay Lohan is now playing in the screening room.

•PARISIAN PHOTOGRAPHER PLASTERS PARTIZAN> French "photographic graffiti" artist JR has turned London into one big solo show after the Tate Modern refused to paste a giant blow-up of one of his photos on its façade. The first building to be decorated is none other than Partizan London's Soho office, which JR has adorned with one of his early portraits. JR has worked with director Al Siddons on a forthcoming breakdance documentary, and through director LO-DEF, who documented the 25-year-old photographer's "Women Are Heroes" project for Médecins Sans Frontiéres.
http://www.jr-art.net

TBWA\Chiat\Day, New York has confirmed that former Y&R, Chicago CCO and managing partner Mark Figliulo has joined the agency as chairman and chief creative officer.
http://www.tbwaworld.com

WPP has appointed former Digitas Boston president Torrence Boone as CEO of Project Da Vinci, a new global agency created to consolidate new client Dell's worldwide marketing needs in one agency.
http://www.davincistart.com

Energy BBDO in Chicago has hired Andrew Kasprzycki as SVP, managing director, to lead the agency's digital arm, which will be branded Proximity, in line with the global agency's Proximity Worldwide Network.
http://www.energybbdo.com

JWT, New York has hired Sarah Barclay, formerly of Saatchi & Saatchi, as executive creative director.
http://www.jwt.com

Bicostal/London-based Station Film has signed Dutch director Jelle.
http://www.stationfilm.com

Curious Pictures has hired John Cline as head of production.
http://www.curiouspictures.com

Saville Productions in New York has signed New Zealand filmmaker Christine Jeffs for North American spot rep.
http://www.savilleproductions.com

Spy Films, Toronto has signed Radical Friend and Alexes for worldwide spot rep.
http://www.spyfilms.com

Barcelona's Agosto has inked a deal with Buenos Aires' Pioneer Productions to rep its roster in the Argentinean market.
http://www.agosto.tv

MPC London has hired flame artists/VFX supervisors Yourick Van Impe and Rob Walker.
http://www.moving-picture.com

Crossroads UK has signed director Caswell Coggins, formerly of Draw Pictures, and Chris Debney, founder of animation team DirtyUK.
http://www.crossroadsfilms.com

Teak Motion Visuals in San Francisco has hired editor DJ Joo.
http://www.teakmotionvisuals.com

Smoke & Mirrors, London has hired flame artist/VFX super Nico Cotta and producer James Niklasson.
http://www.smoke-mirrors.com

LA's Rhythm + Hues Commercial Studios has added James Wahlberg to its roster.
http://www.rhythm.com

Burbank-based multi-platform production company Wild Canary Media has opened for business. The company is headed up by former ka-chew/Klasky-Csupo exec Richard Marlis and Italia Partners founder Carmen Italia. They are joined by EP of animation Liz Seidman, directors Paul DeMeyer and Gary Johns and producer Chris Hutchinson. Bryan Blevins becomes CGI supervisor and lead TD artist is James Parks.
http://www.wildcanary.com

STORY, Los Angeles has signed director Scotty Bergstein for US spot rep.

Cutters, Inc. Chicago has hired Will Kneip as business development director.
http://www.cutters.com

Atlanta's Pogo Pictures has signed director Ryan Smith for commercial representation in the Southeast.
http://www.pogopictures.com

Deutsch, LA has hired Valencia Gayles as SVP, group account director to lead on the newly acquired Dr. Pepper account.
http://www.deutschinc.com