Actor-director Alan Tudyk (above) is being represented for commercial direction in the U.S. by Redbear Films. Tudyk is directing a new campaign for Slickdeals, and is also set to direct scripted series Con Man, co-produced by Redbear founder P.J. Haarsma and Tudyk's old Firefly co-star Nathan Fillion. Fillion and Tudyk will also act in the series. "I have been lucky enough to work with some amazing directors over the past 20 years," Tudyk said in a prepared statement. "My directing style is borrowed from them all. Imagine if Frank Oz, Mike Nichols, Joss Whedon, Curtis Hanson, Judd Apatow, Brian Helgeland, Jay Roach, Tom Shadyac, and Michael Bay all had sex to produce a director baby. I aspire to be that baby." redbear.tv
Randall Dark (left) and Bulltiger CEO Stephen Brent Jenkins
Production house Bulltiger Productions and producer-director Randall P. Dark opened a new film studio in North Austin, Texas, offering a 10,000-square-foot soundstage and a 2,500 green-screen. The facility is available for rental, with an open house planned in January. Bulltiger is aiming to develop multiple categories of IP — including documentary and narrative film, videogames, and television programming — simultaneously. A "film technology festival" is said to be in the mix of upcoming projects. www.bulltigerproductions.com
Wildfire Studios and Sonic Magic announced a partnership creating the Wildfire Sonic Magic Group, with Sonic Magic merging its operations into Wildfire's facilities on San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles. Sonic Magic will integrate Avid ISIS networks and install its Avid Euphonix consoles alongside Wildfire's Harrison mixing stages, the companies said. Additional mixing stages will be created in the move, the companies said. "We share many of the same clients, and this will enable us to expand the range of services and platforms we can offer to them and others," said Wildfire Senior VP Leslie Shatz in a prepared statement. wildfirepost.com
The Foundry acquired Made with Mischief, which sells Mischief digital drawing software ($25) for OS X and Windows. www.thefoundry.co.uk
Warehousing and distribution of Kodak motion picture film has moved from Kodak's Hollywood facility to Pro-Tek at 3110 N. San Fernando Blvd. in Burbank. Customers should still place orders ahead of time with Kodak, which will take payment, but orders must be picked up between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Pro-Tek warehouse. Questions may be directed to Pro-Tek at 323-468-4450. www.lac-group.com/protek/
Robin Melhuish
Digital Vision made Robin Melhuish, an experienced cinematographer and camera operator, its sales director for the Americas. He is based in the company's Los Angeles office, where he will work with the company's clients in restoration, post, and broadcast. Melhuish was previously at SAN Solutions, Wohler Technologies, Reliance MediaWorks, and Lowry Digital. "As we prepare to unveil a number of new products and some very exciting technologies over the next few months, we are pleased to have built a strong global team," said company President Kelvin Bolah. www.digitalvision.se
Buffalo 8 in Beverly Hills is now representing commercial directors Matt Hoyle, Mark Tiedemann, Charles Wittenmeier, Mike Greene, and Jonathan Kesselman. buffalo8.com
Carlos Perez
Director Carlos Perez, founder of Miami design agency Elastic People, will be represented in the "U.S. Hispanic market" by New York's BaseCamp Entertainment. "From Hispanic Americans to the different regions and cultures of Latin America, no director understands the nuances of these markets better than he does," said BaseCamp owner/EP Mary Pepper Pimienta in a prepared statement. Perez was previously at The Designory in Los Angeles and Pinkhaus in Miami. www.basecampent.com
Brandon Porter, who joined Whitehouse Post in Los Angeles in 2010, has been promoted to the position of editor. Porter has worked on campaigns for Adidas, GE, HP, BMW, and Southwest, among others, Whitehouse said, but he may be best-known at the moment for "Small Plates" (below), a web video that went viral for The New York Times. www.whitehousepost.com
Andrew Gura
Andrew Gura has been signed by BRW Filmland Los Angeles for U.S. commercial representation. Gura is an experienced creative director, writer, photographer and editor with resume work for Scion, BMW, Levi's, 4mm Games, and Def Jam, not to mention album covers for J Dilla, Saul Williams. and Charlie Winston. www.brwfilmland-la.com
Music video and commercial director Cameron Duddy (Iggy Azalea, "Fancy"; Bruno Mars, "Lazy Song") has been signed by production house DNA (David Naylor and Associates). www.dnala.com
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