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PEOPLE BRIAN BOWMAN Nice Shoes, a NYC-based design, animation, vi- sual effects and color grading studio, has added Brian Bowman to its team. He will head the company’s design department, serving as creative director. Bowman came to Nice Shoes after spending time as creative director at Digital Kitchen and as a designer at Tronic Studios. His hir- ing is part of the studio’s long-term growth strat- egy, which included the merging of design and ani- mation company Freestyle Collective into Nice Shoes’ operations late last year. BOWMAN SYBIL MCCARTHY Edit house Beast has hired Sybil McCarthy as executive producer of its LA facility. She spent the past two-and-a-half years working as a freelance agency producer as part of the Poolhouse collec- tive. Prior to working as a freelancer, McCarthy served as executive producer at LA’s Jigsaw Edito- rial. From ‘97-’05, she was a senior agency pro- ducer at TBWA Chiat Day, Los Angeles. Her ca- reer also includes serving as a senior producer for the Arnold agency. MCCARTHY GREG KIERNAN Avid editor Greg Kiernan has joined the team at Blue Room in New York City. He brings with him strong experience in the advertising and promo world, particularly in the Hispanic market. Kiernan has been an Avid beta and alpha tester since Version 1. He joins Blue Room from Bond in NYC where, for the last 10 years, he was senior/supervising editor. From ‘88 to ‘00, he made his home in Albuquerque, NM, where he was a partner and senior editor at :30 Second Street. WARDNER MIKE WARDNER Full-service creative studio Riot Atlanta has added Smoke artist Mike Wardner to its talent roster. He brings a wealth of experience on Au- todesk’s Smoke and Flame platforms, and is skilled in compositing, editorial finishing, color grading and offline editing.Wardner joins Riot Atlanta from Philly’s Shooters Post & Transfer, where he edited both offline and online. Prior to Shooters,Ward- ner worked with SF’s Rough House Editorial, working on commercials, feature-length films and corporate videos. POST MAGAZINE (ISSN 0891-5628) is published monthly by Post,LLC, a COP Communications company , 620 West Elk Avenue, Glendale, California 91204. Subscription rates: $63 for one year in the United States & Possessions; $94 for one year in Canada and Mexico; all other countries $133 for one year . For air-expedited service, include an additional $75 per order annually. Single copies (prepaid only): $16 in the United States; $32 in Canada and Mexico; $47 all other countries. Back issues, if available, are $32 for the U.S.& Possessions; $63 for Canada and Mexico; $94 for all other countries. Include $8.00 per order plus $3 per additional copy for U.S. postage and handling. If shipping outside the U.S., include an addition- al $14 per order plus $5 per additional copy. Periodicals postage paid at Glendale CA 91205 and additional mailing offices. 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PETER MARIN, MARTIN LAZARO VFX house Method Studios has boosted the talent pool at its New York facility.VFX supervisor Peter Marin has worked in visual effects since ‘97, when he first joined The Mill as a Flame artist. He has since served as VFX supervisor at Frame- store CFC in Reykjavik, Iceland, Sydney’s Animal Logic and Sweden’s Redrum. From ‘02-’08, Marin was partner/senior creative artist/VFX supervi- sor/head of 2D and 3D at Stockholm Post. Senior Flame artist Martin Lazaro has over 15 MARIN years of experience in VFX. He got his start as a graphic designer at Metrovision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, designing commercials and TV shows before forming his own boutique, Dynamo Post. He later moved to Spain, where he worked on numerous high-end VFX commercials and feature film projects. Prior to joining Method, Lazaro headed the VFX department as a Flame artist/VFX supervisor at Wildchild Post and Resident Creative Studio in New York City. ©Copyright 2010 POST, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including by photocopy , recording or information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the inter- nal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by is granted by POST, LLC for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Dr. Danvers, MA 01923 phone:978-750-8400 fax 978-750-4470; call for copy- ing beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. For those not registered with the CCC, send permission request in writing to Permissions Dept. POST, LLC 620 West Elk Avenue, Glendale, California 91204. AMY MASSINGALE-HASSLER Santa Monica-based CG studio Shade has signed Amy Massingale-Hassler as executive pro- ducer. She brings more than a decade of produc- tion and post experience, and will be responsible for heading up business development as well as targeting opportunities in the digital space. Prior to joining Shade, Massingale-Hassler was an EP for Radium. Before that, she was EP of the commercial division at Rhythm & Hues. She began her produc- tion career in 1998 working in animation and post at Will Vinton Studios (now Laika) in Portland, OR..