December 14, 2007

Miller Time At Global Production Network

LOS ANGELES, December 14, 2007, Robert Goldrich --- Jonathan Miller, a commercialmaking veteran with experience spanning the ad agency, production house and production service arenas, has come aboard Los Angeles-headquartered Global Production Network (GPN) as director of client services. Headed by founder/owner Harry Tracosas, GPN represents a roster of leading production service companies in 70-plus countries. GPN maintains exclusive relationships in each country with a single production services shop.

Among GPN's mainstay clients are spot production houses in North America, primarily the United States, that are seeking expertise and production service resources to produce select jobs in foreign markets. GPN provides location and talent research, bidding, logistical problem solving and cost comparisons up front before linking its clients with the proper production service shop in the country or countries that make the most sense for a particular project.

Tracosas related that the hiring of Miller should translate into growth on a couple of prime fronts for GPN. For one, having Miller on hand to service clients will free Tracosas to travel more and cultivate business beyond GPN's core stateside clientele. GPN has a smattering of such activity; for example, it recently helped facilitate a Coca-Cola shoot in Uruguay for production house client Film Construction, with offices in Auckland, N.Z. and Sydney.

Additionally, Miller brings hands-on experience in independent feature production to GPN. Tracosas is banking on Miller being able to help GPN spread its wings into serving the indie film business. On the feature front, Miller was involved in the early stages of Focus, directed by Neal Slavin. And Miller has worked with assorted feature directors over the years—including John Badham, Rob Cohen, Ericson Core and Peter Hyams—on commercials.

Most recently, Miller served as managing director of Raleigh Film Budapest, laying the foundation for Raleigh Studios' production services venture in Hungary. Upon returning to the United States after that stint, Miller connected with Tracosas and the two, who have known each other for many years, entered into a dialogue that ultimately led to Miller coming into the GPN fold.

Prior to Raleigh, Miller most recently served as executive producer/principal in Hollywood-based commercial production house Two Trick Pony. He made his first career mark as an agency producer at Leo Burnett, Chicago, and FCB Chicago. He then shifted over to the production house side, serving as president of such former shops as Image Point Productions (the former TV commercial division of Cannell Studios) and Harmony Pictures. He later headed L.A.-based Mutiny Productions, the in-house arm of TBWA\Chiat\Day.

Among GPN's recent jobs are a Monster.com shoot in Argentina, directed by Rupert Sanders of bicoastal MJZ; a Ritz crackers commercial, also lensed in Argentina for bicoastal Brand New School and a Caress assignment in Brazil for New York-based production house Psyop.

The production service companies repped by GPN encompass the U.S., Africa, Asia/Pacific Rim, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Canada.

About Global Production Network

Global Production Network (GPN) is an agency representing an elite roster of top-tier production service companies internationally. For further information on GPN and its partner companies, please contact Harry Tracosas at 323-939-9639 or visit www.globalproductionnetwork.com.

For more information contact:

Global Production Network
Sally Kraus
Telephone: 323-937-8866
Email: sally@globalproductionnetwork.com