SHOOT Magazine, the leading publication for commercial and entertainment production, today announced the names of the 32 directors/directing teams who made the final cut to be included in the SHOOT 2010 8th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel.
The directors come from a great variety of backgrounds including unaffiliated newcomers, several with ad agency pedigrees–including one who’s still on the agency side–and even a helmer whose directorial debut earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. The work entered in this year’s New Directors search conducted from January to early April included documentaries, features, commercials, alternative media content, music videos and spec work. From laughter to tears, drama to horror, spots to movie excerpts, dialogue driven to visual effects fantasy–that’s just a sampling of the range of emotions, genres, mediums and styles on these year’s SHOOT New Directors Showcase Reel.
There was a great deal of very strong work entered in the search that did not make the final reel. SHOOT Publisher, Roberta Griefer, noted that “letting directors know that they did not make the final Showcase is a difficult task but unfortunately the Showcase must be limited to approximately 30 pieces of work or the Showcase Event attendees would be sitting in the theater for days”. All directors who entered the 2010 Search were invited to keep SHOOT editors posted on their upcoming work and SHOOT looks forward to bringing many of them and their future projects to SHOOT readers’ attention in the future.
The SHOOT 2010 8th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel features the following directors:
~AB/CD/CD (Arnaud Boutin, Camille Dauteuille & Clement Dozier)
~Andersen M. Studio (Martin and Line Andersen)
~Alex Beh
~Kris Belman and Scott Balcerek
~Jeff Bitsack
~Aaron Brown & Ben Chappell (a.k.a. Focus Creeps)
~Bill Bruce
~John J. Budion
~Joe Burrascano
~“JD” Joe Daniele
~D.A.R.Y.L. (Montgomery James & Edward Lovelace)
~Gregory de Maria
~Shane Drake
~Marie Dvorakova
~Varda Hardy
~Eric D. Howell
~Ellen Kuras
~Michael Langan
~Ian Allen Lim
~ Dennis Liu
~Mark & Louis (Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland)
~Hiro Murai
~Casey Neistat
~Sam O’Hare
~Seyi Peter-Thomas
~Oliver Power
~Peter Rhoads
~Jessica Sanders
~Ezra J. Stanley
~Andrew Tucci
~Cole Webley
~Jason Zada
The May 7th issue of SHOOT will contain mini-profiles of each director and team. The debut screening of the reel will take place during The 8th Annual SHOOT New Directors Showcase on Tuesday, May 11th, at 6:00PM at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre in New York City. Invited Guests and attendees of the SHOOT Directors Symposium taking place earlier that day will be treated to the screening of the Showcase Reel, panel discussion to meet the New Directors and After-party. On May 12th, SHOOT will post the New Directors Showcase reel plus individual pages on each director with pictures, video of work, additional Q&As, and contact information, on its website at http://nds.shootonline.com immediately after the screening early AM May 12th.
SHOOT is offering an all-inclusive low-cost registration fee of $35.00 to attend both the May 11th SHOOT Directors Symposium and 8th Annual New Directors Showcase. The combined day & evening agendas will provide an ideal environment for directors, producers, ad agency creatives & producers, studio creatives, production company entrepreneurs, and other artists & executives to capitalize on new business opportunities, share expertise, meet new project partners, initiate creative collaboration, source new possibilities for work and help define opportunities in an evolving marketplace now clearly spanning advertising and entertainment, and the merging of those two worlds.
Here’s A Preview Of The Daytime and Evening Agendas Where Learning, the Latest Trends, Great New Work & Networking Will Take Center Stage
The DIRECTORS Symposium Agenda: 9:30am-3:30pm
Series of panel discussions and Q&A sessions featuring leading directors, agency creatives, production company entrepreneurs, and other leading artists and executives who will share their expertise.
9:20-9:50am Attendees check in at the DGA Theatre
9:50am Welcome Remarks
10:00-10:35am The Next Generation: In The Classroom Chair/In The Directors Chair
We kick off the day with two experienced film & commercial directors who are also educators. They will share their career backgrounds, perspectives & insights into being a director today and how they are helping to prepare up-and-coming directors for the real world tomorrow. Training, mentoring and survival tactics for directing advertising & entertainment content in today’s constantly evolving landscape is on the agenda.
Panelists:
—Laura Belsey, Shadow Pictures and C Entertainment & teacher, “Commercial Directing”, Graduate Film School of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
— Bob Giraldi, Giraldi Media & teacher, “The Project Class” & “Evolutionary Dynamics in Advertising”, School of Visual Arts, NY
10:35-11:45am Advertising & Entertainment:Key Creative & Business Issues Of Today & Tomorrow
Valuable information and food for thought for directors, producers, ad agencies, commercial & entertainment production/post companies will be provided by
leading experts from different walks of the industry who will provide perspectives on the some of the most dynamic issues of the day. Topics to be addressed include:
>What does the mesh of traditional media and new forms of content, and social media, mean for commercial & entertainment content creators, ad agencies & marketers?
>What are the changing business models and big legal issues, such as contracts & copyrights?
> What are clients looking for relative to branded entertainment and return on investment? How do the budget parameters differ from those in the traditional commercialmaking world?
Panelists:
—Wayne Best, executive creative director of JWT New York
—Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, Managing Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
—Stacey Mokotoff, President, Bird Bonette Stauderman Inc.
—Allison (Ally) Polly, Head of Strategy and Brand Partnerships, Filmaka Entertainment Studios
—Kristi VandenBosch, CEO, Publicis & Hal Riney
—11:45-12:15pm Showcase Perspective
In preparation of tonight’s screening, we take a look back at two select Showcase directors, and how their careers have progressed, providing inspiration for our latest crop of talent.
Panelists:
—Keith Bearden, Skunk, Annex, and Big Productions, 2008 Showcase Director
—Kevin Kerwin, Authentic Films, 2009 Showcase Director
—12:15-1:10pm Lunch
Casual lunch and conversation downstairs at the DGA Theatre
1:15am-2:30pm Creative Tools—And How They’ve Opened Up Opportunities For Directors
From the high end to the most affordable resources, our panel of experts will discuss some of the various cameras being used today in advertising & entertainment, and their experiences with them spanning long-form, shorts, commercials, webisodes and other forms of content. We’ll delve into digital workflow and the creative flexibility it can afford a filmmaker. And we will eye the potential of 3D encompassing cinema, TV and advertising. Our lineup of panelists addressing a brave new film and digital world will include directors/cinematographers, postproduction and tech experts, and savvy ad agency production executive.
Panelists:
—Bill Bennett, cinematographer, ASC
—Nick Ianelli, VP, Deluxe Postproduction, Toronto
—Craig Leffel, partner/senior colorist, Optimus
—David B. Perry, executive VP/head of TV production, Saatchi & Saatchi, NY & Chairman, 4A’s Broadcast Production Committee
2:30-3:20PM: In The Director/Cinematographer Chair: Caleb Deschanel, ASC
In February, Caleb Deschanel received the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award. ASC president Michael Goi said of Deschanel at the time, “For him to receive this honor while still at the top of his field shows the profound influence and respect he has among his peers.” That influence and respect spans Best Cinematography Academy Award nominations for The Right Stuff, The Natural, Fly Away Home, The Patriot, and The Passion of the Christ. He has also shot such notable films as The Black Stallion, Being There, The Spiderwick Chronicles and My Sister’s Keeper. Deschanel’s directorial career encompasses theatrical features, TV programs and commercials. He co-founded commercial production house Dark Light Pictures in 1993 with executive producer Vincent Arcaro. So in an era of crossing over, Deschanel stands out, bringing movie, TV and cinematographer sensibilities to the commercial director’s chair, as well as an entrepreneurial spirit as reflected in his launching of Dark Light. In this one-on-one interview session, Deschanel shares insights into filmmaking and reflects on a career which is still going strong.
3:20pm Directors Symposium Closing Remarks
New Directors Showcase Screening, Panel & After-party: 6:00pm-10:00pm
From laughter to tears, drama to horror, spots to movie excerpts, dialogue driven to visual effects fantasy–that’s just a sampling of the range of emotions, genres, mediums and styles exhibited annually by a new generation of directors at SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase Event every May. We will screen the work that made the final cut for this year’s Showcase. Here’s the agenda:
6:00pm-6:30pm Attendees check in
6:30-6:40pm SHOOT & DGA Welcome
6:40-7:30pm Debut Screening of the 2010 New Directors Showcase reel
7:30-8:30pm: Meet The New Directors Panel
SHOOT Editor, Bob Goldrich, in a panel discussion with several of the new directors to learn more about them. Two Industry pros join the conversation
Panelists:
—Bonnie Goldfarb, co-founder & executive producer, harvest
—Lora Schulson, co-executive director of content production, Y&R New York
8:30-10:00pm The After Party
Immediately following the last panel, join us downstairs at the DGA for food, drink, mingling with industry friends & making new contacts.
SHOOT Directors Symposium and The SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event Sponsors
SHOOT is pleased to announce that The DGA along with production companies harvest and ONE at Optimus, and Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, are the 2010 “Lead Sponsors”. Kodak, media & entertainment law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, and Arri are “Silver Sponsors” SHOOT greatly appreciates the support of the sponsors.
SHOOT Directors Symposium plus New Directors Showcase Event Information & Event Registration
Event Registration for the Directors Symposium Daytime Event includes the all-day Symposium, lunch & guaranteed seating to the evening New Directors Showcase Event & guaranteed entry to the After Party. Click here to register. Individual tickets are $35. Groups of 3 or more automatically receive 10% off each ticket. For further event details and Registration information is available at www.shootonline.com/go/register
About The New Directors Search / The New Directors Showcase Reel
Each year SHOOT conducts a worldwide search to discover the best up-and-coming directors who, based on their initial work, show promise to soon make major positive contributions to advertising and/or entertainment in its traditional and emerging forms. The search is conducted by SHOOT’s editorial staff with input from advertising agency creative directors & heads of production, as well as production company heads and established directors. This year’s search was conducted from January 1-April 5th, 2010. Over the years, there have been assorted cases of New Directors Showcase helmers going on to gain industry prominence. Consider David Gray who was in the 2005 Showcase and a year later went on to be nominated for the DGA Award as best commercial director of the year. (Gray was at Hungry Man when included in the ’05 Showcase and has since moved over to Station Film). And last month Ross Katz won the DGA Award for outstanding achievement in movies for TV/miniseries on the strength of his HBO film Taking Chance, the same film which garnered him inclusion in SHOOT’s ’08 New Directors Showcase. (Katz is available for select spot assignments via TWC.)
To enter the search, a director must be directing traditional broadcast TV commercials less than 2 years (less than 3 years if work has been regional). On the submission form there is a special NOTE saying: “VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please do NOT enter if you do not fit the criteria!! It’s inevitably discovered if a director has been directing commercials longer than the entry criteria. Disregarding the entry rules is embarassing for the director and not fair to those who qualify. We greatly appreciate your cooperation in providing this great opportunity to those who fit the entry criteria”. Whether it’s the director him/herself entering or a production executive on the director’s behalf, whoever submits the form, signs the form certifying information submitted is accurate.
About SHOOT Magazine
SHOOT® Magazine is the leading publication for commercial and entertainment production. SHOOT covers news and trends including the global paradigm shift toward digital video content creation. SHOOT Magazine is edited for agency & studio creatives & producers, commercial and entertainment production/post industry executives and artisans, and brand marketer production executives. Through its “News” and “ScreenWork” sections, “Columns” and in-depth “Features”, each issue publishes timely news, relevant information and a behind-the-scenes look at the best new work and profiles/interviews with industry news makers. In addition, SHOOT reports on the latest cinematography, post & editing technology and equipment. If the work involves advertising and entertainment motion picture content that consumers view on a screen—a TV screen, Cinema screen, Computer screen, Mobile screen or Game screen, SHOOT is searching out who’s doing the most innovative work and what’s coming next. For further information please visit SHOOTonline®. Follow SHOOT on Twitter.
