By A SHOOT Staff Report
December 16, 2014 On the strength of Selma, Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to be nominated for a Best Director Golden Globe Award….Little Minx has added director Luca Guadagnino to its roster for commercial representation. Guadagnino has worked with high end fashion brands including Giorgio Armani, Cartier, Sergio Rossi and Salvatore Ferragamo. For the latter, Guadagnino helmed a short film for the digital campaign “Walking Stories, “ an eight-part web series which took viewers to L.A., Shanghai and Florence, centering on a couple’s journey as they fall in love. This project resulted in Ferragamo being named Marketer of the Year by Women’s Wear Daily. Guadagnino has also been active on the feature front. His movie I Am Love, starring frequent collaborator and Academy Award-winning Tilda Swinton, went on to earn a staggering 14 awards and 26 nominations including Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards. He is currently in postproduction for his latest film, A Bigger Splash starring Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson….Director Jonathan Herman, known for his comedic storytelling and strong visual narrative, has come aboard the roster of The Corner Shop for U.S. representation. Herman, who was formerly handled in the American ad market by Rattling Stick, continues to be repped in the U.K. by Blink….
December 14, 2009 Director/cameraman Ericson Core has joined Venice-based production house Wild Plum for commercials and branded content. Core comes over from Backyard, another Venice shop, where he spent the past three years. His move to Wild Plum marks a reunion for him with several artisans there, most notably company EP/partner Shelby Sexton. Core and Sexton first worked together at the venerable Plum Productions….Director Hélène Friren has joined Aardman Animations’ commercials department, which produces around 80 spots a year for the European and U.S. markets, as well as branded content, websites and games. She comes over to the Bristol-based studio from Tandem Films, London. Friren’s directorial credits in the ad arena include commercials for such clients as Yoplait, Orange, and Great Ormond Street Hospital…..Up in the Air led Golden Globe film contenders with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick….
Human promotes Kamela Anderson to West Coast EP and head of sync
Music production and supervision company Human has promoted Kamela Anderson to West Coast executive producer and head of sync. In this new role, Anderson will oversee all West Coast operations for Human, including PostHuman, an independent postproduction entity.
As Human’s former head of sync and A&R, Anderson helped build the music supervision department. Anderson has spent the past eight years in various roles within Human. She has grown with the company as a rising voice in commercial music.
Anderson’s career in advertising began in sales at HSI Productions before joining Anonymous Content to work in its in-house sales department. After that, her journey at Human began, where Anderson worked on several notable brand films that went on to win many industry awards, including four Clio Awards, a Bronze Pencil, a Gold Andy Award, and a Silver Lion. Her work at Human spans brands like Apple, Xbox, Adidas, Samsung, Amazon, BMW, Netflix, NFL, Meta, Gatorade, Google, Doritos, Mountain Dew, and a Nike spot which garnered recognition from the soundtrack’s artist. For “Dream Further,” Nike’s gloriously girl-powered ad promoting the Women’s World Cup, Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” was synced, delivering optimal emotional impact. Jett later lauded this needle drop as “stunning” and “carrying a strong message beyond the brand” while being honored that year with a Bronze Clio.
“I built HumanSupervision as a new offering in 2020, and we’re continuing to expand our reach, both on the West Coast and internationally,” remarked Anderson. “My creative partner Mike Jurasits and I are very hands-on collaborators and continue to push the envelope with our artist partnerships. Recently, we took a simple music supervision... Read More