Mat Bisher has been promoted from group creative director to executive creative director at McCann. In his new capacity, he will have responsibility on McCann’s global Microsoft account as well as New York’s Jose Cuervo business.
Bisher first joined McCann in 2005 as sr. art director, and was instrumental in developing the winning Microsoft pitch. In 2013, his “Have a Story” campaign helped win the Jose Cuervo account. Prior to joining McCann, Bisher was an art director at BBDO New York. His efforts at McCann have supported clients such as Verizon Wireless, MasterCard, Chevy, Nature Valley and Dentyne.
His work has been recognized by Cannes, the One Show, D&AD, the Webby awards, the AICP Show, Clio Awards, the International Andy Awards and the Favorite Website Awards (FWA). Bisher was key to the Nature Valley “Trail View” platform, ranked as one of the most-awarded digital campaigns in the world in 2013, according to The Gunn Report.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More