Bicoastal Brand New School has added director/creative director Chris Dooley to its roster. Prior to Brand New School, Dooley co-founded design and animation studio National TV, where he served as executive creative director. He previously helped launch the U.S. division of respected U.K. production company Not To Scale.
Dooley has directed campaigns for Coca-Cola, Nike, Volvo, British Airways, and AMEX. His recent projects include an animated and interactive film for Martini announcing their partnership with Formula One, a launch video introducing the Virgin Hotels brand, and UnitedHealthcare’s “Health in Numbers” campaign.
Outside the advertising space, Dooley has made a name for himself as a music video director, helming “Naturally” and “A Year Without Rain” for Selena Gomez, “Neon Lights” for Demi Lovato, and “Land of a Thousand Words” for the Scissor Sisters.
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