Wyatt Neumann
Wyatt Neumann
Rainier Beer/Rainier Vision “R Is For Heist” and “Fallen SoldieR”
Agency: Cole & Weber/Red Cell, Seattle
Production: Ellipsis Pictures and Cole & Weber/Red Cell, Seattle
DP: Wyatt Neumann
Editorial: Ellipsis Pictures
Editor: Wyatt Neumann
Affiliation: Neverstop, New York
How did you get into directing? I started shooting stills when I was a kid living in Montana, mostly landscapes. I started shooting film in college when they ran out of photo classes to take.
Why do you want to direct commercials? I like narrative storytelling and the challenges that every project is undoubtedly laden with. I like the controlled spontaneity of it. Also, having some experience in the agency world, I enjoy the challenges that consumer-based, client-driven work presents.
What’s your most recent spot project? Yahoo! Mobile
Do you have plans to work in other areas–e.g. shorts films or features or TV? Have you ever done any of that in the past? I plan on getting back to that–I shot a few shorts and co-directed an independent feature length film a while back. I like telling stories with stills, and commercials and film is just an extension of that.
What do you think is the best part about being a director? Bossing people around. No, I like taking a brief and building a story around it, making the characters or situations come to life. That’s when the work becomes personal. I also like working with actors.
What’s the worst part? There is no bad part of shooting film.
Who is (are) your mentor(s)? Caleb Deschanel, Terrence Malick, Matthew Barney, Bruce Mau, Jean-Dominique Bauby and Paris Hilton to name a few.
Not counting your own work, what’s your favorite recent ad? Why? I love the Nike “Keep the Ball Alive” spot from Australia for the energy, intensity and impressive choreography–same with “Tag.” I love Peter Thwaites’ Nascar “I am the 12 car” for its cinematography and for its departure from the accepted norms of commercial ads. I shoot a lot of comedy, so I love funny spots, and there are a lot of those around. … Bud Light’s “Skydiving” was cool, too.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More