Los Angeles-based production company Superlative has signed director Melanie Chung. The Canadian born director has completed spots for Macy’s, Nike, Coke, Discover Card, BC Hospital and Canada’s Airports….
Blink has signed director David Dearlove for representation in the U.K. and Amsterdam. An award-winning director and creative who began to direct scripts while working at Engine in the U.K., Dearlove amassed credits spanning Women’s Aid, Royal Air Force and the Kiyan Prince Foundation. The latter won the Titanium Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Lions. The piece titled Long Live The Prince, part of an anti-knife crime campaign, brought Prince–the schoolboy football prodigy who was stabbed and killed at the age of 15 while trying to stop another child from being bullied–back to virtual life on the 15th anniversary of his death. The Kiyan Prince Foundation is the chartity run by Kiyan’s father, Dr. Mark Price OBE. Now via Blink, Dearlove focuses on further developing his directorial career. Alongside his advertising work, Dearlove directed Taj Mahal Presents…A Short Film. The short won best comedy distinction at the Aesthetica Festival and a Gold YDA at Cannes….
Stink Studios has made two promotions–Ivan Faerman, from head of delivery, Buenos Aires, to head of operations, Americas, and Sean Quinn, from executive producer, U.S. to head of production, Americas. Faerman will be responsible for optimizing processes and will support both the company’s technical infrastructure as well as its business operations as Stink Studios continues to scale up. After building successful relationships with some of Stink Studios’ biggest clients as an EP (Pinterest, Grammarly, Wealthfront) and establishing new ways of working across the organization during the pandemic, Quinn will now oversee a growing team of EPs and producers across the Americas….
