Director Tobias Nathan has signed with JOJX for representation in the U.S. spanning commercials, branded content and music videos.
Nathan has directed music videos for artists such as G-Eazy, Miguel, Luav, Walk the Moon, and Alessia Cara, for which he’s garnered over a billion views combined. In the ad realm, Nathan has directed spots for brands including Apple Music, Samsung, Infiniti, Vodafone, Nespresso, Grey Goose, and Remy Martin. Additionally, his documentary short Breaking the Circle chronicles a group of female samba players changing the cultural norms in Brazil.
The director has earned accolades from the Clios, the Telly Awards, and the Lovie Awards.
In addition to being represented at JOJX, Nathan is also represented by CAA for film and television work, and is in development on his first feature film. He had previously been handled for commercials by m ss ng p eces.
Nathan shared, “I’ve always been interested in stories, the human condition, what makes us tick. I think that’s why I make films; to dive headlong into life’s unanswerable questions and try to answer some of them.”
Nathan said of joining the JOJX family, “Watching their work from afar has been inspiring for me. Their sensibilities–as filmmakers and as people–align almost too perfectly with my own and I’m excited to see what we can do together.”
Jackson Morton, founder of JOJX, said of Nathan: “Tobias is a natural at bringing out hidden authentic moments within the narrative of a script that otherwise can be overlooked. We’re looking forward to giving him more opportunities to further develop this incredible gift.”
Review: Malcolm Washington Makes His Feature Directing Debut With “The Piano Lesson”
An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson." Generational ties also permeate the film adaptation, in which Malcolm Washington follows in his father Denzel Washington's footsteps in helping to bring the entirety of The Pittsburgh Cycle — a series of 10 plays — to the screen.
Malcolm Washington did not start from scratch in his accomplished feature filmmaking debut. He enlisted much of the cast from the recent Broadway revival with Samuel L. Jackson (Doaker Charles), his brother, John David Washington (Boy Willie), Ray Fisher (Lymon) and Michael Potts (Whining Boy). Berniece, played by Danielle Brooks in the play, is now beautifully portrayed by Danielle Deadwyler. With such rich material and a cast for whom it's second nature, it would be hard, one imagines, to go wrong. Jackson's own history with the play goes back to its original run in 1987 when he was Boy Willie.
It's not the simplest thing to make a play feel cinematic, but Malcolm Washington was up to the task. His film opens up the world of the Charles family beyond the living room. In fact, this adaptation, which Washington co-wrote with "Mudbound" screenwriter Virgil Williams, goes beyond Wilson's text and shows us the past and the origins of the intricately engraved piano that's central to all the fuss. It even opens on a big, action-filled set piece in 1911, during which the piano is stolen from a white family's home. Another fleshes out Doaker's monologue in which he explains to the uninitiated, Fisher's Lymon, and the audience, the tortured history of the thing. While it might have been nice to keep the camera on Jackson, such a great, grounding presence throughout, the good news is that he really makes... Read More