Mirada, a Trailer Park Group company, has signed Academy Award-winning director Peter Ramsey for commercial representation. Ramsey is the first Black filmmaker to be nominated and win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for 2019’s critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. He delivers an exceptional breadth of knowledge, craft, creativity, and innovation across genres, further extending Mirada’s expertise across high-end filmmaking, commercials, animation, and immersive and digital experiences. Ramsey coming aboard the Mirada roster marks his first career spot representation.
Ramsey is a multifaceted creative whose career spans iconic pop culture productions, immersive world-building, social impact storytelling, and collaborations with prominent and influential figures across cinematic and commercial work. Lucasfilm’s Jon Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy recently enlisted Ramsey to direct episodes of Ahsoka–the next upcoming series in the Star Wars universe for Disney+. In 2021, Ramsey joined forces with Netflix to direct the debut episode of the animated miniseries We the People, executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, and the full first season of Lost Ollie, starring Mary J. Blige and Gina Rodriguez. A lifelong resident of Los Angeles, Ramsey rose to fame from humble origins as a storyboard artist after studying painting at UCLA.
“Whether crafting immersive worlds for comic book, sci-fi, fantasy, or gaming genres, or collaborating with A-list talent, Peter Ramsey is a visionary director with a pulse on culture and keen ability to deliver authentic and emotionally impactful storytelling. His prolific experience spans memorable live action, fully animated, and hybrid productions, and we look forward to collaborating on future commercial projects,” shared Mathew Miguel Cullen, founder and president, Mirada.
Ramsey said, “Mirada excels at cultivating top artist-driven, storytelling-focused content, and they are industry leaders at using emerging technologies to enhance narrative and immersive experiences. I’m eager to partner with Mirada to seek new opportunities for innovation and produce standout content that emotionally resonates with audiences.”
Review: Writer-Director Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man”
Imagine you could wake up one morning, stand at the mirror, and literally peel off any part of your looks you don't like — with only movie-star beauty remaining.
How would it change your life? How SHOULD it change your life?
That's a question – well, a launching point, really — for Edward, protagonist of Aaron Schimberg's fascinating, genre-bending, undeniably provocative and occasionally frustrating "A Different Man," featuring a stellar trio of Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson and Renate Reinsve.
The very title is open to multiple interpretations. Who (and what) is "different"? The original Edward, who has neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes bulging tumors on his face? Or the man he becomes when he's able to slip out of that skin? And is he "different" to others, or to himself?
When we meet Edward, a struggling actor in New York (Stan, in elaborate makeup), he's filming some sort of commercial. We soon learn it's an instructional video on how to behave around colleagues with deformities. But even there, the director stops him, offering changes. "Wouldn't want to scare anyone," he says.
On Edward's way home on the subway, people stare. Back at his small apartment building, he meets a young woman in the hallway, in the midst of moving to the flat next door. She winces visibly when she first sees him, as virtually everyone does.
But later, Ingrid (Reinsve) tries to make it up to him, coming over to chat. She is charming and forthright, and tells Edward she's a budding playwright.
Edward goes for a medical checkup and learns that one of his tumors is slowly progressing over the eye. But he's also told of an experimental trial he could join. With the possibility — maybe — of a cure.
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