Director Wayne McClammy has signed with bicoastal/international Hungry Man for commercial representation. He was formerly repped by Oil Factory, Los Angeles.
McClammy is perhaps best known for the short video Who’s F*cking Matt Damon?, which was featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live and has gone on to generate considerable viral buzz. The short, which stars actor Damon and comedian Sarah Silverman, continues to gain fans and hits on YouTube. It was not only directed but also edited and co-written by McClammy.
McClammy got his start in directing by making short films that were featured in the Austin (where he received the Audience Award), Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Seattle International Film Festivals. Two of his shorts gained exposure in the well-known Texas theater chain, The Alamo Draft House. He soon got noticed by the likes of Bob Odenkirk, Jimmy Kimmel, and Sarah Silverman. Kimmel was so impressed he brought McClammy on board to be the comedy segment director for his ABC show.
In addition to his writing and directing for Jimmy Kimmel Live, McClammy is a director on The Sarah Silverman Program for Comedy Central and is in pre-production to direct the 20th Century Fox comedy Cool School.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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