Director Stewart Hendler has joined the roster of Bandito Brothers, marking his return to commercialmaking on the heels of his second studio feature, Sorority Row. The darkly comedic horror film out of Summit Entertainment hit theaters in late 2009. Hendler was previously represented for spots by Über Content.
Hendler’s credits span commercials for such clients as BMW, Motorola, Budweiser, adidas, MTV and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
A graduate of USC’s film program, Hendler wrote and directed the short film, One, winner of the Audience Award at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. The short’s success connected him with theatrical agents at CAA and helped launch his ad career. He initially helmed a number of PSAs, including for literacy foundation ADoorAjar.org and for the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
His literary foundation work and an AAD skin cancer spot gained recognition at Young & Rubicam’s Young Guns competition, the Clio Awards and at Cannes. Hendler was also included in SHOOT‘s first New Director Showcase in 2003.
Hendler later saw his Microsoft Zune spot, “Music Is Life,” gain a spec category honor at the ’08 AICP Show. Earlier in the year, the same spec piece earned inclusion in SHOOT‘s “The Best Work You May Never See” gallery. His previous feature film, the supernatural thriller Whisper, was produced by Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures, and was released in 2007.
The director connected with Bandito Brothers via Lance Sloane, the company’s president of production and development. Hendler is attached to a web series being produced by Bryan Singer for the WB; Sloane serves as a consultant on the series.
Hendler rounds out a Bandito Brothers talent roster comprised of directors/company partners Mouse McCoy and Scott Waugh, directing duo Gentlemen, and directors/cinematographers Mitchell Amundsen and Vic Huber.
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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