The Directors Bureau has added Sing-Sing to its directorial roster for U.S. representation in short-form work, including commercials, branded content and music videos. Comprising spatial designer Adi Goodrich and film and animation director Sean Pecknold, Sing-Sing is known for bringing together multidisciplinary skills to realize projects across commercials, music videos, art, and design.
“Our work is inherently collaborative as is the nature of The Directors Bureau, making it the perfect fit for us in our commercial endeavors,” shared Goodrich and Pecknold in a joint statement.
Roman Coppola, founder, The Directors Bureau, said, “Sing-Sing’s work is imaginative and playful with an elegant simplicity. I’m very drawn to the diverse and handcrafted nature of their portfolio, as well as how they fluidly move between art forms, which is a hallmark of The Directors Bureau. Sing-Sing will be excellent partners for our upcoming creative adventures as we explore endeavors outside the 30-second commercial.”
Based in Los Angeles, Sing-Sing consists of visual storytellers who infuse projects with subtle whimsy and elevate impactful ideas with their multifaceted perspective. Since forming in 2015, they’ve created projects for global brands including Google, BBC, Apple, Sony, Netflix, Nike, Target, and Lyft, as well as helmed music videos for John Legend and Fleet Foxes. Sing-Sing was formerly repped by production company Merman in the short-form arena. Beyond commercial direction, Sing-Sing is developing a stop-motion animation feature.
Director Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” Wins People’s Choice Award At The Toronto Film Fest
The Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award went to “The Life of Chuck,” handing director-writer Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation one of the most-watched prizes of the fall film festival circuit.
The award for “The Life of Chuck” was announced Sunday (9/15) as North American’s largest film festival drew to a close. “The Life of Chuck,” based on King’s 2020 novella of the same name, stars Tom Hiddleston as Charles “Chuck” Krantz, an ordinary man living through apocalyptic cataclysms. Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Jacob Tremblay co-star.
TIFF’s People’s Choice Award is regarded as a reliable Oscar harbinger. Since 2012, every winner of the festival’s top prize has gone on to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. Last year, Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” won, and went on to be a major awards contender.
But “The Life of Chuck” could test that track record. The film is up for sale and doesn’t yet have distribution. It could be acquired and quickly readied for release this fall, or it might end up a 2025 release. “The Life of Chuck” drew mixed — though mostly positive reviews — out of Toronto, though audiences were clearly charmed by the uplifting drama.
Runners-up for the People’s Choice Award, which is voted on by festival attendees, were both films that first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The first was Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez.” The second runner-up was Sean Baker’s “Anora,” the Palme d’Or winner at Cannes.
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