This year, Uber Eats’ star-studded Super Bowl spot from agency Special U.S. highlights that you can get almost anything delivered with Uber Eats. But in order for folks to remember that, they have to forget something else…
In the ad, for example, Jennifer Aniston forgets she’s Friends with David Schwimmer, the Beckhams fumble to remember the Spice Girls, Jelly Roll doesn’t understand why the ink on his face won’t rub off, and USHER wishes he could host a Super Bowl halftime show.
Jake Szymanski directed the Big Game spot via production house Gifted Youth.
CreditsClient Uber Eats Agency Special U.S. Matthew Woodhams Roberts, David Horton, partners/executive creative directors; Kelsey Hodgkin, partner/CEO; Vic Palumbo, partner/chief production officer; Cade Heyde, global partner; Alice Blastorah, Josh Hacohen, Jon Marshall, Eron Broughton, creative directors; Karan Dang, social executive creative director; Dan Greener, Natalie Seitz, associate creative directors; Jen Dennis, executive producer; Nat Brickler, sr. producer; Kelsey Karson, head of strategy; Hanet Shih, group strategy director; Jen Rose, sr. strategist. Special Australia Julian Schreiber, Tom Martin, partners/chief creative officers. Production Company Gifted Youth Jake Szymanski, director; Josh Morse, exec producer; Cat Craven-Griffiths, head of production; Bernard Rahill, producer; Michelle Del Mese, Mike Garcia, production supervisors; Gabby Del Mese, assistant production supervisor; Larkin Seiple, DP. Editorial Exile Kirk Baxter, Matt Murphy, Zaldy Lopez, editors; Jonathan Rogers, TJ Lasure, Melanie Newton, Chris Messier, assistant editors; CL Kumpata, managing director; Jennifer Locke, Michael Miller, exec producers; Brian Schimpf, Adam Parker, sr. producers; Dylan Majerus, producer. VFX/Post Pariah Mark Tobin, managing director/EP; Matt Sousa, VFX supervisor; Kim Stevenson, Sam Kolber, Janice Lee, Flame artists; Amanda Elliott, online editor; Ryan Ross, Nuke artist; Reid Southen, matte painter; Elizabeth Hammer, tracking; Andrew Rosenberger, producer; Lily Hernandez, production coordinator; Michael Steinmann, exec producer. Color Grade Company 3 Tom Poole, Matt Osborne, sr. colorists; Shannen Troup, Jenny Roberts, producers. Sound Eleven Sound Jordan Meltzer, sound designer/mixer; Andrew Smith, sr. producer. Music Mazie, “Dumb Dumb” Music JSM Music Joel Simon, chief creative officer/CEO; Jeff Fiorello, VP/exec producer; Norm Felker, Andrew Manning, sr. producers; Sharon Cha, producer.
Director Gia Coppola Teams With Mejuri For “A New York Minute”; 1st Episode Takes Us To The Grocery Store
Mejuri, known for turning fine jewelry into an everyday luxury, has partnered with director Gia Coppola (The Last Show Girl, Palo Alto) and The Directors Bureau in Los Angeles, for the first time reimagining the brand’s story as episodic content. In a series of microfilms, co-created by Coppola and premiering following New York Fashion Week, Mejuri eschewed a typical celebrity campaign and cast us as voyeurs to a group of aspiring young women--real people, not actors--at the crossroads of their adult lives against the backdrop of New York City.
Titled “A New York Minute,” the series features five real-life friends, who include one perfectly imperfect heroine named Emma. The women celebrate ordinary moments and interactions which reveal, sometimes retrospectively, the extraordinary within the mundane. Adjacent to the brand’s own community, the 30-something year old cast includes Laura Love (Emma), Rebecca Ressler, Natalie Vall-Freed and Rozzi Crane. Mejuri’s jewelry makes an appearance as the best supporting actor.
“When I met with Gia and The Directors Bureau team, there was instant creative and personal chemistry and a natural alignment on the desire to push and blur the lines between marketing, storytelling, and the construct of what a ‘campaign’ could be,” said Jacob Jordan, chief brand officer, Mejuri. “Gia was able to push that idea into something that truly feels new and artful, with a realism and relatability that almost feels jarring. Gia was such a perfect collaborator and partner, someone I had complete trust in to be a catalyst for Mejuri’s values of celebrating women as their truest selves. I can’t wait for us to continue to tell the next chapters of this story.”
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