Director Nick Jasenovec, who made his first splash in the feature film world with Paper Heart before successfully diversifying into the ad arena, has joined the roster of Caviar. He was formerly repped for commercials and branded content by Nonfiction Unlimited.
Paper Heart, a feature mixing documentary and loosely scripted narrative elements, starred Charlene Yi and Michael Cera, and helped earn Jasenovec inclusion into SHOOT‘s 2009 New Directors Showcase. Paper Heart also won him the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the ’09 Sundance Film Festival
Jasenovec returned to Sundance the following year with a Microsoft Bing-sponsored short film, Para Fuera, which profiled cardiologist/researcher/medical professor/composer/Renaissance man Dr. Richard Bing on his 100th birthday. Para Fuera came about when Dr. Bing wrote a letter to Microsoft, noting the similarities in his own name and Bing.com. Drawn to Dr. Bing’s life story–which included his research leading to the discovery of Taussing-Bing disease (named after him)–Microsoft approached Nonfiction to produce and Jasenovec to direct the film. Para Fuera went on to garner a Silver Pencil, and a Young Director Award at Cannes.
Prior to Para Fuera, Jasenovec took on his first spot directing gig, a documentary-style Ford commercial starring Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe for JWT Detroit. Jasenovec later garnered repeat biz with another Ford assignment from JWT starring Rowe. The director’s commercialmaking credits also include FedEx.
Jasenovec’s filmography is additionally highlighted by the webisode series Do You Want To See A Dead Body for HBO’s Funny or Die Presents.
“Overnight Success” Has Been More Than A Decade In The Making For Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson
Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix's whodunit "The Perfect Couple," have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They've been working in this business for more than a decade.
Fahy made her TV debut in 2009 in an episode of "Gossip Girl." Hewson's first big film role was in 2011's "This Must Be the Place." They do concede, however, that it's recent TV roles โ "The White Lotus" for Fahy and "Bad Sisters" for Hewson โ that have led to new frontiers of opportunity.
Susanne Bier, who directed "The Perfect Couple," says both Fahy and Hewson are "going to be big stars."
"They certainly have proper, profound star quality, Both of them in very different ways," Bier says. "Both are incredibly creative, incredibly smart, and also have a impressive insight as to who they are. You can be a great actor or actress and not necessarily really know who you are yourself. And they do."
Hewson, 33, whose dad is U2 front man Bono, may have grown up in a famous family but she's now in demand in her own right. She will next be seen in a second season of "Bad Sisters, " out in November. She's in Noah Baumbach's next film, alongside Adam Sandler, George Clooney and Riley Keough. She's also been cast in Steven Spielberg's next production and is set to star opposite Murray Bartlett in a racing series for Hulu.
Fahy, 34, is in production on a limited series with Julianne Moore and Milly Alcock called "Sirens," written by Molly Smith Metzler ("Maid") for Netflix. She also has two films in the can with Josh O'Connor ("The Crown," "Challengers") and Brandon Sklenar ("It Ends With Us").
The two actors spoke candidly about this phase of their careers. This interview has been condensed for clarity and... Read More