Bicoastal production house aWHITELABELproduct has signed director Olivier Gondry for global representation. Known for his visual effects where he plays with time slice technology and stop motion animation, Gondry has a body of work spanning commercials and music videos.
Formerly repped by Partizan, Gondry has helmed notable campaigns for McDonald’s, LG Electronics, Audi, Fiat and HP, and music videos for OK Go, The Vines, and the French Group Hermaentaire. For the latter, Gondry directed the clip “Chewing-Homme,” which won best animation honors at the Protoclip Music Video Festival in Paris last fall.
Gondry started his career as a visual effects artisan, working at BUF in Paris and then Method stateside. He gained prominence as he added breakthrough VFX to his brother Michel Gondry’s music videos for iconic artists Daft Punk, Björk, Radiohead and the White Stripes, and spots for BMW and Levis. Eventually he and Michel co-directed videos such as Chemical Brothers’ “Star Guitar” and Kylie Minogue’s “Come Into My World.” After those efforts, Michel encouraged him to direct his own videos; Olivier Gondry did just that with clips for Noir Desir’s “a l’envers a l’endroit” and Lacquer’s “Behind.” From there, his directorial career blossomed in both videos and commercials.
Olivier Gondry now joins aWHITELABELproduct directors’ roster that includes Arni & Kinski, Mikael Jansson, Aneil Karia, Darius Khondji, Peter Lindbergh, Carlos Manga Jr., David Michalek, Paul Middleditch, Panoptic, James Pilkington, Eugenio Recuenco, Tim Richardson, Nick Robertston, Stephane Sednaoui, Benjamin Seroussi, Carter Smith, Tell No One, and Mathieu Wothke.
Ellen Jacobson-Clarke and Annique De Caestaecker are partners/exec producers at aWHITELABELproduct.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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