British commercials director Ben Hume-Paton has inked a deal with Saville Productions for his first career U.S. spot representation. He continues to be handled in the U.K. by Generator Films and throughout Europe by John Spary Associates.
Hume-Paton has to his credit work for such clients as Nike, Lipitor, Honda, Clairol, Bioré, Sony, and E45. He recently wrapped his first American ad project, a Veet campaign for Euro RSCG New York, which was produced by Pathfinder in Spain.
A winner of the Fuji Film Scholarship, Hume-Paton earned a university degree in graphic design and started out directing music videos. Setting up his own creative production company, IDP, gave him a breadth of experience and it was during these years which he fondly calls “boot camp” that he developed his knowledge of filmmaking. During this time many young bands made their first videos with Hume-Paton. His music promos soon led him into the realm of television commercials and he received immediate acclaim for his inspired direction on campaigns for Nike & BiorĂ©.
In 2007 while working for U.K. fashion label Next on its catwalk fashion shows, Hume-Paton pitched and won the creative assignment to make the brand’s first commercial in 15 years. It was such a success that Next asked him to write and direct many of their follow-up campaigns.
In addition to his commercials and music videos projects, Hume-Paton has also been active in television. For the BBC’s noted motoring show Top Gear, he directed a white-knuckle episode that chronicled a Land Rover Discovery traversing the highest road in the Andes. He also recently directed an aviation series entitled Jetstream for Discovery Europe.
Hume-Paton has also been creatively involved with Honda, supplying its car launch films for the last three years as well as working for blue chip companies Pfizer, Hitachi, Yahoo and Microsoft.
Saville executive producer Rupert Maconick said he was drawn to Hume-Paton’s “fresh and arresting work” in such genres as fashion, documentary-style campaigns and visual storytelling.
“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 — "The White Lotus" for Fahy and "Bad Sisters" for Hewson — 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