Original has signed director/cameraman Mark Dektor for exclusive representation in the U.S. Dektor has been directing for 12 years, following a successful career as a DP. His credits include American Express, Dove, Suave and Fisher Price, and much of his work involves real people, often in testimonial or documentary style scenarios.
Dektor previously directed via Cartel and its longstanding predecessor shop Dektor Film, a company founded by his father, two-time DGA Award-winning commercial director Leslie Dektor.
Mark Dektor has established a distinct directorial style characterized by engaging, performances, beautiful photography and well thought out art direction. The naturalness of the performances lend his spots an easy charm.
“I spend a lot of time in casting and I work very hard to make people feel comfortable so that their personalities come through in the work,” Dektor explained.
In 2010, Dektor was contracted by Ogilvy & Mather to shoot a segment of a 10-minute film in support of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. One focuses on an inner city youth who finds an outlet for his anger in wrestling and through his relationship with his coach.
Dektor said that his decision to join Original, was based on the opportunities Original offers to broaden his career both in commercials and in other media.
Original is led by executive producers Bruce Mellon, Joe Piccirillo and Marc Lasko and maintains production offices in Los Angeles and New York City. The company’s postproduction division, headed by Jonathan Del Gatto, provides editorial, design, graphics and visual effects services.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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