Bicoastal GO Film has added director Phil Brown whose ad industry experience spans the agency and production house sides of the fence.
Brown started out as an art director at Aberdeen, Scotland-based agency Formula. He made his spot directing debut by way of a competition sponsored by Brit magazine Creative Review, helming an Absolut Vodka ad, “Absolut Intrigue,” which came up one of the contest winners.
Next Brown moved to Canada where he took on an art director position at BBDO Vancouver. During his tenure there, he took another shot at directing when a creative colleague, Bradley Wood, from Palmer Jarvis DDB, Vancouver, offered him an assignment for Fong’s fresh poultry, “Dead Chicken,” which was shortlisted at Cannes in 1998.
Brown went on to land spot representation as a director via Radke Films, Toronto and then in the U.S. at The Artists Company. Subsequent U.S. roosts included Partizan, Tate USA and Backyard. Brown’s directorial credits span such clients as Ikea, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Samsung, Molson, Pfizer, Blue Cross, Kia, Toyota, McDonald’s, Hasbro, Verizon and Home Depot.
Brown is currently working on a film project for the Royal Canadian Legion, retelling veterans’ war stories to raise awareness and funding for Remembrance Day.
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold To Receive Gothams Visionary Tribute For “A Complete Unknown”
Academy-Award nominees Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will receive the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Visionary Tribute for their groundbreaking collaboration on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place on Monday, December 2, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The Gotham Visionary Tribute recognizes groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film. This year, The Gotham honors actor/producer Chalamet and director/producer/co-writer Mangold for creating an extraordinary cinematic work with A Complete Unknown.
“In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold have beautifully captured Dylan’s emergence in 1960s New York not just as an artistic evolution, but as a meditation on the necessity of change,” said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham. “Through Chalamet’s breathtakingly authentic performance and Mangold’s masterful direction, we witness Dylan’s transformation from folk prophet to electric rebel, showing how growth often requires letting go of the very relationships and identities that shaped us. Together, they have created a work that will not only resonate with longtime Dylan admirers but also introduce his revolutionary artistry to a new generation. We’re thrilled to honor them with this year’s Visionary Tribute and look forward to recognizing their outstanding contributions to film at The Gothams.”
A Complete Unknown is set in New York in the early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and... Read More