Director Jeff Blitz is available once again for commercials via Anonymous Content. Blitz, a regular director on The Office, shot one of the last episodes of the series—”Livin’ the Dream”—which aired May 2, and also just wrapped directing the full first season of Comedy Central’s new series Review (starring UCB’s Andy Daly) which he also executive produced. Blitz also directed the pilot of Playing House (starring Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham), picked up this month by USA Network. Blitz was honored with an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Directing for The Office‘s “Stress Relief” episode. His debut documentary, Spellbound, was nominated for an Oscar. Blitz has directed commercials for Yahoo!, John Hancock, Southern Comfort,
MasterCard and Monster.com, to name a few….Director David Betteridge–whose ad credits span such clients as Google, Nokia, Sony, Visa, British Airways and Mercedes-Benz, has come aboard the roster of Oil Factory. As for longer form fare, Betteridge has helmed branded content for Kenco, commissioned by Kraft Foods through JWT in London, which focuses on a family run coffee empire that utilizes every by-product of the coffee bean harvest to run a sustainable and clean plant. Another short documentary shot in the USA, France and Thailand explores how Prometheum’s smart board technology in the classroom is changing teaching….NY-based video, digital media, and film post facility DuArt has added Craig Gordon as sr. editor. Prior to joining DuArt, Gordon was HD specialist/editor for Brass Monkey Post (BMP), where he edited a wide range of projects including commercials, feature films, corporate videos, promo packages, music videos, documentaries, episodic television and museum exhibitions. Before BMP, Gordon was head of HD development and the HD project manager for Rhinopost in New York. Gordon’s credits include a number of high-profile projects, including the Academy Award-nominated and Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner film Trouble the Water, the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or Award-winner Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore, and the acclaimed documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen. Gordon’s extensive TV portfolio includes series for CBS, A&E, MTV, History Channel, PBS, and Discovery….
Mindy Kaling and Kate Hudson Take On Pro Basketball In Netflix Series “Running Point”
In Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series, "Running Point, " Kate Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, the new president of the Los Angeles Waves, a pro basketball team that's been run by her family for years. Hudson's character has to prove herself as a woman in a man's world not only to her passed-over brothers, but also to players whose egos need checking and other executives who don't take her seriously.
If Isla's story rings a bell, take a look at the list of executive producers on the 10-episode season dropping Thursday: Among them is Jeanie Buss, the president of the Los Angeles Lakers, who was embroiled in similar turmoil over control of the storied NBA franchise after the death of her father, Jerry Buss.
Buss not only has given the show her blessing, it was her idea said Kaling. Buss was a big fan of "The Office" and approached Kaling with the premise about five years ago. Kaling ended up as the co-creator, writer and executive producer alongside Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen.
"She's in a very serious, stressful job but she loves comedy. She does not take herself seriously," Kaling says of Buss. "That's really rare when someone has that much power and that much to lose."
Jeanie Buss' blessing
In fact, Kaling said, Buss wanted the show to be funny and had "no ego" about using her real life as inspiration.
"She's had some extremely interesting things happen to her as the president of the Lakers. Some of it is she literally dated the coach for many years and she's like, 'Do whatever you want,'" Kaling says, referring to Buss' former relationship with Phil Jackson. "To get that kind of carte blanche, I'd never heard that from someone who is so famous and, you know, pretty private."
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