PRETTYBIRD, the production house founded by executive producer Kerstin Emhoff and director Paul Hunter, has signed writing and directing duo Geremy & Georgie (Geremy Jasper, Georgie Greville) for global representation for branded entertainment and music videos. The longtime filmmaking team—known largely for stylish and surreal music videos, film and commercial work—will be rostered as separate directors.
Jasper hails from Hillside, New Jersey, while Greville boasts a varied background from Australia, Singapore, London, New York and Boston. Upon meeting at MTV, the duo bonded over a mutual love for innovative, non-traditional creative concepts. Together they founded LEGS, the award winning multimedia studio behind a variety of esteemed works including the VMA-nominated videos for Florence + The Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over” and Selena Gomez’s “Love You Like a Love Song”; Target’s Gold Cannes Lion winner “Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular”; British designer Gareth Pugh’s MADE Fashion Week showcase for Lexus Design Disrupted; and high energy, choreographed dance films for brands such as Rag & Bone and Evian, among many others. Jasper and Greville are now individually pursuing large-scale projects.
Jasper’s first feature film, Patti Cake$, was a breakout hit at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The film recently played at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight and will be released theatrically by Fox Searchlight this summer. A lifelong music freak, Jasper also wrote all the movie’s original songs, which will be released as a soundtrack album on Republic Records.
Greville co-founded Milk Makeup, where she leads the brand’s visual identity with an unprecedented multi-media presence. Under her supervision as creative director, the cosmetic brand embraces individuality and authenticity, in the process redefining conventional beauty standards.
“I first met Georgie and Geremy in 2009 right after we started the company,” recalled Emhoff, PRETTYBIRD co-founder and president. “I was so impressed by their ability to look outside traditional platforms and to expand on their creative ideas. It is really unbelievable what they have achieved together and as individuals, blazing trails in both traditional and non-traditional mediums. We have waited eight years to finally get to work with them and are so excited about our future together!”
Greville said he’s gratified to be on a PRETTYBIRD directorial roster with “heroes like Melina Matsoukas, The Daniels, Fleur [Fortuné], and Tim & Eric.” Of Emhoff and Hunter, Greville related, “They have championed diverse content since day one and have the vision to truly champion each director’s cocktail of unique weirdness.”
Jasper added, “If and when aliens land on Earth and want to understand the concept of ‘human creativity,’ I would just point them to the work of PRETTYBIRD. They are the gold standard and I’m absolutely over the moon to be a member of this gang.”
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More