Stink Studios has grown its leadership team with the appointment of Kate Sutherland, L.A. Ronayne and Jim Hunt. Sutherland joins as executive producer from BBH London where she led digital production. She produced award-winning work for St John Ambulance, Axe and Unilever, and more recently delivered KFC’s online ordering platform. Ronayne joins as creative director from Havas London, where she was creative director leading the VO5 relaunch. Hunt has been hired as technical director, having previously led technology at Wieden+Kennedy London. He worked on Honda’s Type-R and Endangered Emoji for the WWF while at W+K. In addition to the new hires, Carolyn Taylor, who has been with Stink Studios since 2015, has been promoted to executive producer. Stink is a diverse and awarded creative network. Comprised of Stink Films and Stink Studios, Stink creates film, interactive and original content for clients across advertising, entertainment, music and the arts. Stink Studios was launched in 2009 and now has 125-plus staffers and seven offices around the world: London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Shanghai and Sao Paulo…..
Spectrum has named Matthew Kershaw, a branded entertainment and television veteran, as creative director. In his new role at the Tampa, Fla.-base shop, Kershaw will focus on driving strategy, creative development, and original content creation for Spectrum’s clients, including brands, agencies and networks. Kershaw has been crafting stories for more than 25 years as a producer, writer, director, showrunner, and development executive. His broad experience includes both scripted and unscripted television and digital content in multiple countries. Most recently, he produced series for CW Seed, Verizon’s go90, Awesomeness, CBC and Bravo. In addition, Kershaw has created branded content for clients as varied as Marriott and Blizzard, with influencers like Amanda Cerny and Floyd Mayweather, for platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook Live. Kershaw was nominated for a Gemini Award for his series At the End of My Leash, and created and produced 91 episodes of the series and its sequel, Puppy SOS…..
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More