Britt Nolan will return to Leo Burnett Chicago as president and chief creative officer in the fall of 2021. His remit will include both creative leadership and corporate responsibilities managing the network’s home office.
Nolan will report to Andrew Swinand, CEO of Leo Burnett Group and Publicis Groupe Creative U.S., and provide counsel to Chaka Sobhani, global chief creative officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide.
Nolan returns to Leo Burnett Chicago following a stint as North American chief creative officer at DDB. During his previous decade with Burnett in various roles including creative director, co-president and CCO, Nolan turned out work that garnered more than 50 Cannes Lions. Nolan’s immersive and impactful “Van Gogh BnB” for the Art Institute of Chicago swept the 2016 awards show, with 14 Lions, and generated $2 million in incremental revenue for the world-class destination. Nolan was also responsible for the iconic “Mayhem” campaign for Allstate, and his work has been recognized by the Effies, D&AD, ADC, the One Show, Clios, Kinsale Sharks, London International, Radio Mercury, AICP Show and Facebook Studio Awards and more throughout this career.
“We can’t wait to welcome Britt back to Leo Burnett Chicago, where he forged a legacy of award-winning creative and inspired leadership over a decade,” said Swinand. “Britt is a values-based leader who is a champion of both the people and the work.”
In NBC’s “Brilliant Minds,” Zachary Quinto Plays Doctor–In A Role Inspired By Physician/Author Oliver Sacks
There's a great moment in the first episode of the new NBC medical drama "Brilliant Minds" when it becomes very clear that we're not dealing with a typical TV doctor.
Zachary Quinto is behind the wheel of a car barreling down a New York City parkway, packed with hospital interns, abruptly weaving in and out of lanes, when one of them asks, "Does anyone want to share a Klonopin?" — a drug sometimes used to treat panic disorders.
"Oh, glory to God, yes, please," says Quinto, reaching an arm into the back seat. The intern then breaks the pill in half and gives a sliver to the driver, who swallows it, as the other interns share stunned looks.
Quinto, playing the character Dr. Oliver Wolf, is clearly not portraying any dour, by-the-rules doctor here — he's playing a character inspired by Dr. Oliver Sacks, the path-breaking researcher and author who rose to fame in the 1970s and was once called the "poet laureate of medicine."
"He was someone who was tirelessly committed to the dignity of the human experience. And so I feel really grateful to be able to tell his story and to continue his legacy in a way that I hope our show is able to do," says Quinto.
He's a fern-loving doctor
"Brilliant Minds" takes Sack's personality — a motorcycle-riding, fern-loving advocate for mental health who died in 2015 at 82 — and puts him in the present day, where the creators theorize he would have no idea who Taylor Swift is or own a cell phone. The series debuts Monday on NBC, right after "The Voice."
"It's almost as if we're imagining what it would have been like if Oliver Sacks had been born at a different time," says Quinto. "We use the real life person as our North Star through everything we're doing and all the... Read More