Dentsu has hired Ed Zazzera as head of production for the company’s U.S. Creative Services line. The former production lead for BBH and DDB joins dentsu Creative from McCann Health. He brings decades of dedication to executional excellence and has won numerous awards, including honors at Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Clio, AICP, AICP Next, and the Webbys.
Zazzera will streamline, optimize, and continually elevate the creative output for dentsu’s creative companies, which include dentsuMB, 360i, and Isobar. He will partner with former DDB colleague and current U.S. chief creative officer Menno Kluin to build an integrated production process that ensures all parts of the creative machine operate in concert. Together, the duo will fortify craft and execution to produce impactful creative ideas.
Kluin stated, “This was a long sought-after role that required someone who can adapt to dentsu Creative’s unique integrated model. We’re a craft-first, outcome-obsessed network of creative companies that deliver everything–from big TV spots at dentsuMB and culture-rich campaigns at 360i, to experience-driven innovation at Isobar. Ed’s deep experience across industries, verticals, and disciplines will streamline these outputs and help deliver creative consistency across the network.”
Most recently, Zazzera led integrated production on “The Unfinished Votes,” a lauded campaign from McCann Health for Change the Ref, which utilized deepfake technology to bring a victim of gun violence to life to deliver a powerful message around voting and firearm legislation.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More