Stept Studios has added director Adam Patch to its roster for U.S. commercial representation.
Patch got his start as an editor and motion graphic designer freelancing for some top agencies in the Bay Area. It was here that he got a taste of advertising and earned himself a Northern California Emmy as a designer/animator for his work on a local newscast (KRON 4) before sneaking his way out of the edit suite and into the director’s chair. Patch has directed for brands such as Apple, Google, Square, Grubhub, and Wish. With 15 years as a commercial director, Patch is known for his storytelling ability and unique visual style, the latter perhaps best reflected in his Freshly “What’s for Dinner?” spot.
Nick Martini, co-founder of Stept Studios, described Patch as being “a perfect fit to help elevate and expand the work we are known for.”
Patch said, “I’ve seen Stept grow over the years and continue to put out really amazing work every step of the way. It’s really inspiring to see and I couldn’t be more pumped to join such an ambitious, thoughtful, skilled group of folks.”
Internationally Patch is represented in Spain, France and South Africa by New Moon Productions, and in Eastern Europe and Asia by Hunters House Agency. Prior to joining Stept, Patch was repped by Yonder in the U.S. market.
Stept Studios maintains bases of operation in Los Angeles and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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