By Kristin Wilcha
People News
Matthew Bull has been named worldwide creative director of the Lowe network of agencies. He had been CEO of Lowe, London…..Bob Kuperman is retiring from his position as president/CEO of DDB Worldwide, New York…..Matt Bonin has joined Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami, as a senior producer. He was previously at Young & Rubicam, New York, and prior to that, at DDB Dallas…..Philip Bonnery, senior art director, and Alex Flint, senior copywriter, have joined Modernista!, Boston…..Malcolm Poynton, executive creative director of Ogilvy & Mather, London, has been named president of the inaugural radio jury at the 2005 Cannes Lions International Advertising Awards…..The One Club, headquartered in New York, has announced judges for the 2005 One Show. The U.S. judges are: David Crawford, senior VP/group creative director, GSD&M, Austin, Texas; Laura Fegley, creative director, Cliff Freeman and Partners, New York; Kara Goodrich, creative director, BBDO New York; Mike Hughes, president, The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va.; Margaret Johnson, creative director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco; Paul Keister, creative director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami; Bob Moore, president, Publicis, Seattle; Joe Shands, creative director, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles; Kirk Souder, president, Publicis & Hal Riney, San Francisco; and Monica Taylor, creative director, Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore.
Paul Lavoi, president/co-founder of agency Taxi, Toronto, will chair the advertising jury for 2005 Art Directors Club awards. The competition this year will include two new categories–Hybrid, which honors work that appears in a variety of media, and Playground, which will reward work that was produced, but not run. Additionally, in other Art Directors Club new, the organization has named Diane Love as its first director of external affairs. Love will head up marketing and public relations, as well as oversee the ADC’s efforts to find corporate sponsors.
Account Movement
NBC Universal and Volkswagen have entered into a global marketing alliance. Per the arrangement, NBC Universal will use Volkswagen products across multiple platforms, including films, DVDs, theme parks and entertainment properties. Volkswagen will in turn promote NBC Universal products on a global level. ….Holding company Havas has announced that Euro RSCG Worldwide will not continue in the review for Intel’s advertising account. ….BBDO New York has won ad duties on the E*trade Financial account, valued at $60 million…..Campbell Mithun, Minneapolis, has won ad duties on The Hartford Financial Services account. ….McGarrybowen has won creative duties on the Brahma beer account. ….Berlin Cameron/Red Cell, New York, will handle the U.S. introduction of Coke with Lime…..J. Walter Thompson, New York, has been awarded ad duties for hand sanitizer Purell.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