Anonymous Content has signed award-winning comedy director Brian Billow for commercial representation as well as film and TV management. Billow’s body of work is versatile across the comedy genre, spanning performance, dialogue and visually driven storytelling. Honored this year with a One Show Silver Pencil for Walmart’s “Baby Comedian” (The Martin Agency) and a Bronze Lion for GameStop’s “Yay” (The Richards Group), Billow has an industry pedigree that also includes honored work as a creative director at DDB Chicago and McCann Erickson NY for brands such as MasterCard, Budweiser and Wrigley’s.
Billow’s directorial credits include spots for Paddy Power (Crispin Porter + Bogusky), Miracle Whip (mcgarrybowen, Chicago) and White Pages (Clemenger BBDO). He has also directed notable spots for Nike, Chicago White Sox, Honda, Keystone Beer, McDonald’s, M&Ms and IKEA.
He formerly was at Hungry Man which signed him back in 2008, just prior to his gaining inclusion into that year’s SHOOT New Directors Showcase at the DGA Theatre in New York.
Eric Stern, sr. executive producer at Anonymous Content, said that Billow offers “a unique, understated and subtle comedic style” which is “a great complement to our roster that tends to get a lot of attention for big visual storytelling. He’s someone I have had my eye on since he was a creative director.”
Billow is managed for film and TV by Anonymous Content’s Bard Dorros and Luke Rivett.
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More