Director Casey Storm has signed with production company Arts & Sciences for U.S. representation.
Storm has been directing commercials for just over four years, though having grown up an L.A. native with a vaudevillian comic for a grandpa and a sitcom director for a father, he’s essentially been in the creative and film industry his entire life. His passions have always included acting and directing, but he initially found success as a costume designer.
A spur-of-the-moment trip to Reno with some friends including Spike Jonze, whom Storm had never met until then, led to the two becoming quick pals and it is Jonze who suggested Storm try his hand at styling. His first job ended up being the music video for the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage. Following that project, which earned him a handful of awards and a budding relationship with the folks at Propaganda Films, his career took off. Costume design credits include the films Being John Malkovich, Zodiac and Her as well as music videos for Michael Jackson, Notorious B.I.G. and many others. However, directing continued to be his desired pursuit and so in 2013 he began developing his reel with the help of Eric Stern of Anonymous Content. Storm’s first directing project was a music video for Maceo Paisley. That and a fashion film for Geren Ford earned Storm inclusion in SHOOT’s Spring 2014 feature coverage of Up-and-Coming Directors to watch. He has since gone on to work with brands like Paypal, Apple, Hulu, Expedia and Halo Top.
Storm credits his directing style to being around his father, the alluded to Howard Storm, on the set of shows like Mork and Mindy and Alf, and while part of that may be true, his varied past experiences, hard work and natural creative talents also lend themselves well to the trade. Casey Storm had been most recently with Anonymous Content prior to joining Arts & Sciences.
“Casey’s creative background and relationship with visual comedy serves him well as a director,” said Mal Ward, managing partner, Arts & Sciences. “We’re impressed by the caliber of his work and are excited to team up to create more.”
Storm said he’s been a “fan” of Arts & Sciences, having known for some time its architects, managing partner Ward, director/partner Matt Aselton and executive producer/partner Marc Marrie. “I appreciate the quality of projects that Arts & Sciences take on, both commercial and non, and the way in which they’re approached,” said Storm. “I’m excited to join a close-knit roster of directors whose talent I admire, and I look forward to seeing what we create.”
Storm and Arts & Sciences are represented on the West Coast by Dexter Randazzo at The Department of Sales, in the Midwest by Mary Kate Hatfield at MKH Representation, and on the East Coast by Tara Averill, John Robertson and Erin Wahed at Representation Co.
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