Larry Corwin has joined BBH New York as creative director. He comes aboard the team working on Google and reports to chief creative officer John Patroulis.
Most recently, Corwin served as sr. VP and integrated group creative director at BBDO New York, working with leading brands such as FedEx, Snickers and Twix. Prior to joining BBDO New York, he was associate creative director and writer at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, where he created integrated campaigns for agency clients including Sprint, GE, Rolling Rock and Cheetos. Corwin previously worked at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami, most notably working on MINI, Burger King and Young Guns.
Across his career Corwin has received top awards and recognitions for his work, including the Grand Prix at Cannes and FITC. Corwin’s work has been featured in major media such as NBC, CBS Nightly News, Time and Popular Science, and his work for Rolling Rock was highlighted in the New York Times Magazine‘s “Year in Ideas” issue. Additionally, select work was also exhibited at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami.
Directing and Editing “Conclave”; Insights From Edward Berger and Nick Emerson
It’s been a bruising election year but this time we’re referring to a ballot box struggle that’s more adult than the one you’d typically first think of in 2024. Rather, on the industry awards front, the election being cited is that of the Pope which takes front and center stage in director Edward Berger’s Conclave (Focus Features), based on the 2016 novel of the same title by Robert Harris. Adapted by screenwriter Peter Straugham, Conclave stars Ralph Fiennes as the cardinal leading the conclave that has convened to select the next Pope. While part political thriller, full of backstabbing and behind-closed-door machinations, Conclave also registers as a thoughtful adult drama dealing with themes such as a crisis of faith, weighing the greater good, and engaging in a struggle that’s as much about spirituality as the attainment of power.
Conclave is Berger’s first feature after his heralded All Quiet on the Western Front, winner of four Oscars in 2023, including for Best International Feature Film. And while Conclave would on the surface seem to be quite a departure from that World War I drama, there’s a shared bond of humanity which courses through both films.
For Berger, the heightened awareness of humanity hit home for him by virtue of where he was--in Rome, primarily at the famed Cinecittà studio--to shoot Conclave, sans any involvement from the Vatican. He recalled waking up in Rome to “soak up” the city. While having his morning espresso, Berger recollected looking out a window and seeing a priest walking about with a cigarette in his mouth, a nun having a cup of coffee, an archbishop carrying a briefcase. It dawned on Berger that these were just people going to... Read More