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    Believe Media Signs Director Abhinay Deo, Forms Partnership With RDP India

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    Believe Media has signed director Abhinay Deo for commercial representation. Additionally, a strategic partnership has been formed between Believe and Deo’s own India-based production company, RDP.

    Born and raised in Bombay, India, Deo started on the path to film 20 years ago as the in-house director for Ogilvy and Mather India prior to founding RDP in 2000.  Today Abhinay has over 450 spots to his credit, including well-known ads for Nike, Tata Safari, The Times of India, and the soul-stirring Mumbai Mirror newspaper campaign, which earned Abhinay the 2012 Cannes Gold Lion for Direction.  The standout spot, “I am Mumbai,” documents four real citizens as they boldly and publicly vocalize personal accounts of headlines broken in the Mumbai Mirror.  With voices personified by anger and courage, the film amplifies the powerful unheard stories of Mumbaikars that the paper brings to its readers.

    Adding to the list of accolades is the 2013 Clio, Bronze Lion, and six Spikes Asia Awards for Deo’s passion-infused Nike campaign out of JWT India.  In the spot “Parallel Journeys,” he intersperses footage of the daily rituals of the world’s top cricketers with glimpses into the lives of young athletes relentlessly pursuing that level of greatness all across cricket-obsessed India.

    Of the partnership with Believe, RDP’s producer Apurba Sengupta said, “We’re elated that our leading director Abhinay Deo will be represented by Believe internationally and that we will get to represent their roster in India.  We look forward to an extremely exciting and creatively fulfilling collaboration ahead.”

    Believe founder/EP Luke Thornton added, “Believe is thrilled to represent a preeminent filmmaker such as Abhinay Deo and to join forces with India in this ever-expanding market, especially with a partner as established and creatively daring as RDP.”

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    Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe Reunite For “Nosferatu”

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.

    The list of directors with whom the 69-year-old has worked with more than once is extensive, including Wes Anderson,Yorgos Lanthimos,Paul Schrader,Lars von Trier and, now for a third time, Robert Eggers. "If it's good, you come back," Dafoe said plainly.

    The pair spoke about Eggers' adaptation of "Nosferatu" that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making "The Lighthouse" — their first project together released in 2019 — and the unique relationship that exists between actors and directors.

    The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

    Q: Willem, I read that you called Robert after you saw "The Witch." What did you say?

    DAFOE: I want to meet you and I want to know who this filmmaker is.

    Q: What is it about him that keeps bringing you back?

    DAFOE: Well, if it's good, you come back. When I saw "The Witch," I thought, "Wow, this is a film about a period that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about, but I enter it so easily. This is relevant. It's rooted. It's my story. I'm with these people."

    That's quite an incredible trick because a lot of period films, they're always pointing to themselves. They're always sending messages. They're always showing. This had a kind of energy and the kind of physicality and sensuality that I thought, "Who does this? I gotta see this guy." And then I had a wonderful experience in "The Lighthouse" and I played a part that was really fun in "The Northman." So, when he wants to do this passion project and offers me this beautiful role of Professor Von Franz, I say,... Read More

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