Boxer Films has signed Italian director Igor Borghi for U.S. commercial representation. He is currently also repped by Mercurio Film, Milan, for clients and agencies in Italy; Madrid-based Brownie for Spain; Magali, Paris, for the French market; and Cream, Munich, for Germany.
His European credits include spots for Yamaha, UBI Bank and La Cucina Italiana. For the latter, he won Best European Branded Short Film at the 2010 Young Directors Awards, rising his stock further as a sought after filmmaker in Italy after just a couple of years.
Borghi has more Yamaha commercials scheduled to release later this fall and is currently developing several feature projects.
Borghi grew up in Bologne, Italy where he started filmmaking as a teenager. After a stint at the Italian National Film School in Rome, he went on to A.D., serving in what amounted to a directing apprenticeship for some of the country’s leading feature film directors, including Marco Tullio Giordana, while also writing and making short films of his own. Borghi’s first attempt at spotmaking came when a friend asked him to direct a commercial for a wedding planning company. The spot was so well received that he was contacted by production companies throughout Europe.
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Ban
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.
The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk.
"President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case," said Trump's amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case and was written by D. John Sauer, Trump's choice for solicitor general.
The argument submitted to the court is the latest example of Trump inserting himself in national issues before he takes office. The Republican president-elect has already begun negotiating with other countries over his plans to impose tariffs, and he intervened earlier this month in a plan to fund the federal government, calling for a bipartisan plan to be rejected and sending Republicans back to the negotiating table.
He has been holding meetings with foreign leaders and business officials at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida while he assembles his administration, including a meeting last week with TikTok CEO Shou Chew.
Trump has reversed his position on the popular app, having tried to ban it during his first term in office over national security concerns. He joined the TikTok during his 2024 presidential campaign and his team used it to connect with younger... Read More