Deutsch Los Angeles has hired Matt Ian to partner with Michael Kadin in leading creative initiatives on the Volkswagen account. Ian is best known for developing the creative that launched the Axe brand in the U.S. Ian and Kadin, both executive VPs/group creative directors, report directly to Mark Hunter, Deutsch LA’s chief creative officer.
Ian comes to Deutsch from Crispin Porter+Bogusky in Boulder, where he was creative director on the Microsoft Windows business. Prior to CP+B, Ian spent nine years at BBH in New York, writing and directing innovative and distinguished campaigns for a host of marquee brands, including Johnnie Walker, Levi’s, Vitamin Water, Smirnoff Raw Tea (“Tea Partay”), Sprite, and Axe. He also spent time at both TBWAChiatDay and Ogilvy in New York before landing at BBH in 2002.
Ian has earned top honors from virtually all the major industry award shows–One Show Pencils, Cannes Lions, Clios, and Kelly Awards. He began his career in art direction upon graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Pasedana, Calif., in 1996.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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