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    Creative director Matt Pascuzzi joins MPC

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    NEW YORK --

    Global production studio Moving Picture Company (MPC) has added award-winning creative director Matt Pascuzzi to its executive leadership team.   

    Previously at Framestore, Pascuzzi joins MPC’s New York studio, headed by managing director Angela Lupo, to further cement and develop the creative studio’s visual effects offering to the region’s top creative agencies and brands. In the new role, he’ll play a key part in the creative executive leadership team at MPC New York, consisting of Alvin Cruz, Sina Taherkhani, and Tom McCullough. Pascuzzi will focus on growing and mentoring all VFX departments within the company as well as driving new creative partnerships and business opportunities.  

    With an eye to the future of branded content development, Pascuzzi will focus on the expansion of the company into real-time and virtual production technologies. He will work closely with brand and agency clients, as well as MPC’s roster of directors to define the best applications of these new technologies to create next-generation production and advertising opportunities.  

    In his nine-year tenure at Framestore, Pascuzzi was a leading creative on work for Samsung, Oreo and Sam Adams, and cultivated creative relationships with agencies including Arts & Sciences, Goodby Silverstein & Partners and The Martin Agency.  

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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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