Create Advertising Group, a marketing firm known for its award-winning work for studios, streamers, networks and gaming companies, has named Molly Levine as a creative director. Levine will be responsible for the oversight of films and series AV projects and will contribute to the development of strategy-driven, innovative, 360-degree campaigns for Create clients worldwide.
Levine joins Create from BOND, where she produced memorable advertising for a diverse base of clients, including Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Paramount. Her recent work includes producing campaigns for Promising Young Woman, Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood, and some of Netflix’s biggest global hits Cobra Kai, as well as other cultural zeitgeist entertainment including Tiger King. She developed creative on Dr. Death, Physical, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, Jungleland, Master Chef Legends, and the home entertainment release of Stanley Kubrick’s classic Full Metal Jacket. She also oversaw campaigns for Peacock’s Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol and Dr. Death. Her work for Sony Pictures’ Escape Room and Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Maniac for Netflix were both honored with Clios. Levine began her career at Seismic.
“Molly has an amazing track record of developing and delivering campaigns that people talk about and engaging consumers on every screen in the entertainment ecosystem,” said Jonathan Gitlin, president of Create Advertising.
Levine added, “Create and I share the same values when it comes to creative sensibility, client service and the importance of nurturing great talent. Working with this group supports my ability to do my best work on every level, and to offer my clients the industry’s best campaign ideas and the execution of breakthrough content.”
Led by CEO David Stern and president Gitlin, Create is an independent, fully integrated and global entertainment marketing agency with offices in Los Angeles and London.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More