Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B) has hired three creative directors for its office in Boulder: Sesh Moodley, Matthew Elhardt and Avital Pinchevsky. Moodley comes over from AKQA, where he was a creative director on a number of Anheuser-Busch InBev brands, including Budweiser and Bud Light. Over the course of his career, he has led innovative campaigns for global brands at agencies across the UK, Australia and the US.
Prior to AKQA, Moodley was at Naked Communications in Sydney, where he received top honors for campaigns like “Steal Banksy” for Art Series Hotels, which won Cannes and Effie Gold, “Overstay Checkout” for Art Series Hotels, which won Cannes Silver, and the “Speedkills” for Transport Accident Commission (TAC), which received Gold at both New York Festivals and Spikes Asia. Moodley has also worked at Lowe and Partners, Leo Burnett and Ogilvy & Mather. Prior to his advertising career, he was a Sydney-based music producer and musician who supported acts like Beastie Boys, Body Count, Ice T, Pixies & Infectious Grooves.
Elhardt had most recently been creative director at 180LA. He brings to CP+B more than 15 years of experience working on influential brands like Nike, Apple, adidas, Coca-Cola, ESPN, Sony, and Heineken, while he has held staff positions and freelanced at a number of well-known agencies, including Media Arts Lab, Wieden+Kennedy, Fallon, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, TBWAChiatDay NY and Leagas Delaney. His work on acclaimed campaigns such as HP’s “Digital Crime Fighters,” Subaru’s “Mediocrity” and a CNET initiative has brought industry recognitions like One Show Gold, Art Directors Club Gold, ADDY Best in Show and a Webby Award.
Pinchevsky comes to CP+B from DDB South Africa where she was creative director on McDonald’s, First National Bank (South Africa), Bob Martin and KWV. Her advertising career has spanned three continents and involved campaigns for major brands like BMW, Hyundai, Pepsi and Conservation International. Prior to DDB, Pinchevsky spent time at MetropolitanRepublic in Johannesburg, BBDO in New York, Y&R in Tel Aviv, and TBWA Hunt Lascaris in Johannesburg. She has been recognized with One Show Gold as well as multiple D&AD and Clio Awards for her work.
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More