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.
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More