Robert Kleman and Liem Nguyen have joined Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) and are working out of its Miami office as creative director and senior art director, respectively.
The latter comes to CP+B from Lowe Bangkok where he was an associate creative director overseeing the Signal, Closeup, Rexona, Citra and Wall’s accounts. Prior to Lowe Bangkok, Nguyen worked at Publicis as an art director on the BMW, Coca Cola and Jamba Juice accounts, and before that, DDB New York, where he produced work for the New York Lottery. Nguyen has received many awards for his creative campaigns, including a Gold Cube at the Art Directors Club, and Gold and Silver at the ADDY Awards.
Kleman arrives at CP+B from a stint doing freelance work for BBDO New York, continuing his long career at leading ad shops. Prior to BBDO, Kleman worked at BBH New York as associate creative director; Euro RSCG Worldwide NY as executive creative director on the Dos Equis and Kraft accounts; and TBWAChiatDay New York as associate creative director on the Absolute account. Kleman first made a name for himself during the six years he spent at TBWASingapore, where he would eventually rise to creative partner and head up the Sony, BMW and MINI accounts. For his work, Kleman was named the “Number One Most Awarded Creative in Asia” by Campaign Brief Asia magazine for two years straight in 2005 and ’06.
Martin Scorsese On “The Saints,” Faith In Filmmaking and His Next Movie
When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York's Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. "Who are these people? What is a saint?" Scorsese recalls. "The minute I walk out the door of the cathedral and I don't see any saints. I saw people trying to behave well within a world that was very primal and oppressed by organized crime. As a child, you wonder about the saints: Are they human?" For decades, Scorsese has pondered a project dedicated to the saints. Now, he's finally realized it in "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints," an eight-part docudrama series debuting Sunday on Fox Nation, the streaming service from Fox News Media. The one-hour episodes, written by Kent Jones and directed by Elizabeth Chomko, each chronicle a saint: Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian and Maximillian Kolbe. Joan of Arc kicks off the series on Sunday, with three weekly installments to follow; the last four will stream closer to Easter next year. In naturalistic reenactments followed by brief Scorsese-led discussions with experts, "The Saints" emphasizes that, yes, the saints were very human. They were flawed, imperfect people, which, to Scorsese, only heightens their great sacrifices and gestures of compassion. The Polish priest Kolbe, for example, helped spread antisemitism before, during WWII, sheltering Jews and, ultimately, volunteering to die in the place of a man who had been condemned at Auschwitz. Scorsese, who turns 82 on Sunday, recently met for an interview not long after returning from a trip to his grandfather's hometown in Sicily. He was made an honorary citizen and the experience was still lingering in his mind. Remarks have... Read More