Independent agency Cutwater has brought on board Carrie Ammermann as associate creative director, and Boomer Cruz and Derek Taylor as copywriters.
Ammermann has most recently been freelancing in the San Francisco area working on brands including the San Francisco Giants, LancĂ´me Cosmetics and Microsoft. Over the course of her career, she has held full-time positions at BSSP and Goodby Silverstein & Partners, working for clients Sorel, Columbia, MINI Cooper, RadioShack, Chipotle, Sprint, Haagen Dazs, Comcast and HP.
Prior to Cutwater, Cruz was a jr. writer at Mekanism, working on brands like Muscle Milk, Alaska Airlines, Jim Beam, Pepsi, NFL and Charles Schwab. Cruz started his ad career at Heat.
Before joining Cutwater, Taylor was a copywriter at Duncan Channon. Over the course of his career he developed brand ideas for StubHub, California Tobacco Control Program, Kona Brewing Co., Redhook Brewery, Tahoe South and DriveTime.
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo LarraĂn, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More