Cristian Strittmatter, former design director at SapientNitro, has joined Deutsch as SVP, digital design director. Strittmatter’s hire further strengthens the design division that has grown from five to 30 designers in only four years. Strittmatter will report to Nathan Iverson, EVP, design director. In his new role, Strittmatter will be working on a variety of projects across the agency, where he will lead the design vision on all digital properties.
“What I love about Cris is that he is a fine artist,” said Iverson. “And when you have someone that does that type of painting, they are able to execute work with an incredible amount of detail, concentration, focus and expression, which shows the quality of work that he expects. He brings care and craft to everything he does, which is so important, especially within the digital space.”
Strittmatter brings more than a decade of experience in digital interactive design. At SapientNitro he developed creative strategies for branded experiences across all devices and platforms, with a core competency in interactive design. His portfolio includes work on global and domestic brands, including MGM, Adidas, Harley-Davidson, Activision, Sony Electronic, Sony Pictures, Disney and Hawaiian Airlines. Prior to Sapient Nitro, he served as a creative director at Scratch Design Studio.
“I was blown away by the diversity of the talent here, and felt the urge to join the force to produce relevant and top of the line work,” said Strittmatter. “My aim is to further position Deutsch as the only true traditional and digital integrated agency.”
Strittmatter earned his Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the University of Buenos Aires.
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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