Will assume new role on October 17
Brian DiLorenzo will join McCann New York, as chief production officer, a new role at the agency, effective on October 17. He most recently served as executive VP, executive director of integrated production at BBDO New York.
DiLorenzo will lead McCann NY’s integrated production operations, as well as content development. During his BBDO tenure which began in 2006, he helped develop lauded storytelling experiences for HBO such as the “Voyeur” and “Imagine” campaigns, and integrated content for such clients as AT&T, Federal Express, and Starbucks.
Prior to BBDO, DiLorenzo was director of broadcast production at Fallon in Minneapolis and New York, where he exec produced the second series of “The Hire” online films for BMW Films–work produced by RSA Films and which went on to win the first Cannes Titanium Lion in 2003. DiLorenzo’s Fallon endeavors also spanned such clients as PBS, Citibank, Lee Jeans and Holiday Inn. He produced, for instance, Lee Jeans’ buddy Lee “Play the Game” Internet-based campaign, and exec produced the Georgia Pacific web reality show Brawny Academy.
His latest move to McCann reunites him with Linus Karlsson, chairman and chief creative officer of McCann New York and London. The two had teamed at Fallon in the late 1990s on Lee Jeans and Brawny, among other brands. Karlsson said that his reunion with DiLorenzo is “the result of a 10-year conversation and dream of working together again.”
The reunion theme has indeed been a part of DiLorenzo’s career. When he came aboard BBDO New York, he again teamed with David Lubars, BBDO North America’s chairman/chief creative officer. Lubars and DiLorenzo were former Fallon colleagues.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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