Director Angelo Cerisara has joined Biscuit Filmworks for representation in both the U.S. and U.K. spanning commercials, branded content and music videos. Born in Italy and based in London, Cerisara is a notable up-and-coming director who was shortlisted for the British Arrows Emerging Talent award.
Cerisara now lands his first U.S. representation. Prior to joining Biscuit, he had been handled in the U.K. by production company UNIT9.
“Angelo has a wonderful perspective on life which comes through in all of his work; he manages to elevate the world to a place that I wish more of us did. He’s an incredibly exciting young talent and we can’t wait to get started,” said Rupert Reynolds-MacLean, managing director at Biscuit U.K.
Immersed in the world of parkour as a teenager, Cerisara learned the craft by filming his peers on the fly and editing to maximize the excitement. He later studied at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in London. Cerisara’s background informs his dynamic visual style today, with work for brands including Nike, Uber, and Hardee’s, the music video “Hold On” for Not Waving which was shortlisted at the U.K. Music Video Awards, and the documentary short Frehiwot which was awarded at the Nespresso Talents competition. His “Missed You Stranger” campaign for Belgian radio station StuBru captures mesmerizing illustrations of human connection, and received a Vimeo Staff Pick.
Cerisara comes aboard a Biscuit directorial roster which includes Aaron Stoller, Andreas Nilsson, Ben Strebel, Bine Bach, Christopher Riggert, Clay Weiner, Dan DiFelice, Daniel Warwick, Errol Morris, Isaiah Seret, Jeff Low, Jocelyn & Dawn, Justin Kurzel, Lalou & Joaquin, Los Pérez, María Sosa Betancor, Matilda Finn, Matt Devine, Molly Manners, Nathan Miller, Noam Murro, Rachel McDonald, Steve Rogers, and The Glue Society.
Review: Malcolm Washington Makes His Feature Directing Debut With “The Piano Lesson”
An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson." Generational ties also permeate the film adaptation, in which Malcolm Washington follows in his father Denzel Washington's footsteps in helping to bring the entirety of The Pittsburgh Cycle — a series of 10 plays — to the screen.
Malcolm Washington did not start from scratch in his accomplished feature filmmaking debut. He enlisted much of the cast from the recent Broadway revival with Samuel L. Jackson (Doaker Charles), his brother, John David Washington (Boy Willie), Ray Fisher (Lymon) and Michael Potts (Whining Boy). Berniece, played by Danielle Brooks in the play, is now beautifully portrayed by Danielle Deadwyler. With such rich material and a cast for whom it's second nature, it would be hard, one imagines, to go wrong. Jackson's own history with the play goes back to its original run in 1987 when he was Boy Willie.
It's not the simplest thing to make a play feel cinematic, but Malcolm Washington was up to the task. His film opens up the world of the Charles family beyond the living room. In fact, this adaptation, which Washington co-wrote with "Mudbound" screenwriter Virgil Williams, goes beyond Wilson's text and shows us the past and the origins of the intricately engraved piano that's central to all the fuss. It even opens on a big, action-filled set piece in 1911, during which the piano is stolen from a white family's home. Another fleshes out Doaker's monologue in which he explains to the uninitiated, Fisher's Lymon, and the audience, the tortured history of the thing. While it might have been nice to keep the camera on Jackson, such a great, grounding presence throughout, the good news is that he really makes... Read More