Native Content has added director Eivind Holmboe to its roster for U.S. representation. With a global portfolio and over 15 years behind the camera, Holmboe sports a body of work which has been honored at such competitions as the Cannes Lions, Clio, D&AD, and Creative Circle.
Born and raised in Norway, Holmboe began his career on the agency side after attending art school in San Francisco. He worked as a creative at David&Goliath, Leo Burnett, and Deutsch on international accounts including McDonald’s and Visa before transitioning to directing. As a director he has crafted spots for brands including Volkswagen, TiVo, Vodafone, Budweiser, PlayStation, Corona, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Audi, working with leading production companies in the U.S. and Europe such as @radical.media and most recently B-Reel. The latter shop had handled him in the U.S. and U.K. Holmboe currently lives in Spain, where he co-owns local boutique production company Fish Films. In addition to commercials, he wrote and directed short film A Tooth For An Eye which received accolades from more than 30 festivals worldwide, and he is currently in development as both screenwriter and director on the feature film Some Kind of Fairytale.
“Eivind is a truly hands-on director who cultivates the soul of a story, and he’s comfortable working anywhere in the world and speaking to any audience,” commented Native founder Tomer DeVito. “As a shop owner himself, he understands all sides of the business.”
In addition to Fish Films in Spain, Holmboe maintains international production house ties which include Soup Film in Germany and EinarFilm in Norway.
Holmboe joins a lineup at Native Content which includes Ben Jacks, Iain Mackenzie, Rich Lee, Russ Lamoureux, The Cronenweths, and Tom Dey.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More