Production company B-Reel has added director Kief Davidson to its commercialmaking roster. He comes over from Believe Media and earlier this year earned a Best Short Subject Documentary Oscar nomination for Open Heart, which centers on eight Rwandan children who embark on a life-or-death journey to Sudan in order to have high-risk heart surgery performed at The Salam Centre, Africa’s only hospital offering free cardiac procedures for families in need. Open Heart is now airing on HBO.
Known for his storytelling and ability to elicit performances from real people, Davidson has been active in commercials, directing campaigns for GE, Absolut, American Express and Cadillac.
Currently, Davidson is directing Beyond the Brick, the first official feature-length film on the global phenomenon of LEGO, slated for theatrical release in 2014. Davidson’s prior films include the feature documentaries Kassim the Dream (a winner at the AFI Film Festival) and The Devil’s Miner (a winner at the Tribeca Film Festival and nominated–with fellow director/writer Richard Ladkani–for the DGA Award in 2006)
“Kief’s approach and sensibilities in filmmaking are in line with the evolution of advertising,” said Susan Anderson, managing director and executive producer, B-Reel.
With offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Barcelona, Berlin and Stockholm, B-Reel maintains three divisions: Commercials and Branded Content; Digital; and Feature Films.
B-Reel’s directorial roster for commercials includes: Drake Doremus, Anders Hallberg, Filip Tellander, Miles Jay, Steven Tsuchida, Josh Miller, Kief Davidson, Patrik Bergh, Tom Malmros, Emil Moller, Johan Perjus, Jens Sj๏ฟฝgren, Anders Forsman, Mikael Marcimain and Jon+Torey.
“A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” “Sing Sing,” “Baby Reindeer” Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including โWicked,โ โA Complete Unknown,โ โI Saw the TV Glowโ and โSing Sing.โ Among the TV category winners were โBaby Reindeer,โ โEnglish Teacherโ and โAgatha All Along.โ
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song โBeautiful Cityโ on stage from his musical โGodspell.โ Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song โLike a Birdโ from โSing Sing,โ which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song โEgรบnโ from Apple TVโs โManhunt,โ and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song โSally, When The Wine Runs Outโ as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - โWickedโ
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - โA... Read More