Director, actor, writer, comedian and producer Kimmy Gatewood has joined the talent roster at Caviar. The studio will handle U.S. representation for the director spanning commercials and branded content. This marks her first representation in the advertising arena.
A Daytime Emmy winner last year for her directing on Sesame Street, Gatewood also has among her credits the comedy drama The Baby-Sitters Club, Ghosts, Single Drunk Female and Girls5eva (for which she returns to direct the season 2 finale).
Gatewood started out as a stand-up comedian and together with Rebekka Johnson and Sarah Lowe founded a comedy group called The Apple Sisters. Following that, Gatewood got her start as an actress on shows like GLOW and Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23. She quickly transitioned into directing and over the years worked on series including Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW), Just Add Magic (Amazon) and The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (Netflix).
Gatewood made her feature directorial debut in 2021 with Netflix’s rom-com Good On Paper, written by and starring Lliza Shlesinger, Besides TV shows and film, Gatewood has directed music videos for Ne-Yo and The Helpsters on Apple TV, and most notably two musical shorts for actress and comedian Rachel Bloom–”Ladyboss” for Vanity Fair and “I Don’t Care About Award Shows,” which opened up the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.
Gatewood’s earlier work, which sees her use comedy as a driving tool when portraying hard hitting subjects on screen, has been recognized across the national film festival circuit. Her breakthrough short film Control won 11 awards and garnered official selections from over 40 festivals in 2019. Additionally, her short film Consent won the JFL’s (Just For Laughs) highest award and her short film Navel Gazers won the Outstanding Sci-Fi Award at the 2021 Micheaux Film Festival. The actor turned director was recently nominated for two SAG Awards for her work on Netflix’s critically acclaimed comedy series GLOW, where she stars as Stacey Beswick. Some of Gatewood’s upcoming projects include an audio film for Team Coco and the comedy feature Girlworld, produced by Ben Stiller and Amazon, where she will work with her long-standing writing partner Alison Becker (Parks and Recreation).
Caviar EP Kim Dellara said of Gatewood, “She is such a perfect fit for Caviar. We love bringing in our friends from the TV world to play with us in commercials. We have a longstanding track record transitioning directors from TV to commercials and welcoming Kimmy to our roster will no doubt bring some fun collaborations our way.”
Gatewood said of Caviar, “They are innovative forces that foster true creativity and comedy. They disrupt, invent, and create noise–which is thrilling as an artist. They have the best directors and I count myself lucky to be in their company. Plus, everyone at Caviar are nice, funny, and extremely attractive humans that make work a joy.”
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