Valiant Pictures has added writer, editor and filmmaker Lincoln Caplice to its directorial roster for his first U.S. commercial representation. Caplice’s body of work spans such brands as Kirin, Dean & Deluca, Red Bull, Interpol, Lexus and Samsung, among others.
Caplice knew he would ditch a regular 9-5 job when his photographer dad first got him behind the lens. Caplice joined the workforce of Modular Records at the height of its success, giving him invaluable insight into touring global acts such as Daft Punk, Justice, The Pixies and Beck, and on-set experience creating music videos for Tame Impala, The Presets, Cut Copy, and other renowned Australian bands. From here, Caplice segued into partnering with youth culture and lifestyle publications and brands such as Monster Children and Deus Ex Machina, where he helmed advertising campaigns, artist profiles, large-scale events, and feature-length films I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night and South To Sian, which screened internationally to success. He dedicated two years following to traveling the world with filmmaker Taylor Steele, collaborating on feature films and commercial projects.
Alongside Valiant Pictures, Caplice also works with Infinity Squared (Australia) and Monster Children Films (Australia), moving deftly between commercial and documentary filmmaking. He most recently finished shooting a project with Corona and Parley in Indonesia, an endeavor to promote reducing single-use plastics present in our oceans, and is in the midst of pre-production on a narrative short film and a feature length documentary project.
Valiant EP Matthew D’Amato said of Caplice, “He brings beautifully crafted images and honest human performances to his work.”
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