Director Luke Greenfield, best known for the cult theatrical motion picture hit The Girl Next Door, is joining the roster of production house Wondros for commercials and branded content. His filmmaking career spans various genres including comedic, coming of age and action, a range which could prove instrumental in his segue into short-form artistic storytelling.
Greenfield, whose most recent feature release, the comedy Let’s Be Cops starring Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr, came out this summer, said, “As a filmmaker, I have always been guided by the principle that the best storytelling comes from your own life experiences combined with exaggeration and imagination. Commercials have long intrigued me and I have been secretly pining to take a leap into the spotmaking world. I am truly excited to begin this journey with Wondros. I am invigorated by the collective of outstanding directors I will be joining and excited about the guidance and leadership that will surround me through this new venture.
Greenfield has a keen eye for talent (having helped launch the careers of Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Timothy Olyphant and Olivia Wilde) and skillfully combines comedic and emotional tones while staying true to character development. He also has exhibited an affinity for blending drama and comedy as well as comedy and suspense.
“Luke’s comedic sensibility and vision is one that piqued our interest instantly. His ability to create and direct rich characters as well as his unique and often boundary-pushing sense of humor, will undoubtedly parlay to commercials and advertising,” said Gina Zapata, sr. executive producer at Wondros.
Originally raised on the East Coast, Greenfield began writing and directing his own super-8 films at the age of 10. His 1999 short film Right Hook caught the attention of Adam Sandler and producers Todd Garner and Greg Silverman. Greenfield went on to direct the feature The Animal, and in 2004 he directed and co-wrote The Girl Next Door. Other credits include: Role Models, Something Borrowed, and the critically acclaimed TV pilot, Aliens in America.
Greenfield currently resides in Los Angeles, and recently locked in his next feature with 20th Century Fox.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More