Director Nick Jasenovec, who made his first splash in the feature film world with Paper Heart before successfully diversifying into the ad arena, has joined the roster of Caviar. He was formerly repped for commercials and branded content by Nonfiction Unlimited.
Paper Heart, a feature mixing documentary and loosely scripted narrative elements, starred Charlene Yi and Michael Cera, and helped earn Jasenovec inclusion into SHOOT‘s 2009 New Directors Showcase. Paper Heart also won him the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the ’09 Sundance Film Festival
Jasenovec returned to Sundance the following year with a Microsoft Bing-sponsored short film, Para Fuera, which profiled cardiologist/researcher/medical professor/composer/Renaissance man Dr. Richard Bing on his 100th birthday. Para Fuera came about when Dr. Bing wrote a letter to Microsoft, noting the similarities in his own name and Bing.com. Drawn to Dr. Bing’s life story–which included his research leading to the discovery of Taussing-Bing disease (named after him)–Microsoft approached Nonfiction to produce and Jasenovec to direct the film. Para Fuera went on to garner a Silver Pencil, and a Young Director Award at Cannes.
Prior to Para Fuera, Jasenovec took on his first spot directing gig, a documentary-style Ford commercial starring Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe for JWT Detroit. Jasenovec later garnered repeat biz with another Ford assignment from JWT starring Rowe. The director’s commercialmaking credits also include FedEx.
Jasenovec’s filmography is additionally highlighted by the webisode series Do You Want To See A Dead Body for HBO’s Funny or Die Presents.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More