Nonfiction Unlimited has signed award-winning filmmaker and creative director Nico Carbonaro for global representation in the commercial, branded entertainment, and digital space.
The multi-talented Carbonaro joins Nonfiction from Google Brand Studio where he spent the last five-plus years as creative director, directing and showrunning commercials, branded content, documentary series, museum exhibitions, and interactive storytelling projects. He most recently completed the 10th installment of his branded documentary series for Google, Search On.
Carbonaro and his team of filmmakers, designers, photographers and journalists also partnered on storytelling projects with non-profit organizations including the Equal Justice Initiative, National Parks Foundation, and GLAAD. “Stories told in collaboration with non-profits, such as Lynching in America, a collaboration between Google and Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative, are a great way to show the world what they stand for while bringing greater awareness to important issues,” said Carbonaro.
In addition to the documentary genre, Carbonaro’s work has included heavily art directed visual projects and experimental approaches. His skills blend fiction and nonfiction in a unique filmic language and visual signature that he brings to the commercial space. Prior to his tenure at Google, Carbonaro was with Greenpoint Pictures directing spots and music videos.
Carbonaro’s branded work has been honored at the Cannes Lions, One Show, D&AD, Art Directors Club, Webby, and Clio awards.
Nonfiction Unlimited founder/exec producer Loretta Jeneski described Carbonaro as “a very special talent” and “a creative filmmaker with deep heart,” citing his combination of “humanistic and beautiful storytelling” with technical creative problem solving as being “inspiring.”
At Nonfiction Unlimited, Carbonaro will team with the company’s executive producers Patrick Degan and Michel Waxman to secure and produce purposeful storytelling projects incorporating innovative ways of reaching their audience. “Nico’s authentic
filmmaking style inspires action and we can’t wait to broaden his capabilities and reach,” said Waxman.
The addition of Carbonaro to Nonfiction Unlimited’s roster continues the company’s commitment to authentic and documentary content in advertising, and broader branded entertainment projects.
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More