Bicoastal production house aWHITELABELproduct has signed director Olivier Gondry for global representation. Known for his visual effects where he plays with time slice technology and stop motion animation, Gondry has a body of work spanning commercials and music videos.
Formerly repped by Partizan, Gondry has helmed notable campaigns for McDonald’s, LG Electronics, Audi, Fiat and HP, and music videos for OK Go, The Vines, and the French Group Hermaentaire. For the latter, Gondry directed the clip “Chewing-Homme,” which won best animation honors at the Protoclip Music Video Festival in Paris last fall.
Gondry started his career as a visual effects artisan, working at BUF in Paris and then Method stateside. He gained prominence as he added breakthrough VFX to his brother Michel Gondry’s music videos for iconic artists Daft Punk, Björk, Radiohead and the White Stripes, and spots for BMW and Levis. Eventually he and Michel co-directed videos such as Chemical Brothers’ “Star Guitar” and Kylie Minogue’s “Come Into My World.” After those efforts, Michel encouraged him to direct his own videos; Olivier Gondry did just that with clips for Noir Desir’s “a l’envers a l’endroit” and Lacquer’s “Behind.” From there, his directorial career blossomed in both videos and commercials.
Olivier Gondry now joins aWHITELABELproduct directors’ roster that includes Arni & Kinski, Mikael Jansson, Aneil Karia, Darius Khondji, Peter Lindbergh, Carlos Manga Jr., David Michalek, Paul Middleditch, Panoptic, James Pilkington, Eugenio Recuenco, Tim Richardson, Nick Robertston, Stephane Sednaoui, Benjamin Seroussi, Carter Smith, Tell No One, and Mathieu Wothke.
Ellen Jacobson-Clarke and Annique De Caestaecker are partners/exec producers at aWHITELABELproduct.
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
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