Moxie Pictures has signed writer/director Phillip Van for Global commercial representation. Van has helmed commercial campaigns for a wide range of clients including Blue Cross, Yves Saint Laurent, NBC, Optimum and Tribeca Film Festival that have earned him accolades at the D&AD, One Show, Promax and national Addy awards.
Van’s long-form storytelling acumen is evident in several cinematic web series, including a highly popular series for XBOX that was released as a prequel to the horror video game “Alan Wake” for which he won a 2011 One Show Silver Pencil and D&AD Yellow Pencil Award. Most recently, he completed “Deja View,” an innovative campaign out of Campfire for Infiniti that utilizes voice recognition to dynamically adapt to each viewer, allowing each one to have a unique interaction with the characters and storyline.
Van comes to Moxie from Little Minx, his first commercialmaknig roost while he was wrapping his commitments as a student at NYU’s graduate film program. At that time, he was included in SHOOT’s fall 2007 Up-and-Coming Directors feature story rundown. During his NYU tenure, Van was honored with a Student Academy Award (silver medal) and a BAFTA/LA honorable mention distinction for his thesis film High Maintenance, a comedic, tongue-in-cheek look at how male/female relationships might evolve in the future, offering a wry commentary on the direction in which consumerism and romance are headed.
Van went on to direct several narrative short films that garnered kudos at top festivals including Sundance, Berlin, HBO US Comedy Arts, Seattle, Aspen and Gen Art. During this time, he also helmed numerous international spots, music videos and branded content pieces for Paris-based Mr. Hyde. Among Van’s other numerous commercial projects including a short documentary series for Chevy out of Mother NY. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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