The Corner Shop, the production house formed by producer Anna Hashmi and director Peter Thwaites, has added director Wilfrid Brimo to its roster for U.S. representation. Brimo continues to be handled by Wanda Productions in France. He was last represented stateside by Paranoid.
Over the years, Brimo’s work has garnered Gold and Silver Lions at Cannes, multiple Clios and a White Pencil at the D&AD’s. His last spot for Mercedes-Benz won the Grand Prix at the Cristal Festival.
Brimo rounds out a roster at The Corner Shop which also includes Thwaites and Ellen Kuras.
Brimo’s wide ranging body of work includes varied genres and disciplines, including a Carlos preview film for Canal+ which featured a mix of live action, special effects, motion control, matte painting and 3D.
The sales team for The Corner Shop consists of Resource–Dana Balkin and Frank Antonoff–on the West Coast: Mary-Kate Hatfield in the Midwest; and Peter Ziegler and Jonathan Jakubowicz on the East Coast.
First-Time Feature Directors Make Major Splash At AFI Fest, Generate Oscar Buzz
Two first-time feature directors who are generating Oscar buzz this awards season were front and center this past weekend at AFI Fest in Hollywood. Rachel Morrison, who made history as the first woman nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar---on the strength of Mudbound in 2018--brought her feature directorial debut, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios), to the festival on Sunday (10/27), and shared insights into the film during a conversation session immediately following the screening. This came a day after William Goldenberg, an Oscar-winning editor for Argo in 2013, had his initial foray into feature directing, Unstoppable (Amazon MGM Studios), showcased at the AFI proceedings. He too spoke after the screening during a panel discussion. The Fire Inside--which made its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival--tells the story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (portrayed by Ryan Destiny), a Black boxer from Flint, Mich., who trained to become the first woman in U.S. history to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the sport. She achieved this feat--with the help of coach Jason Crutchfield (Brian Tyree Henry)--only to find that her victory at the Summer Games came with relatively little fanfare and no endorsement deals. So much for the hope that the historic accomplishment would be a ticket out of socioeconomic purgatory for Shields and her family. It seemed like yet another setback in a cycle of adversity throughout Shields’ life but she persevered, going on to win her second Gold Medal at the next Olympics and becoming a champion for gender equality and equitable pay for women in sports. Shields has served as a source of inspiration for woman athletes worldwide--as well as to the community of... Read More