Saville Productions has signed directorial duo Salazar–consisting of Nathan Drillot and Jeff Petry–for representation in North America. Known for its documentary and commercialmaking, Salazar often focuses on extraordinary individuals and how they fit within their communities. The directing team has worked with world-renowned kinetic artist Theo Jansen on the beaches of The Hague, traveled with IO Tillet Wright across the Deep South to shoot over 1500 portraits of LGBTQ Americans, and have told the story of Osunaarashi, the only Muslim professional sumo wrestler in Tokyo.
Salazar has collaborated on global campaigns for Sony Films, Vice, Red Bull Media House, Aritzia, Tides Canada, and The Trevor Project, earning over 11 Vimeo Staff Picks and recognition from leading arts and culture publications along the way, including National Geographic, IndieWire, Ted, Pitchfork, The Creators Project, and Awardeo. Salazar’s documentary work with Warner Brothers recording artists Tegan and Sara earned Grammy and Juno nominations.
Prior to joining Saville, Salazar had been repped by Workhouse Creative.
Salazar recently completed its documentary Wizard Mode, about the reigning world champion of pinball who also happens to have autism. It is the first Vimeo Original feature film, and premiered at Hot Docs. The trailer has received over 4.5 million views. Salazar’s upcoming project, Handsome and Majestic, is a short documentary about a young trans boy growing up in a remote community in Canada. The film has already received several awards on the festival circuit. It will be released online later this month.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More