Directors Tim Story and Maurice Marable have joined brother, a bicoastal production company founded by exec producer Rich Carter and director Theodore Melfi, for commercial and branded content representation.
Story began his career directing music videos for artists including N’ Sync, R. Kelly and India Irie, and his 2002 hit movie Barbershop launched a feature filmography that includes Hurricane Season , Fantastic Four, Think Like a Man , Ride Along and their sequels. His expansive repertoire in both visual and narrative storytelling lends itself naturally to the short form world.
Marable, formerly of Believe Media, brings over a decade of spotmaking experience to the brother roster. Honing his craft as creative director/filmmaker in Residence at HBO, he has created promos for some of television’s most successful series, earning an Emmy nomination in the process. His White House Correspondents’ Dinner promo for Veep starring Julia Louis Dreyfus (with cameos from Joe Biden and Michele Obama) has over 1.7 million views on YouTube. Marable moves between commercial work and promotional campaigns, and in 2012 founded Brim + Brew, where he concepts and directs campaigns for broadcast networks.
Plans call for brother to work closely with Marable to help build the Brim + Brew company profile, while offering the brother roster a chance to concept and create work through the promo company.
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