Derek Green has joined We Are Unlimited, an Omnicom agency, as executive creative director. Green will report directly to Toygar Bazarkaya, chief creative officer of Unlimited.
Green comes aboard the Unlimited team to expand the agency’s creative ambitions for the McDonald’s client. In this role, Green will help oversee Unlimited’s creative output and build momentum for the agency’s future. He has a penchant for building teams that deliver successful, customer-driven creative campaigns for iconic global brands. Green also brings to We Are Unlimited a keen knowledge of the McDonald’s QSR (quick service restaurant) industry landscape.
Green has over 25 years of international experience, with extensive 360 work for QSR brands like KFC. Most recently, Green served as ECD at Ogilvy Sydney, where he led creative across accounts such as AMEX, IBM, Lion Breweries, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, Optus and Transport for NSW. Prior to his role at Ogilvy, Green served as SVP, ECD at Cramer-Krasselt in Chicago, which was named Most Effective Independent Agency at the 2014 North American EFFIEs. His work has won Gold EFFIEs in both Australia and the wider APAC region, as well as Gold and Silver Cannes Lions across three continents.
Green’s hire follows the appointment of Sumer Friedrichs as Unlimited’s chief production officer in late 2018.
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More