Dress Code has brought on board executive producer Brad Edelstein (Click 3X, Stink Studios) and art director Wes Ebelhar (The Mill, Hush). Edelstein has extensive experience in sales and strategy in the production and agency worlds, positioning him to introduce agencies and brands to the nearly decade-old Dress Code, which has intentionally stayed under the radar creating hyper-designed work for a small staple of loyal partners.
Founded by Dan Covert and Andre Andreev, Dress Code is a production company active on both the live-action and animation fronts. Recent credits include a Schick campaign for J. Walter Thompson. Dress Code also earned three Vimeo staff picks for a film about Syracuse University, a music video for Violent Sands, and a short documentary profiling the oldest elevator operator in Los Angeles.
Edelstein said of his new roost, “We’re looking to work on a bigger stage, yet still stay small. We just upgraded offices for the first time and let’s just say we have no interest in ‘getting the floor above us,’ so to speak. This keeps us true to the roots of how the company started out: selective, grounded and focused on making dope work.”
Art director Ebelhar was trained at a top tier design school before climbing the ranks as a staff player, then as a freelancer at a “who’s who” of animation studios. He brings a designer’s sensibility and taste to illustration-based animation and motion graphics.
“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