Director Michael Lawrence has joined bicoastal Epoch Films for representation in the U.S. He was previously handled by @radical.media in the American ad market and continues to be repped by Skin and Bones in Canada.
Lawrence has worked extensively in the U.S., Europe and Canada with commercials for such brands as ESPN, Nike (China), Google, Twitter (Canada) and New Era. His ad endeavors have earned recognition and awards from the ADCC, Applied Arts, Bessies and Communication Arts, among others.
Lawrence’s “Supernatural” spot for Mizuno engages on a level that is completely holistic by weaving high-energy flashes of breathtaking natural landscapes with footage of a superhuman runner in training. His CIBC campaign “In Her Shoes” follows a woman’s battle with breast cancer by using the camera from a first person perspective. Through her eyes, viewers experience the full arc of her story, from diagnosis through cancer treatment. The result is shockingly intimate and rife with emotion.
Lawrence, a Buffalo, NY native, came to Los Angeles by way of Indonesia, where he worked as a photographer focusing on gender rights and social causes in addition to cultivating his skills as a cinematographer. After relocating to California, Lawrence transitioned to directing full-time, creating music videos for the likes of Wiseblood, Dirty Beaches and Porcelain Raft.
Epoch is headed by founder Mindy Goldberg and executive producers Melissa Culligan and Youree Henley.
Juliette Welfling Takes On A Musical, A Crime Thriller, Comedy and Drama In “Emelia Pérez”
Editor Juliette Welfling has a track record of close-knit, heartfelt collaboration with writer-director Jacques Audiard, a four-time BAFTA Award nominee for Best Film not in the English Language--starting with The Beat That My Heart Skipped in 2006, then A Prophet in 2010, Rust and Bone in 2013, and Dheepan in 2017. He won for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet.
Welfling cut three of those features: A Prophet, Rust and Bone, and Dheepan. And that shared filmography has since grown to most recently include Emelia Pérez, the Oscar buzz-worthy film from Netflix. Welfling herself is not stranger to Academy Award banter. In fact, she earned a Best Achievement in Film Editing Oscar nomination in 2008 for director Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Emelia Pérez is a hybrid musical/drama/thriller which introduces us to a talented but undervalued lawyer named Rita (portrayed by Zoe Saldana) who receives a lucrative offer out of the blue from a feared drug cartel boss who’s looking to retire from his sordid business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he’s always dreamt of being (Karla Sofía Gascón in a dual role as Manitas Del Monte/Emilia Pérez). Rita helps pull this off, orchestrating the faked death of Del Monte who leaves behind a widow (Jessi, played by Selena Gomez) and kids. While living comfortably and contently in her/their new identity, Pérez misses the children. Pérez once again enlists Rita--this time to return to family life, reuniting with the kids by pretending to be their aunt, the sister of Del Monte. Now as an aunt, Pérez winds up adopting a more altruistic bent professionally,... Read More