Copacino+Fujikado has hired former Publicis Seattle CEO Scott Foreman as managing director. Foreman will oversee the independent, full-service agency’s day-to-day operations, including new business, account management, media and production. He will work alongside creative director Mike Hayward and report directly to co-founder Betti Fujikado.
Foreman joins his new roost after spending nearly 15 years at Publicis Seattle, where he was largely responsible for managing the agency’s ongoing T-Mobile relationship, in addition to the office’s day-to-day operations. Foreman was part of the initial team that relaunched T-Mobile nationally in 2002 and has been integral in some of the company’s most memorable campaigns, such as "Get More,” “T-Mobile Girl” and the current “Un-carrier” initiative. He also drove Publicis Seattle’s new business, helping win AOR appointments for the likes of Eddie Bauer, American Girl and Visit Seattle during his tenure.
Prior to Publicis, Foreman briefly managed operations for Gamers.com, an online portal for gaming enthusiasts that was live in the early 2000s. He began his career in the media department of Foote, Cone & Belding, working on the agency’s Mazda business and eventually transitioning to account management where he ran AT&T Wireless.
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More