AC mcgarrybowen–a Mexico City agency headed by Sebastian Arrechedera, Juan Claverol and Miquel Daura–has named Gabriel Vázquez as its new creative VP.
Vázquez began his career as a creative executive at Young & Rubicam where he developed a memorable Argentine diaper commercial for the Mimito brand (Kimberly Clark), as well as winning Energizer’s first Clio Award in Argentina with his “Prófugo” spot. He moved on to VegaOlmosPonce as creative director and produced advertising campaigns throughout Latin America for brands such as La Nación, Skip, Axe, and Rexona. He won the agency’s first Cannes Gold Lion with the Metamorfosis commercial for Axe. Next at DDB, he picked up a Grand Prix for Energizer from the Argentine Creative Circle. He moved to Ogilvy & Mather where he led the creative department and developed “Toma lo bueno de Coca Cola,” which started out as a campaign for the Mexico market, but due to its immediate success went global. He created Sprite’s iconic “Las cosas como son” campaign, which established a concept still used by the brand today. After working for a time at SCPF, WPP’s Spanish agency, Vázquez went on to become JWT’s general creative director for projects in Latin America and Brazil. Three years ago, he made the move to JWT Mexico as creative VP.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More