Philip Detchmendy–most recently a partner/executive producer at Paranoid, and prior to that managing director with Tool of North America–has come aboard New York-headquartered Humble as its L.A.-based executive producer. He joins a Humble management team of founder/exec producer Eric Berkowitz, director of marketing Dawn Goodburn and head of production Persis Koch.
Detchmendy, who also served earlier in his career as exec producer of the since closed Satellite, said he was drawn to the flexibility and versatility of the Humble business model, which spans production, creative development, postproduction and any combination thereof.
This mesh of creativity and scalable start-to-finish solutions, he contended, makes the Humble model relevant in today’s marketplace.
The Humble directorial roster includes Melissa Silverman, Sam Stephens, Ariel Danziger, Ben Hartenstein, Alan Poon, Jimmy Diebold, the creative collective Hydra, and John Hobbs and Jeff Bitsack.
The latter two are former notable agency artisans, with Bitsack added to the Humble fold earlier this year (SHOOT, 6/19) after having served as executive creative director at Euro RSCG, New York. The agency pedigrees of Hobbs (BBH and Lowe, New York) and Bitsack reflect in part Humble’s earlier alluded to creative chops. Bitsack is no stranger to the director’s chair. Back when he was exec creative director at JWT New York, he directed a Domino’s viral campaign that garnered multiple Clios and an Emmy nomination. Earlier he logged time as a writer and/or creative director at top agencies including Wieden+Kennedy in both Portland, Ore., and New York, as well as N.Y. shops Cliff Freeman and Partners, Merkley & Partners, Ogilvy & Mather, Toy, BBH, and BBDO.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More