Deutsch has hired Justin Crawford as SVP, creative director on 7-Eleven and Carmen Love as creative director on Uber. Crawford reports to chief creative officer Pete Favat and Love reports to executive creative director Jorge Calleja. Crawford and Love will be based in the agency’s Los Angeles office.
Before joining Deutsch, Crawford held executive creative director positions at R/GA, BBDO, JWT and Google Creative Lab in New York. He’s been a leader, problem solver and do-er on a broad spectrum of project types from campaign and story driven work to pure UX, design and new product innovation. Over the more than 20 years in the marketing and advertising industry, he’s spearheaded award-winning work for brands including Microsoft, Google, Reebok, Tommy Hilfiger, Disney, The Standard Hotels, Lexus, Smirnoff and Macy’s.
“I chose to come to Deutsch because of the people,” said Crawford. “Some crazy talented people I’ve known for years and some I’m lucky to have just met.”
Love comes to Deutsch from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where she served as an associate creative director for Infiniti Global. Prior to CP+B, she spearheaded the creative department of TBWAChiatDay’s Mexico City office, which she was hired to co-found, before transferring to a senior creative position at TBWAChiatDay LA. Over the course of her 15 years in the industry, she has led and developed award-winning work for The Grammys, Gatorade, adidas, and Nissan, among others. She brings extensive expertise in global marketing and believes in leading by doing.
“Deutsch has been on my list for a long time,” said Love. “I’m inspired by both its ongoing love affair with culture and technology, and its drive for relentless self-improvement.”
CCO Favat related, “Hiring Carmen and Justin is a huge win for us and our clients. Carmen’s a powerful storyteller and has the cross-cultural perspective we need and Justin brings some of the best attention to craft in the business. They’re both a great addition to the team and I already see the impact their making at the agency.”
Jennifer Kent On Why Her Feature Directing Debut, “The Babadook,” Continues To Haunt Us
"The Babadook," when it was released 10 years ago, didn't seem to portend a cultural sensation.
It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters.
But with time, the long shadows of "The Babadook" continued to envelop moviegoers. Its rerelease this weekend in theaters, a decade later, is less of a reminder of a sleeper 2014 indie hit than it is a chance to revisit a horror milestone that continues to cast a dark spell.
Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Kent's directorial debut may be one of them. It was at the nexus of that much-debated term "elevated horror." But regardless of that label, it helped kicked off a wave of challenging, filmmaker-driven genre movies like "It Follows," "Get Out" and "Hereditary."
Kent, 55, has watched all of this — and those many "Babadook" memes — unfold over the years with a mix of elation and confusion. Her film was inspired in part by the death of her father, and its horror elements likewise arise out of the suppression of emotions. A single mother (Essie Davis) is struggling with raising her young son (Noah Wiseman) years after the tragic death of her husband. A figure from a pop-up children's book begins to appear. As things grow more intense, his name is drawn out in three chilling syllables — "Bah-Bah-Doooook" — an incantation of unprocessed grief.
Kent recently spoke from her native Australia to reflect on the origins and continuing life of "The Babadook."
Q: Given that you didn't set out to in any way "change" horror, how have you regarded the unique afterlife of "The... Read More