Matt Collier and Wayne Robinson, formerly of CHI & Partners in London, have come aboard DDB Chicago as creative directors. The move reunites the creative team with Ewan Paterson, chief creative officer of DDB Chicago; the three had worked together at CHI & Partners.
At DDB Chicago, Collier and Robinson will be tasked with collaborating on ideas across the agency’s account roster. Over the years, they have done notable work for such clients as Shell, Nestle, 888.com, Toyota, Mazda, Kellogg’s, News International, Britvic, Tiger Beer, and Friends of the Earth. This year, Collier and Robinson were widely lauded for their Sunday Times “Rich List” print campaign which earned a coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil. Collier and Robinson have also been featured in D&AD each of the five years they worked at CHI & Partners, for five different clients.
Collier and Robinson join DDB Chicago on the heels of the agency winning Pepsi’s Sierra Mist account and following its recent win of several new Mars Chocolate and Wrigley brands, including Starburst®, Skittles®, Milky Way®, Combos® and Balisto® to be led out of Chicago.
The creative team is also the latest in a spate of new hires in the Chicago office as Paterson has reshaped the creative department over the past year. Among the talent that has recently joined the agency are Alex Braxton and Alistair Robertson as creative directors, Eric Johnson as executive producer of music and integration, Jonathan Sackett as chief digital officer and Azher Ahmed as director of digital operations.
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
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