Ron Foth Advertising has promoted Mike Wilson to associate creative director. In his new role at the Columbus-based agency, he will help lead the shop in conceptual art direction, as well as traditional and digital design for all clients.
Wilson joined the Foth agency in March 2016 as sr. art director. He was recruited from Indianapolis agency Three Sixty Group, where he spent eight years as creative director. Prior to joining Three Sixty Group in 2008, he spent over three years as sr. VP, associate creative director with Pearson Partners in Indianapolis. That followed two years as VP, associate creative director with Pearson McMahon Fletcher England, and over three and a half years as a sr. art director with the agency before that.
In his time at Foth, he’s created award-winning campaigns for the California Academy of Sciences, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern, the Columbus Zoo and others. He also led the redesign and launch of the agency’s new website, ronfoth.com.
Over the course of his 20-year career, Wilson has worked with brands including BMW, Fifth Third Bank, hhgregg, USA Gymnastics, the Indiana Pacers and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More