Production and management company Anonymous Content has signed directing collective PANTERA for commercial and music video representation in the U.S. and the U.K. Comprised of filmmaking trio Pato Martinez, Brian Kazez and Francisco Canton, PANTERA has directed short films, music videos and commercials for global brands including Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, MTV, Rolling Stone and Converse.
PANTERA was also recently awarded a Bronze Lion for Film Craft: Direction and a Silver Young Director Award at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival for their short film Woza, a modern, mystic tale of an African surfer, for surf company Mami Wata.
Martinez, Kazez and Canton began working together five years ago, each bringing a different background to the collective, from still photography and cinematography to art direction and music. Eventually, their collaboration evolved into the Buenos Aires creative studio Pantera&Co, where alongside their own projects, they work with other directors, photographers and producers.
PANTERA issued a statement which read, “We really look up to everything Anonymous Content has made, and we feel it’s the right place for us to develop our ideas and bring them to life alongside such great directors and producers. We know we’ll get to be part of the best work out there, while also joining a team that has our back and pushes us to execute projects at the highest level… We’re excited to continue our growth with the strong backbone of Anonymous Content.”
Eric Stern, Anonymous Content’s managing director and partner, said, “I was excited from the moment I saw their work. PANTERA brings a fresh energy and a bold vision consistent with the Anonymous Content roster,”
The PANTERA collective was previously repped in the U.S. by production house StrangeLove.
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