Bill Reilly, owner and executive producer of Los Angeles-based Brilliant Works, has been named executive producer for Pictures in a Row‘s commercial and digital divisions. The announcement was made by PICROW founder, director Peter Lang. Reilly will bring Brilliant Works directors Zach Braff, Michael Haldane, and Art Streiber over to PICROW.
Reilly has an extensive entertainment industry background that spans almost three decades. From his early work at Dream Quest Images, Lucasfilm, and other leading visual effects companies, Reilly went on to develop strong creative and business relationships with ad agencies around the country. He more recently served as executive producer for commercials and advertising content at animation and mixed-media production house Curious Pictures.
Over the years, Reilly has worked on a number of high-profile campaigns, including Super Bowl spots for Pizza Hut that starred Donald Trump and Fran Drescher, and production packages for Dr. Pepper, Lay’s, Coke, and other major brands. As an EP, Reilly has teamed with many talented directors–he executive produced Pella Windows’ “Elopement,” which was directed by Mike Bigelow for Y&R NY and earned a nomination for the primetime commercial Emmy Award in 1998.
Recent commercial work for PICROW includes Lang’s ongoing work for USAA (for Lowe Campbell Ewald Detroit), the latest featuring NFL football star Robert Griffin III (RG3), who introduces viewers to his hometown in Texas and his dedicated parents, both Army veterans. Lang has also completed several branded content shorts for Hyundai through Greenlight Media for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Director Peter Lydon just shot a spot entitled “Sky” starring Al Pacino for Sky Broadband and BBH-London, while Bryan Barber directed a spot for Charter Communications out of GlobalWorks. On the digital side, PICROW editor Ben Nussbaum put on his director’s cap to complete a short film for longtime client SCAN Health Plan (out of Engle + Murphy). The film, “Fragile Safety Net”, reminds doctors and other medical professionals of the healthcare obstacles often faced by the elderly.
Recent projects for Brilliant Works directors include heartfelt spots (“Danny”, “Martine”, “Rose” and “Ron”) directed by Haldane for Bayer (Energy BBDO, Chicago). Haldane has also helmed campaigns for BCAA Travel Insurance (Rethink Vancouver) and DuPont (Ogilvy & Mather New York). Braff is known for his feature and TV work, but has directed spots for Dunkin Donuts (Hill Holliday Boston), Hanes (The Martin Agency) and Head & Shoulders (Saatchi & Saatchi New York).
DGA Award Nominees Set For TV, Documentaries and Commercials
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024. The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Garnering multiple nods in their respective categories of Dramatic Series, Comedy Series and Movies for TV/Limited Series were, respectively, Shogun, The Bear and The Penguin. Three of the five nominations in Dramatic Series went to Shogun--Hiromi Kamata for the “Ladies of the Willow World Episode,” Frederick E.O. Toye for “Crimson Sky” and Jonathan van Tulleken for “Anjin.” The other two nods were garnered by Alex Graves for The Diplomat episode “Dreadnought” and Issa Lopez for the “Part 6” installment of True Detective, Night Country. The Bear also took three out of five nominations, in the Comedy Series category: Directors Ayo Edebiri for the “Napkins” episode, Duccio Fabbri for “Doors,” and Christopher Storer for “Tomorrow.” The other two Comedy Series nods went to Lucia Aniello for the Hacks episode “Bulletproof” and Jeff Schaffer for the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “No Lessons Learned.” And garnering three of the five nods in Movies For Television and Limited Series was The Penguin: Directors Kevin Bray for “Top Hat,” Jennifer Getzinger for “A Great or Little Thing” and Helen Shaver for “Cent’anni.” Rounding out the category were nominationns for Alfonso Curaon on the strength of Disclaimer, and Steven Zaillian for Ripley. Nominated in the Documentary category were Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev for... Read More