RadicalMedia has brought filmmaker Andy Hines aboard its roster for representation in the U.S. and U.K. spanning commercials, branded content and music videos.
Hines is a Grammy-nominated director who has worked with music performers ranging from Kanye West to Missy Elliott, Rosalía, Luke Combs and Keith Urban. Hines, who was previously repped by Sanctuary Content, has also directed campaigns for Nike, Uber and Maple Leaf Foods.
Hines is a Canadian director based in Los Angeles. He learned to see life through a camera frame from the age of six due to the influence of his photographer father. After receiving his Masters in directing from The American Film Institute, Hines transitioned into directing music videos and commercials. Hines caught his first break in the industry with A$AP Yams, making his first music video in the driveway of the artist’s house the very next day.
Hines’ range has never been limited by genre or style, moving freely between writing award winning narrative projects like Logic’s viral “1-800-273-8255” (nominated for the Best Music Video Grammy in 2018) to big performances like Lizzo’s “Tempo.” The director’s work has garnered multiple MTV VMA Awards and nominations as well as five Cannes Lions including Gold for both commercials and music videos.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More