Gobsmack!, the Bangalore and L.A.-based content studio founded by director Shyam Madiraju, will be handling representation in India for Anonymous Content. The agreement, which includes most of the Anonymous roster of filmmakers, is the first representation deal for Anonymous outside of the U.S. or U.K. Among the Anonymous directors whom Gobsmack! will rep in India are Andrew Douglas, Malcolm Venville, Mark Romanek, David Kellogg, Brett Morgen, PES, David Fincher and Guy Ritchie. “It's become a global marketplace for production as well as for creativity. Our partnering with Gobsmack! in India is an effort for us to widen our pool of sources of great work for our filmmakers and offering them as many options as possible. If you look at India, it's a culture with a tremendous film background and a literacy of production. They have sophisticated audiences and great crews. And their economy is the economy of the 21st century. For us, this move makes a lot of sense.” Madiraju is well-positioned to introduce the talents of Anonymous Content to the Indian ad agency marketplace. As a director working in the US, he was repped by Anonymous for three years. A former creative director at such shops as TBWAChiatDay, Ogilvy & Mather and The Martin Agency, Madiraju took his agency acumen and successfully transitioned to directing in 2006 with a series of spots for the L.A. Film Festival. Madiraju then went on to direct a series of highly acclaimed virals for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel that were produced by Anonymous. He left Anonymous in 2009 to found Gobsmack! in India and the U.S….DP Shane Hurlbut, who is repped by Innovative Artists, has wrapped the feature project Blackbird with director Stefan Ruzowitzky and starring Olivia Wilde and Eric Bana….
FCB Stays Atop The One Club’s Year-End Global Creative Rankings
FCB ended the year repeating its top positions in The One Club for Creativity’s Global Creative Rankings, with FCB New York again crowned Global Agency of the Year and FCB Global finishing as Agency Network of the Year for 2024.
The annual worldwide benchmark report is a comprehensive ranking of agencies, brands, countries, and individuals based on points earned from winning entries in The One Club’s eight global, regional, and local awards shows: The One Show 2024, ADC 103rd Annual Awards, Type Directors Club TDC70 competition, Art Directors Club of Europe ADCE Awards 2024, ONE Asia Creative Awards 2024, and The One Club Denver, San Diego, and Miami chapter 2024 awards programs.
“The Global Creative Rankings is the industry’s most comprehensive and transparent ranking,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club. “There are no secret weightings in calculating the rankings, and unlike others, it’s not hidden behind a paywall. As the industry’s foremost nonprofit organization for the global creative community, The One Club is in a unique position to provide this free, definitive measure for global creative excellence to everyone in the industry.”
Highlights of the Global Creative Rankings 2024 are below.
Global Agency Rankings
FCB New York
Rethink Toronto
McCann New York
TBWAMedia Arts Lab Los Angeles
Serviceplan Germany Munich
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
FCB Chicago
Marcel Paris
VML New York
Ogilvy PR New York, Publicis Conseil Paris (tie)
Independent Agency Rankings
Rethink Toronto
Serviceplan Germany Munich
Wieden+Kennedy Portland
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