Moxie Pictures has brought on Katrin Aul as East Coast sales representative. Aul's background includes sales rep duties at Smuggler, and other top production houses including Station, Academy and HSI. A native of Germany, Aul began her career in London, later moving to New York where she worked for Smuggler and Rabbit as an in-house sales rep. After a stint as an independent rep, Aul was offered the sales post at Moxie….Indie firm Nikki Weiss & Co. has added two new entries to its roster for Midwest representation: Oil Factory; and director Warren Kushner of K Films….Chad Cooper has become director of business development for hybrid CGI, interactive, 3D company Speedshape. Cooper, who brings 13 years of experience in advertising and postproduction to his new post, will head-up client services and new business at the company's Detroit-based flagship facility. In addition, he will oversee the growth of its East and West Coast satellite divisions as Speedshape expands its staff and services to accommodate its growing national client roster in the commercial, broadcast, digital media and film arenas. Previous positions as VP/partner at Milagro Post, a creative editorial and finishing spot house, and CloudSparks, a digital firm specializing in custom web development–as well a brief stint as associate director of operations at Leo Burnett–enable Cooper to traverse the advertising, broadcast, film and interactive markets….Dattner Dispoto and Associates has signed DP Autumn Durald….
SUPERLATIVE Signs Director Claudia Abend For Spots and Branded Content
Latin American director/editor and documentary filmmaker Claudia Abend has joined SUPERLATIVE for her first U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
Abend's empathetic docu-style POV has garnered several international awards for the documentary films Hit (2008) and The Flower of Life (2018). Her spotmaking credits include such brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. SUPERLATIVE has already worked with Abend, together producing a new ad campaign for digital agency Tinuiti and The Honest Company, a consumer goods corporation featuring eco-minded products.
“We found Claudia through her poignant documentaries on the festival circuit,” said SUPERLATIVE creative manager Stefan Dezil. “We are excited about her textured narratives, emotional storytelling, and her powerhouse long-form storytelling abilities, currently on her third feature film. As SUPERLATIVE continues to build our brand after premiering our latest films at Sundance and SXSW, Claudia is the kind of multidimensional artist we are excited to partner with on branded content and beyond. Fluent in English and Spanish, her reel shows real prowess with infants, food and skin products, families both young and old. Great visual storytelling and inspirational doc work.”
Abend began her career in her native Uruguay, studying film and editing in college. “My dad would show me films like Citizen Kane,” she said. “I love cinema and became an editor. It was here that I learned all about communicating human emotion.”
From the get-go, Abend hit it big as a documentary director, teaming with Adrianna Loeff on Hit, a movie chronicling pop artists of Uruguayan music. Abend took home a Best Editing... Read More