Marina del Rey, Calif.-based Gillen Films, the recently formed shop featuring director Scott Gillen, has secured Mary Knox of Commercial Artists Management, New York, to handle the East Coast….Bicoastal music/sound design shop Ear to Ear has signed Jay Jackson-Jochum for in-house sales representation on the West Coast. Chicago-based independent rep Nikki Weiss continues to cover the Midwest, and Lori Benson and Rich Schafler of Benson/Schafler Artists Management, New York, remain Ear to Ear’s reps on the East Coast….Justine Smith has been named directors’ rep at music video house 1171 Production Group, Hollywood….DP Bojan Bazelli has wrapped principal photography on the DreamWorks feature Ring and is again available for spots and music videos via Dattner And Associates, Los Angeles….
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