Director Yann Demange, whose work spans commercials, films and TV, has joined RESET for spots and branded content in the U.S. He had formerly been repped in the American ad market by Stink.
Born in Paris and raised in London, Demange began his career filming live concerts and assisting on commercials.
Demange’s first feature was the critically acclaimed ’71, starring Jack O’Connell as a British soldier accidentally abandoned by his unit during the height of The Troubles in Belfast, Ireland. The feature was nominated for two BAFTA awards and nine BIFA awards including Best British Independent Film.
Demange has a wide variety of television work including the comedy drama Man in a Box, the acerbic satirical zombie drama Dead Set, and the crime dramas Criminal Justice and Top Boy. Written by Ronan Bennett for Channel 4. Top Boy is set in Hackney, London, and looks beyond the headlines about youth crime and delves into the personal stories of those involved. The series was nominated for Best Director and Best Drama Serial BAFTAs and won Best Drama Serial at the Royal Television Society and the 2013 Broadcast awards. Drake and Netflix have taken an interest in the show and are producing a third season going into production in 2018.
Demange received the International New Talent Prize at the German Cinema Awards for Peace, was celebrated with BAFTA’s “Brits to Watch” honor, and won Best Director at the 2014 BIFA Awards.
His latest project is the film White Boy Rick, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bel Powley and Bruce Dern; the feature will be released later this year.
Review: Director-Writer Megan Park’s “My Old Ass”
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
"Dude, I'm you," says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunned Elliott. "Well, I'm a 39-year-old you. What's up?"
What's up, indeed: Director-writer Megan Park has crafted a wistful coming-of-age tale using this comedic device for "My Old Ass" and the results are uneven even though she nails the landing.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad.
"Can we hug?" asks the older Elliott. They do. "This is so weird," says the younger Elliott, who then makes things even weirder when she asks for a kiss — to know what it's like kissing yourself. The older Elliott soon puts her number into the younger's phone under the name "My Old Ass." Then they keep in touch, long after the effects of the 'shrooms have gone.
Part of the movie's problem that can't be ignored is that the two Elliotts look nothing alike. Maisy Stella plays the coltish young version and a wry Aubrey Plaza the older. Both turn in fine performances but the visuals are slowly grating.
The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where "my life is about to start." She's sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Park's scenes and dialogue are unrushed and honest as Elliott takes her older self's advice and tries to repair... Read More