Director Brian Scott Weber has joined the roster of Rhythm + Hues Commercial Studios. He comes over from Los Angeles production house A Common Thread where his endeavors included a poignant Zerometh campaign for agency D Groupe in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. “Effect,” a spot from that Zerometh package, gained inclusion a couple of years ago into SHOOT‘s “The Best Work You May Never See” gallery.
Weber has also helmed high profile work over the years for such clients as Chrysler, Chevy, Discover Brokerage, Duracell, L.A. Fitness, Lee Jeans, the New York Knicks, Universal Studios and Verizon.
Among Weber’s recent credits is a vampire-infused commercial for Busch Gardens, showcasing his use of in-camera and photo-real visual effects. On the music video front, he has directed clips for such acts as The Spirits, and Dashboard Confessional.
Rhythm + Hues exec producer Paul Babb was drawn to Weber’s expertise in live action and effects, his adroit meshing of those disciplines, and a directorial storytelling prowess spanning spots, music videos and interactive fare. The Belgian-born, Brooklyn-raised, Columbia University educated (architecture) Weber has a special knack for visually cinematic, thematically subversive work that manages to be both dark and playful at the same time.
Prior to A Common Thread, Weber’s spot production company affiliations included Palomar, FM Rocks and Johns+Gorman Films.
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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