Editor Akiko Iwakawa-Grieve has joined Rock Paper Scissors for representation in the U.S. Her credits as an editor include prominent, brand-defining campaigns for Converse, Ford, Pepsi, and Nike with collaborators that have included artists and directors ranging from Hiro Murai and Vincent Haycock to Chris Milk, Marco Brambilla and the late Nagi Noda.
“Akiko’s passion for film is evident in all of her work, which you can see in the level of directors who come back to her over and over,” said Eve Kornblum, Rock Paper Scissors managing director and EP.
Beyond advertising, Iwakawa-Grieve’s film credits include working with Zach Heinzerling on the Academy Award-nominated documentary feature “Cutie and the Boxer,” the deeply personal “The Happy Film” directed by Stefan Sagmeister and Ben Nabors, as well as music videos for Johnny Cash, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Depeche Mode.
Raná Martin, executive producer at Rock Paper Scissors, Los Angeles, said of Iwakawa-Grieve, “She is tireless in her craft and has such an impact stylistically on the work she edits.”
Iwakawa-Grieve shared, “Rock Paper Scissors is always associated with the highest caliber work, but they also have a wonderful collective spirit which I’m looking forward to contributing to and building from.”
The daughter of theater actors, Iwakawa-Grieve moved to the U.S. from her home country Japan when she was 15. She studied cinema at NYU Tisch School of Art, where she began her path in filmmaking through editing. Prior to Rock Paper Scissors, she was represented by Cut+Run.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More