Director Ben Mor has signed with RSA in the U.S. and U.K. for commercials. He continues to be handled by RSA sister shop Black Dog U.S. and U.K. for music videos.
Mor, whose prior spotmaking roost was Little Minx, has directed ads for such global clients as Pepsi, Verizon, HP, ESPN, Tanqueray, Chevrolet, Miller Genuine Draft, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, and iconic music videos for pop culture heavy hitters including Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, John Legend and NAS. Mor is currently in development on multiple feature projects.
As an avid art collector and enthusiast, Mor has a keen eye for emerging artists, and has collaborated with art world Brazilian superstars OSGEMEOS to create a short film that introduces the world to the twin brothers’ varied visual output. Filmed over a span of four years, this short is a landmark in Mor’s film career and premiered on Flux Screening at the Hammer Museum.
Mor came into the world of film as a musician and composer and is in a rare company of directors that have won awards for both directing and scoring. Mor’s collective video output has been viewed well over a billion times worldwide.
In 2012, Mor earned acclaim for his action packed trailer for the newest rendition of Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon video game franchise for its seamless use of action, visual effects and sound design.
RSA is headed by president Jules Daly.
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