Directing duo rubberband.–comprised of New Yorkers Jason Filmore Sondock and Simon Davis–has signed with SMUGGLER for worldwide representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos. Recently rubberband. has taken the award show circuit by storm winning honors at the 1.4 Awards, YDA, Ciclope, YG17 Finalist and Kinsale Shark Awards. Additionally, the duo’s work has earned four Vimeo Staff Picks with their two most recent music videos, “My Side” for lophile and “Some Place Else” for MorMor, receiving recognition.
Commercial credits for rubberband. include such brands as Under Armour, Calvin Klein, Fender, Moncler, Burberry, Away, Raf Simons, and Alexander Wang. The directing duo’s music projects include artists LCD Soundsystem, Goldlink, ZHU, Alunageorge, and Bryson Tiller. Work from rubberband. has also garnered many festival selections (SXSW, LAFF, Cleveland, Sur l’Art Montreal, SUFF). Additional accolades include a Los Angeles Film Festival Selection (2018), Silver Clio for Integrated Campaign (2018), and a Milano Fashion Film Festival Selection (2019).
Sondock and Davis first met at Tisch’s Kanbar Institute of Film and TV at NYU and have been working under the rubberband. moniker ever since. Prior to joining SMUGGLER, rubberband. had been at production houses Cadence and the London office of Moxie Pictures.
“Simon and Jason are a shot in the arm. They have the personality, taste, ambition and that relentless work ethic that helps great directors want to beat a path to the top. There is a definite flavor and a point of view that was immediately apparent to us all. They are on a very exciting and inspiring journey,” said SMUGGLER co-founder Brian Carmody.
A joint statement from Sondock and Davis read, “We’ve never been the kind of people to have long-winded explanations for why we do what we do. We’re interested in producing work that pushes creative boundaries alongside genuinely great people. SMUGGLER is the epitome of both.”
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More