Red Car New York has named Scott Spanjich to the post of managing director. An experienced production and post executive with a diverse background in music videos, commercials and branded content, Spanjich most recently was working with Deluxe in a permalance role where he served in a variety of interim positions at its Beast Editorial division and consulted on motion graphics and VFX business.
Spanjich’s career has been marked by close collaborations with directors, production companies, agencies, music labels and clients. Prior to founding his own consultancy, Scott Spanjich, Inc., he was executive producer of Radical Music, the music-related production arm of @radical.media, a position he held for four years. He came to Radical from Sony Music Entertainment, where he was VP, creative marketing/video production for its Epic label.
Spanjich has worked with an array of artists and brands, ranging from will.i.am and the Black Eyed Peas to Jay Z, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Pink, the Dave Matthews Band and many more. Among the advertisers he’s worked with on traditional commercial campaigns, branded content initiatives, broadcast promos and music-related programming are WalMart, MTV, “Saturday Night Live,” Victoria’s Secret, Comcast, and the Obama presidential campaign.
As someone not coming out of an ad agency or post house, Spanjich emerged as unconventional candidate, noted Red Car founder and editor Larry Bridges who explained, “We were attracted to the fact that he brings a fresh and original perspective to the position. We think Scott’s going to change the perception of what a modern postproduction company managing director is going to be.”
Spanjich said about his new role, “Larry is giving me the chance to help shape the future of what Red Car New York is all about. I think as we move forward we’re going to be looking to redefine what a creative editorial and post production company can be in this market, both in terms of the work we do and the relationships we establish.”
At Red Car New York Spanjich will be working with an editorial roster that includes Deidre Bell, Charlie Cusumano, Greg Letson and Keith Olwell, in addition to creative director Chris Bialkowski, who heads up animation, visual effects and design. All Red Car editors are available nationally through the Red Car offices in Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles. Recent Red Car New York projects includes work for such brands as Olive Garden, Google, Audi and Orbitz, and collaborations with agencies that include Grey Worldwide, Barton F. Graf 9000, Saatchi & Saatchi and Fallon.
Spanjich’s hiring comes on the heels of Red Car Chicago’s recent signing of two new editorial talents, Keith Kristinat and David Rosenblatt. As part of the company’s management team, Spanjich will work with Red Car Chicago managing director Carrie Holecek and executive producer Jon Desir, and Red Car Dallas managing director Carrie Callaway.
Hwang Dong-hyuk On Season 2 of “Squid Game,” Wrapping Production on Season 3; What’s Next?
Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix's "Squid Game," but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.
The show has a huge cast and Hwang says it was "really difficult" to manage everyone on set.
As characters would die, Hwang recalls saying to the actors on their last day, "'Oh no! How sad! I won't see you tomorrow,' but I was always smiling inside."
"Squid Game" season two premieres Thursday. It once again stars Lee Jung-jae and centers around a secret competition in South Korea that targets people in debt and the winner gets a big cash prize. What they don't know is that losing the game is deadly.
Hwang originally conceived of the show 15 years ago as a two-hour film but it failed to gain traction with financiers or even interested actors. He put it aside and worked on other films instead. He then had the idea to make it a TV series instead and took the project to Netflix. There, it could reach a wide audience.
"I never in my wildest dream thought it was going to be this huge," said Hwang, who spoke about the show and what comes next. Answers have been edited for clarity and length.
Q: What have you learned from "Squid Game"?
HWANG: I learned that I shouldn't give up. If you love something and if you want to create something, it might not work now, but the time might come later. Or that idea could be the source of inspiration for something else.
Q: You've already finished filming season three of "Squid Game." Have you thought about what your next project will be?
HWANG: I'm afraid to talk... Read More