Live action director and motion designer, Brian Bowman has joined New York City-based Spontaneous as its creative director. He spent the past three years as the creative director for design and interactive at Nice Shoes
“This marks a new era at Spontaneous.” said VP/managing director Cara Cutrone. “Brian’s live action and interactive experience brings new capabilities that will enhance our already strong design, CG and VFX offerings. His work as a director has exposed him to high profile clients including Microsoft, HBO and MTV while his work as a designer has placed him at the helm of a broad range of advertising and entertainment projects. His diverse background and multi-dimensional approach resonates with both artists and clients.”
Bowman was recently the design and interactive creative director on a variety of projects, including the stereoscopic 3D short film Found, interactive live visuals for the band Tiny Victories, and Kanye West’s seven-screen short film Cruel Summer. Bowman also worked as a creative director at Digital Kitchen and as a designer at Tronic Studio.
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More