Eric Bonniot, an industry veteran with extensive experience on the production and post sides of the business, has joined Nerve as exec producer of its studios in Los Angeles and Mexico City, which specialize in visual effects, mixed media motion graphics, commercial photography and print design. Bonniot most recently served as exec producer at production house Uncle, and prior to that in the same capacity in the commercials division of A Band Apart. He earlier was president/CEO of post/VFX house 525 Studios (which was later consolidated into Riot, Santa Monica), and managing director of London post facility Rushes….The Corner Store, Toronto, has signed director Philip Kates for Canadian representation. He continues to be handled in the western Canada spot market via Joe Media, Calgary, and for French Canadian work through Moskito Films, Montreal. Kates is with New York-based Harpoon for spot representation in the U.S., Mad Cow Films, London, for U.K. adverts, JSA International for European and national jobs, and Republic, Sydney, for commercials out of Australia and New Zealand. The Jennifer Hollyer Agency reps Kates for film and television projects….Holiday Films, the Toronto shop headed by exec producers Derek Sewell and Josefina Nadurata, have added director Adam Massey for Canadian representation. Massey, who's repped in the U.S. by Los Angeles-based Untitled Inc., has directed campaigns for Budweiser, Coke, McDonald's, Molson's, Southwest Airlines, Lucky Jeans, Ford and Altoids….
SUPERLATIVE Signs Director Claudia Abend For Spots and Branded Content
Latin American director/editor and documentary filmmaker Claudia Abend has joined SUPERLATIVE for her first U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
Abend's empathetic docu-style POV has garnered several international awards for the documentary films Hit (2008) and The Flower of Life (2018). Her spotmaking credits include such brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. SUPERLATIVE has already worked with Abend, together producing a new ad campaign for digital agency Tinuiti and The Honest Company, a consumer goods corporation featuring eco-minded products.
“We found Claudia through her poignant documentaries on the festival circuit,” said SUPERLATIVE creative manager Stefan Dezil. “We are excited about her textured narratives, emotional storytelling, and her powerhouse long-form storytelling abilities, currently on her third feature film. As SUPERLATIVE continues to build our brand after premiering our latest films at Sundance and SXSW, Claudia is the kind of multidimensional artist we are excited to partner with on branded content and beyond. Fluent in English and Spanish, her reel shows real prowess with infants, food and skin products, families both young and old. Great visual storytelling and inspirational doc work.”
Abend began her career in her native Uruguay, studying film and editing in college. “My dad would show me films like Citizen Kane,” she said. “I love cinema and became an editor. It was here that I learned all about communicating human emotion.”
From the get-go, Abend hit it big as a documentary director, teaming with Adrianna Loeff on Hit, a movie chronicling pop artists of Uruguayan music. Abend took home a Best Editing... Read More