Untitled, the Santa Monica shop headed by executive producer Jim Evans, has signed director Kathryn Bigelow and the helming duo the Cronenweths (brothers Tim and Jeff) for commercials…. Executive producer Heidi Gottlieb has launched New York-headquartered Go Man Go Productions, which is affiliated with bicoastal feature film distribution/production/finance company First Look Media. Go Man Go opens with director John Towse, formerly of bicoastal/international hungry man. Additionally, executive producer Rachel Griffin joins Gottlieb in making director feature filmmaker Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) available to helm spots via Go Man Go….Director Michael Patterson, formerly of Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, has joined Visitor, the Hollywood-based production company under the aegis of owner/ director James Wahlberg and executive producer Lisa Hollingshead….Superior Assembly Editing Company closed its doors in Santa Monica last month. Several key artisans from that shop have emerged at new roosts. Prior to Superior’s closure, editor Jeff Grippe left to join Sliced Grape, the offline editorial division of West Los Angeles-based The Grape Group. Coming over with Grippe to Sliced Grape were former Superior Assembly managing director Valerie Schadt and producer/marketing executive Dillard Sholes. Editor Nicholas Erasmus, who spent the past four years at Superior, has joined Santa Monica-based Terminal….Rick Boyko, chief creative officer of WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather North America and co-president of Ogilvy & Mather, New York, will retire from the agency next year. He will become the managing director of the Adcenter at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. O&M co-president Bill Gray will assume sole management of the agency, with executive creative directors David Apicella and Chris Wall becoming co-creative heads….Fluid, New York, has signed editor Scott Philbrook, who comes over from Mad River, New York. Additionally, composer Andy Mendelson has joined the post/music house….Composer Michael Bacon has signed for commercial representation with bicoastal Fearless Music. Bacon has scored a large number of feature films (King Gimp, Twisted), and will continue to score features out of his eponymous shop, Michael Bacon Music. He tours regularly with his brother Kevin, as one half of The Bacon Brothers band….Editor Robin Burchill, formerly of New York-based Consulate, has joined Slingshot Edit and Post, New York ….
Director Lucrecia Signs With PRETTYBIRD For Her 1st U.S. Representation
PRETTYBIRD, the production company helmed by Paul Hunter, Kerstin Emhoff, and Ali Brown, has added award-winning filmmaker Lucrecia to its roster for U.S. commercial and music video representation. This marks the director’s first representation in the U.S. market.
Lucrecia has been signed to PRETTYBIRD UK since 2021, soon after winning UKMVA’s Best Pop Newcomer award for her Tarantino-esque music video for rapper/singer-songwriter Ashnikko--which the director pitched, prepped, and shot in only four days. Since joining PRETTYBIRD UK, Lucrecia has quickly made a name for herself. Her striking narratives, combined with a hyper-real aesthetic and iconic world creation, have been the centerpieces of her filmmaking and photography.
Her work has gone viral on more than one occasion. Her commercial for bibigo, “Live Delicious,” was widely admired and even recreated on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel. She has won awards from Kinsale Shark, Creative Circle, and UKMVA, as well as recognition at the Cannes Lions Young Directors Awards and Ciclope Awards.
Candice Dragonas, VP, talent strategy/executive producer PRETTYBIRD US, said of Lucrecia, “She brings a uniquely stylish approach to storytelling with the perfect splash of humor and playfulness. I admire her extreme passion for her craft and the drive to create at the top of her game.”
In addition to Lucrecia’s cinematic visual aesthetic, she routinely engages in another unique form of self-expression: nail art. She has had everything from whipped cream and cherries to chrome flames adorning her nails.
At PRETTYBIRD, Lucrecia joins a roster of filmmakers including Academy Award-winning duo Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once), A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand... Read More