Hugh Bacher has been named executive producer at TWC Films, the company presided over by managing director/exec producer Mark Thomas and producer Ralph Winter. Bacher's credentials include a long tenure at Tate USA where he worked with top directors, producing hundreds of commercials all over the U.S. and around the globe. TWC's directorial roster includes Suthon Petchsuwan, Arni Thor Jonsson, Ken Lambert, Sven Super, No Brain, Terry Rietta, Jereon Moll and Tim Brown….Third Street Mining Company, Los Angeles, has added the Austin, TX-based comedy team Ben/Dave to its directorial roster. The duo was working independently in Austin, where their credits included Jarritos Mexican sodas, Mrs. Fields Cookies and Vegas.com, with the latter being shortlisted at Cannes. The two originally met in Salt Lake City, where Dave was a writer and creative director for the local office of Calgary's Rare Method advertising and Ben had established Fueld Films. The two collaborated on several projects before Dave took a job at Crispin Porter+Bogusky's Boulder office, where he created work for Coke Zero and Microsoft and led the Domino's account. Meanwhile, in 2008, Ben moved his family and company to Austin, drawn by the city's creative film community and lifestyle. After a couple years at CP+B, Dave was looking for a change. Reconnecting with Ben, the two decided to join forces in Austin as a directing team….Denise Hauser, whose credits include Return to Sender, a mixed media short film, has joined Hornet, New York…..
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