Director Kim Gehrig, a noted agency creative at Mother who broke into the directorial/production house ranks via Academy Films, London, has joined London-based Somesuch & Co., which will handle her in the U.K. She will be represented internationally via Somesuch & Co’s close partnership with Caviar in Los Angeles, Belgium, Amsterdam and Paris. Among her directing credits is the Ikea “Always Find You in the Kitchen at Parties” spot. Gehrig earned inclusion into SHOOT’s 2009 New Directors Showcase….Feature director Edouardo Ponti has joined superstudio, Santa Monica, for spot representation. Ponti’s credits include his feature debut, Between Strangers starring Sophia Loren and Mira Sorvino, which premiered at the Venice and Toronto International Festivals. Last year, Ponti directed Away We Stay, the first in a series of branded short films for the W Hotel starring Helena Christensen and based on the iconic film Blow Up. Ponti was born into filmmaking, his parents being director Carlo Ponti and actress Loren….Ad agency Duncan/Channon, San Francisco, has brought Brian Bacino aboard as a creative director. He most recently headed up creative at Swirl Integrated Marketing and prior to that at Draftfcb in S.F. Over the years he has created campaigns for such clients as Levi’s 501s, Hilton Hotels, MTV, eBay, Fox Sports, Sega and the San Francisco Giants….Thornberg & Forester, N.Y., has hired Javier Gonzalez as head of production. He had previously been both a staff and freelance sr. producer at various design/VFX shops in N.Y. At Thornberg & Forester, Gonzalez will be production lead on a wide range of projects spanning such disciplines as VFX, animation, branding, design, live action directing, editing and digital media….
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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