Beauty/fashion directors Didier Kerbrat, Wilfird Buch and Lars Knorrn have joined C-Entertainment, a New York shop headed by president Jack Cohn and partner/executive producer Olivier Gauriat. Also becoming available for commercials via C-Entertainment is director Jaume Collet-Serra after having wrapped his latest feature, The Unknown White Man starring Liam Neeson….Director Matt Smukler has returned to Los Angeles-based HELLO! for spot representation. He comes over from The Cartel, Hollywood. Smukler’s recent commercialmaking credits span such clients as the NFL Network, Digiorno Pizza, Reebok, Oreo and Serta…The directorial duo of Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland has joined The Sweet Shop for commercial representation worldwide Their short The Six Dollar Fifty Man came up a winner at the short film section at Cannes last year, has gone on this year to garner best international short distinction at the Sundance Film Festival, honors at the 60th International Film Festival in Berlin, and most recently an Oscar-qualifying best drama honor (in addition to a BAFTA/Los Angeles prize for excellence) at the Aspen Shortsfest….Ryan Denning has been promoted to managing director and will lead the San Francisco office of R/GA, partnering closely with executive creative director Mauro Cavalletti. In addition, R/GA San Francisco has added interaction design directors Andres Jimenez, Yasmin Nestlen and Vlad Margulis, as well as Brett Rampata who comes aboard as associate creative director, interaction design, Ricardo Landim as associate creative director, visual design, Ted McGagg as an associate creative director, and Allison Gabrys as group director, production….
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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