The directing duo of Spooner/French—Nick and Andrew, respectively—has signed with bicoastal/international The Artists Company….Roe Bressan has been named managing director of The Whitehouse, New York. She comes over from New York-based Spontaneous Combustion. Prior to that, she had a long tenure as managing director of Red Car, New York….Director Alex Turner has joined Link Entertainment, New York….Director Mike Wang, who continues to be handled for spots by Culver City, Calif.-based Cognito Films, has secured music video representation via Lot 47 Productions, New York….Director TJ House—whose former commercial roost was Warner Bros. Classic Animation, Sherman Oaks, Calif.—has joined Los Angeles-based Duck Soup Studios for exclusive spot representation.….Lisa Hollingshead has been named executive producer of Visitor, the Hollywood-based shop founded by director James Wahlberg….On the strength of his spec spot reel, director Mike Gray has landed at Denver-based Dewey Obenchain Films….Editor Dan Clougherty has joined Santa Monica-based ARTiFACT. He had most recently been with 501 Post, Austin, Texas….Byron Cameron and Sandy Christian have launched Padded Cell, a Coconut Grove-Fla.-based media solutions company producing commercials, corporate, sales and marketing projects. Cameron, who was previously VP sales and marketing for Battle Medialab, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., holds the title of president at the new company, while Christian will act as writer/producer/director…John Turturro has a window to direct spots that extends for several months as he juggles an itinerary that includes his portraying Howard Cosell in a TNT movie entitled Monday Night Mayhem, and acting in Deeds, a movie starring Adam Sandler. Turturro is also slated to direct an undisclosed feature likely to be executive produced by the Coen brothers. Turturro is repped for commercials via bicoastal Coppos Films….Director Brendan Donovan is again available for spots via Compulsive Pictures, New York, after wrapping principal photography on Grasp, a science fiction short film that will air on the Sci Fi Channel’s Exposure television series….
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