B-Reel Films has signed Los Angeles-based director Will Mayer. The 21-year-old director just finished his first B-Reel Films project for Airbnb/PayPal out of CP+B. He recently completed a six-month long film campaign helping reinvent the image of the U.S. Department of Education, and is currently working on a music video for Steve Angelo. Mayer has been a filmmaker for brands since he was 14, filming snowboard and skateboard videos for Vans. By the age of 16 he was their main filmmaker for the East Coast, delving into documentary and culture content. He later moved to California, establishing himself as a director….Whitehouse Post New York has added commercial editor Mark Paiva to its roster. He has worked with brands including Nike (W+K), Adidas (TBWA Berlin), Hyundai (Innocean), Kia (David & Goliath), and McDonald’s (Cossette). A Toronto native, Paiva has more than a decade of editing experience. In 2009 he helped found Posterboy Edit, which merged with Bijou Editorial in 2014 to help form Saints Editorial. Paiva’s work has been honored at such shows as Cannes, D&AD, AICE and One Show….
Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox and Bono Among Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aroused a standing ovation from the crowd as she received her medal. Clinton was accompanied to the event by her husband former President Bill Clinton, daughter Chelsea Clinton and grandchildren. Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation's highest civilian honor in a White House ceremony.
"For the final time as president I have the honor bestowing the Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor, on a group of extraordinary, truly extraordinary people, who gave their sacred effort, their sacred effort, to shape the culture and the cause of America," Biden said in his opening remarks.
"Let me just say to each of you, thank you, thank you, thank you for all you've done to help this country," Biden said Saturday.
Four medals were awarded posthumously. They went to George W. Romney, who served as both a Michigan governor and secretary of housing and urban development; former Attorney General and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary. Biden said, "Bobby is one of my true political heroes. I love and I miss him dearly."
Romney is the father of former Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, one of... Read More