Los Angeles-based SixTwentySix Productions has added director Jared Asher Harris to its roster for exclusive music video and commercial representation in the U.S. and U.K. Harris graduated from Emerson College and began working for STX Entertainment and television creator Butch Hartman before setting his sights on a directing career. Harris began directing with Sony Music, creating lyric videos. He soon caught the eye of Atlantic Records, who most recently paired him with fast-rising electronic artist Whethan for his “Top Shelf” music video. Among his other latest music clips are UPSAHL’s “The Other Team,” and The Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Song for a Secret.” SixTwentySix Productions, founded by Jake Krask and Austin Barbara, launched in 2017 and is a full-service production company specializing in music videos and branded content. Harris joins SixTwentySix’s diverse roster of directors that includes Millicent Hailes, Paul Capra, and Miles & AJ….
New York-based creative agency Gradient has expanded, merging with Los Angeles-based social and digital agency Little Arrows and adding Jennifer de Fouchier as executive creative director and partner. Consolidating talent under the heading of Gradient Group, Little Arrows will now be known as Gradient Digital, augmenting Gradient Experiential’s physical expertise. Together, a 50-plus team will work across offices in NY and L.A. De Fouchier has an extensive background in experience design and luxury, having previously served as director of design at David Stark Design. She also held creative roles at Louis Vuitton, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Bulova and Hearst, among others….
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More