Global independent creative agency GUT has appointed Christian Buer as executive creative director and Natalie Street as head of accounts in its Toronto office. Buer will lead the creative team alongside ECD Brynna Aylward. Both Street and Buer will be based in Toronto and will report to managing director and partner Ryan O’Hagan. Juan Javier Peña Plaza also oversees the office as partner and North America CCO. Buer has spent the last 12+ years working to bridge the disciplines of design and advertising, and has worked at leading agencies in Canada for brands including McDonald’s, Toyota, HomeSense and KFC. Over Street’s nearly 15 years of experience, she has built her career at Toronto agencies including DDB and TAXI. Additionally, she has been a partner to some of Canada’s biggest brands, including Canadian Tire, Boston Pizza, Rogers Canada, Manulife and now, Tim Hortons. In 2022, GUT Toronto also won a Cannes Lion award for the “TimBiebs” campaign, which was the first-ever Lion for both the agency and Tim Hortons. The campaign also received the Grand Effie at the Canadian Effie Awards, among other top honors. GUT’s global independent creative network has offices in Miami, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Toronto, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Amsterdam….
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold To Receive Gothams Visionary Tribute For “A Complete Unknown”
Academy-Award nominees Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will receive the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Visionary Tribute for their groundbreaking collaboration on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place on Monday, December 2, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The Gotham Visionary Tribute recognizes groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film. This year, The Gotham honors actor/producer Chalamet and director/producer/co-writer Mangold for creating an extraordinary cinematic work with A Complete Unknown.
“In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold have beautifully captured Dylan’s emergence in 1960s New York not just as an artistic evolution, but as a meditation on the necessity of change,” said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham. “Through Chalamet’s breathtakingly authentic performance and Mangold’s masterful direction, we witness Dylan’s transformation from folk prophet to electric rebel, showing how growth often requires letting go of the very relationships and identities that shaped us. Together, they have created a work that will not only resonate with longtime Dylan admirers but also introduce his revolutionary artistry to a new generation. We’re thrilled to honor them with this year’s Visionary Tribute and look forward to recognizing their outstanding contributions to film at The Gothams.”
A Complete Unknown is set in New York in the early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and... Read More