Film and animation production company Not To Scale has added multi-disciplinary director Drew Lightfoot for representation in the U.S. and U.K./Europe. The Canadian craftsman, director and animator has experience working across commercials, music videos, TV shows and feature films. Lightfoot’s career in stop motion animation kicked off at the age of 17 when he went to New Zealand to work on an animated TV show before moving on to commercials in Australia, Canada and the U.S. After studying classical animation and dipping his toe into directing, Lightfoot was hired as lead animator on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride in London. This led to animation directing work for U.K. directors Dougal Wilson, Frank Budgen and Johnny Green on major campaigns including Big Yellow Tide and Sony Bravia’s "Play-Doh Bunnies," which both won pencils at D&AD. Following these high-profile endeavors, Lightfoot naturally migrated to directing himself, helming commercials for the likes of Volkswagen, PlayStation, Orange, Bud Light, Toyota, Maynards and Virgin Mobile, as well as a wide range of music videos. He became adept at meshing live action and animation….
Former Saatchi and Grey creative director Pat Giles and his longtime copywriting partner Amy Giles have teamed to form Danger Pigeon, which they bill as being the very first "character agency," focusing on clients with iconic characters, or on brands looking to develop their "character." Giles led creative assignments for such ad icons over the years as: Lucky the Leprechaun, My Little Pony, McGruff the Crime Dog, TRIX Rabbit, Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, The Pillsbury Doughboy, Count Chocula, and The Green Giant. With clients including General Mills, Blip Toys, Girl Scouts of America, Sesame Workshop, Vayner Media, and Portfolio Animation, Danger Pigeon works with other creative agencies in addition to their own client roster, bringing a specialized expertise to their assignments….
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