Director Martin Krejci–who’s handled for commercials and branded content by Ruffian in the U.S. and Merman in the U.K.–has made his feature film debut with the just released The True Adventures of Wolfboy starring Jaeden Martell in the title role and a cast that includes Sophia Giannamore, Eve Hewson, Chris Messina, Chloe Sevigny and John Turturro. The True Adventures of Wolf Boy is an emotionally charged story about a boy living with a rare physical condition who goes on a life-changing journey of discovery. Martell’s character Paul has hypertrichosis, a condition that causes a thick coat of hair to grow over the entirety of his body, including his face. As a result he suffers intense bullying and isolation from his peers. On his 13th birthday, Paul receives a mysterious gift that compels him to run away and seek out the mother he has never known. Along the way, he encounters and befriends an assortment of vivid misfits, and ends up being pursued by both the police and criminals. Paul must come to terms with his appearance, and ultimately learn the secret history of his familial heritage. In the commercialmaking arena, Krejci has directed for such brands as IKEA, Ford, Stella Artois, Heineken, Phillips, Guinness and Nike….
Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist and Writer, Dies At 95
Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer whose prolific output ranged from a long-running comic strip to plays, screenplays and children's books, died Friday. He was 95 and, true to his seemingly tireless form, published his last book just four months ago.
Feiffer's wife, writer JZ Holden, said Tuesday that he died of congestive heart failure at their home in Richfield Springs, New York, and was surrounded by friends, the couple's two cats and his recent artwork.
Holden said her husband had been ill for a couple of years, "but he was sharp and strong up until the very end. And funny."
Artistically limber, Feiffer hopscotched among numerous forms of expression, chronicling the curiosity of childhood, urban angst and other societal currents. To each he brought a sharp wit and acute observations of the personal and political relations that defined his readers' lives.
As Feiffer explained to the Chicago Tribune in 2002, his work dealt with "communication and the breakdown thereof, between men and women, parents and children, a government and its citizens, and the individual not dealing so well with authority."
Feiffer won the United States' most prominent awards in journalism and filmmaking, taking home a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for his cartoons and "Munro," an animated short film he wrote, won a 1961 Academy Award. The Library of Congress held a retrospective of his work in 1996.
"My goal is to make people think, to make them feel and, along the way, to make them smile if not laugh," Feiffer told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in 1998. "Humor seems to me one of the best ways of espousing ideas. It gets people to listen with their guard down."
Feiffer was born on Jan. 26, 1929, in the Bronx. From... Read More