Director Ben Tedesco has joined Superlounge for exclusive U.S. spot representation. He comes aboard a directorial roster comprised of company partner Jordan Brady, Daniel Sheppard, Jacob Slade and Brett Wagner.
Tedesco made a major splash when his MoFilm Chevy Volt “Spaceship” experiment took him to the 2013 Cannes Festival where Chevrolet’s CMO decreed that the spot would air in the fall, which it did. It was while shooting “Spaceship” that Tedesco first met Brady (the director’s girlfriend was working with Brady’s wife, director Jeannette Godoy). “Jordan was genuinely excited from the first cuts of ‘Spaceship’ and saw its potential,” Tedesco recalled. “I met with so many people whose reactions were cautionary: ‘This is such a tough time.’ But Jordan and (Superlounge executive producer) Dave Farrell have the confidence and belief that with the right amount of work and ingenuity, this can happen.”
“I’ve been watching Ben flawlessly execute heartwarming spots for two years now,” said Brady. “Never mind they’ve been on a shoestring budget, they’re just great stories.”
Tedesco developed his visual narrative style over nearly a decade in production working for directors like Zack Snyder and Jeff Cronenweth. “So many elements must come together in order for a spot to take shape—the look of the environment, the physical acting, and above all I have to find the story within the storyboard,” Tedesco observed. In addition to Chevy, Tedesco’s initial work has included specs for Campbell’s, BP and Doritos. Like Chevy, some LegalZoom spots caught the attention of the brand and have begun appearing as formal web spots. More have been commissioned, possibly for broadcast.
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