TBWANEBOKO has hired Thierry Albert as executive creative director. The French-born Albert has 20-plus years of experience within the creative industry across Europe and Canada, which has seen him create multi-award winning campaigns for the likes of Heineken, Corona, Budweiser, Instagram, Uber, Coke and McLaren. Before moving to TBWANEBOKO in Amsterdam, he was at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam for eight years, during which, he was the global creative director on the Heineken, Instagram and, more recently, the Evian accounts with Dua Lipa. He also directs music promos, documentaries and ads under the name ALBERT ALBERT.
Throughout his career Albert has won several Cannes Lions and been recognized numerous times by the D&AD, Eurobest and the Andy Awards. This is reflected in such past work as the early Marmite “Squeezy” campaign, Heineken’s “The Chase” campaign starring Daniel Craig, and the “Stories Are Everywhere” campaign for Instagram entirely shot using the platform that landed him an invitation on stage at the D&AD Festival.
Darre van Dijk, chief creative officer at TBWANEBOKO, said of Albert, “After years of making amazing, awarded work for Wieden+Kennedy, his next chapter is now with us. He’s a great crafter and visual storyteller–one of the best in the business and a great joy to work with.”
Albert said, “Kill boring has been my mantra from day one in this business. I’ve never missed a chance to do things differently, make great work and have fun. Always in this order, too. I’ve felt an instant playfulness and complicity with Darre, and I want to help him make TBWANEBOKO one of the most interesting and inclusive places to work at. A place where we welcome all talents, experiment with no fear and praise each other along the way.”
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