Director Barton Landsman, formerly of @radical.media, has joined the roster of Third Street Mining Company, the Los Angeles-based shop launched earlier this year by executive producer John LaChapelle and director Neil Tardio Jr. (SHOOTonline, 3/5).
Landsman is a versatile talent who is perhaps best known for his work in comedy. Among his most recent credits are spots for Time Warner Cable and For Eyes Optical. His notable credits over the years span such clients as ESPN, FedEx, AT&T, Monster.com, NFL on FOX, Purina, Sony, the viral hit “Drunken Monkey” PSA (for the U.K.), and Telstra (for Australia).
On the awards front, his “Zoo” spot for Nestle Barrettes out of Paris agency Lowe Alice scored a Cannes Gold Lion.
Landsman made his first major industry mark on the agency side of the business. He worked as a copywriter and creative director at shops that included BBDO New York and Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners (now Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners), N.Y., before transitioning to the director’s chair. Landsman’s first directing job was for FOX Sports.
Third Street Mining is handled by indie reps Ann McKallagatt on the East Coast, Nikki Weiss & Company in the Midwest, Connie Mellors & Company and Lisa G Reps (Lisa Gimenez Toliver) out West, and The Gossip Company (Jessica Berry) and Alyson Griffith in Texas.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More