By Robert Goldrich
NEW YORK—Though he wasn’t at liberty to publicly disclose their identities, Ken Yagoda, managing partner/director of broadcast production and creative resources at Young & Rubicam (Y&R), New York, confirmed that thus far two star commercial directors have been lined up for the 2005 "Dreams" series of shorts.
This will mark the fourth consecutive year that Sony and Y&R have teamed to present the "Dreams" program, which turns noted spot directors loose to reflect their creative vision in shorts lensed with Sony 24p HD cameras.
Yagoda plans to return to a total of eight directors for the "Dreams" ’05 program. Last year, the lineup grew to 10 directors. Looking to fill the remaining six directorial slots for the next series of shorts, Yagoda said he has begun exploring candidates and welcomes interested helmers to contact him.
The field of "Dreams" directors in ’04 consisted of: David Cornell of bicoastal Headquarters; Elma Garcia of bicoastal/international Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ); Dante Ariola of MJZ; Tim Godsall of Los Angeles-based Biscuit Filmworks; Stacy Wall of bicoastal Epoch Films; Erick Ifergan of bicoastal/international Believe Media; Hype Williams of bicoastal RSA USA; Erich Joiner of bicoastal Tool of North America; Jonathan Darby of bicoastal Original Film; and Matthias Hoene of bicoastal/ international Partizan.
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Ends Retirement For A Film Directed By His Son
Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement, seven years after his last movie, for a film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis.
The project was announced Tuesday by Focus Features and Plan B, who are partnering on "Anemone." The film, Ronan Day-Lewis' directorial debut, will star his father along with Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. The film was co-written by the two Day-Lewises.
Earlier Tuesday, Daniel Day-Lewis and Bean were spotted driving a motorbike through Manchester, England, stoking intrigue about his impending return to acting. After making Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 film "Phantom Thread," the 67-year-old had said he was quitting acting.
"All my life, I've mouthed off about how I should stop acting, and I don't know why it was different this time, but the impulse to quit took root in me, and that became a compulsion," he told W Magazine in 2017. "It was something I had to do."
Since then, his appearances in public have been infrequent. In January, though, he made a surprise appearance at the National Board of Review Awards to present an award to Martin Scorsese, who directed him in "Gangs of New York" (2002) and "The Age of Innocence" (1993).
"Anemone," currently in production, is described as exploring "the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds."
Ronan Day-Lewis, 26, is a painter who has previously exhibited his works in New York. His first international solo exhibition debuts Tuesday in Hong Kong.
"We could not be more excited to partner with a brilliant visual artist in Ronan Day-Lewis on his first feature film alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as his creative collaborator," said Peter Kujawski, chair of Focus Features. "They have written a truly... Read More