Director Tal Zagreba has signed with UNIT9 for U.S. representation spanning commercials, branded content, and music videos. This marks his first representation in the U.S. market. He continues to be repped in the UK by Great Guns.
Zagreba was at the helm of several major global campaigns, including the Pringles World Cup ad in 2022. He won a Cannes Lions Gold Award for his short film Vows the same year he received their coveted Young Director Award. Other noteworthy advertising award wins include the 1.4 Awards, New York Festivals, and the London International Awards.
Throughout his commercial career, Zagreba has worked with dozens of big-name brands including Netflix, Samsung, McDonald’s, Schweppes, Muller, Fiverr, and Volvo. He has also directed music videos for international artists such as Infected Mushroom, J.Views, Acollective, Orlinski and Fat Joe, all of which hold Zagreba’s aesthetic blend of the everyday with surrealist elements.
Zagreba said, “I love the intrepid spirit behind UNIT9. They’re a creative innovation company, and I see myself as a creative–first and foremost–who happens to be a filmmaker. I don’t see limits within filmmaking, only possibilities. Thankfully, everyone at UNIT9 shares that same value.”
“Tal, himself, encapsulates a spirit of daring,” noted Emily Malito, executive producer at UNIT9. “He is always one to push boundaries, take risks, and embrace new technologies, with the ultimate goal of telling the most visceral stories. Tal’s kinetic style, weaving dynamic camera moves, visual effects and animation, takes viewers on wild rides through real and fabricated worlds. His work spans multiple genres but never loses sight of the story he’s trying to tell.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More