Monday, Nov. 27, 2023

Multi-hyphenate talent Thaddeus McCants has joined O Positive Films for commercial representation. McCants is an accomplished screenwriter, playwright, performer and director.

McCants has directed select assignments as a freelancer via O Positive, including an HP "After School" spot for...

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023

MJZ topped the production house tally with two directors scoring nominations today (1/10) for the DGA Award recognizing outstanding Directorial Achievement For Commercials in 2022--Juan Cabral and Craig Gillespie. This marks the sixth DGA spot nomination for Gillespie who won the honor in 2006....

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022

O Positive Films has added comedy director/writer Amber Schaefer to its roster for commercial representation. Schaefer is known for her irreverent tone and distinctively stylized short films, sketches and commercials. Her first work with O Positive is “The Job” for Native’s playful holiday...

Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

DAVID SHANE GETS PROGRESSIVE WITH “CAT”
Progressive Insurance and creative agency Arnold Worldwide have been settling arguments this football season with their “Replay” campaign. In this latest spot, a couple wakes up to a cat licking the fruit bowl on their kitchen table....

Monday, Mar. 29, 2021

O Positive has signed Miranda Haymon (she/they)--a Princess Grace Award-winning writer, director and curator, and Roundabout Theatre Company resident director--for commercial representation.  

An ascendant theatre talent, Haymon has recent credits which include “Really Really Gorgeous” at...

Monday, May. 4, 2020

While he continues to deliver his self-described signature brand of “smartly stupid comedy”--reflected as of late in a Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl commercial in which movie star Jason Momoa’s physique proves to be a facade--director David Shane of production house O Positive has managed to...

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019

This year’s field of DGA Award nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2018 consists of a two-time past winner, a helmer with eight career nominations, another with three noms--two for commercials, the other for a feature--a director with a pair of career spot nods,...

Monday, Jan. 7, 2019

MJZ leads the way with three of its directors--Steve Ayson, Fredrik Bond and Spike Jonze--scoring nominations for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2018. This marks Bond’s eighth career DGA nomination, Jonze’s third and Ayson’s second.

Jonze’s three...

Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016

Interspersed in the mix of features and shorts at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival--which got underway yesterday (4/13) and will run through April 24--are various directors with commercialmaking chops. Furthermore this year marks the rollout of the Tribeca X Award which celebrates brand...

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