Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021

December 15, 2016   Ari Weiss has been appointed to the newly created role of North American chief creative officer at DDB. As of February 1, 2017, Weiss will be responsible for leading the agency’s North American creative departments. Weiss...

Friday, Sep. 10, 2021

For director Theodore Melfi, Toronto is more than just another stop on the festival circuit. Rather it’s proven to be a resounding “go” for his career starting in 2014 when the fest premiered to great acclaim his feature directorial debut, St. Vincent. The tug-at-the-heartstrings comedy...

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020

It’s been an eventful year thus far for Lawrence Sher, ASC. In January, he earned his first career nominations for the Best Cinematography Oscar and the ASC Award, both for his lensing of Joker. And last month he joined production house brother to pursue his directorial aspirations,...

Tuesday, Jul. 14, 2020

With the high-profile debut of a film promoting NASA’s mission to Mars, a recent flurry of awards show honors for an Apple shot-on-iPhone short, and the addition of an Oscar-nominated cinematographer to its commercialmaking/branded content directorial roster, production house brother--founded by...

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020

Production houses RadicalMedia and brother have entered into a collaborative relationship, which has already yielded notable work including a short film in Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” series directed by Theodore Melfi, a two-time Academy Award nominee for Hidden Figures (Best Picture, Best...

Monday, Jun. 11, 2018

Maya Albanese--one of six up-and-coming filmmakers who made the final cut for the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP), a joint initiative of the DGA and AICP--has joined production house brother for commercials and branded content in the U.S.

Having mentored and collaborated...

Wednesday, Jun. 28, 2017

Dax Shepard--whose body of work as a director spans features (Brother’s Justice, Hit and Run, the recently released CHiPs) and TV (episodes of Parenthood and About A Boy)--has extended his filmmaking reach, landing his first career representation for...

Thursday, May. 4, 2017

The feature filmmaking side of the equation that was envisioned by director/writer/producer Ted Melfi (Hidden Figures, St. Vincent) and executive producer Rich Carter when they teamed to form commercial production/branded content house brother in 2014 is now being realized on a pair of...

Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016

Giovanni Messner has come aboard the directorial roster of brother, the bicoastal production company headed by EP Rich Carter and director Ted Melfi (whose new feature Hidden Figures is generating considerable Oscar buzz).

Messner’s background includes serving for five-plus years...

Monday, Jan. 12, 2015

Directors Tim Story and Maurice Marable have joined brother, a bicoastal production company founded by exec producer Rich Carter and director Theodore Melfi, for commercial and branded content representation.

Story began his career directing music...

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