By A SHOOT Staff Report
August 6, 2014 David&Goliath has hired three new creative leaders: Dino Spadavecchia, group creative director, and longtime creative partners Chris Hutchinson and Driscoll Reid as creative directors. They report to Colin Jeffery, D&G’s newly appointed CCO. Spadavecchia joins the agency most recently from Leo Burnett, where he served as sr. VP/creative director since 2012, working on General Motors. Hutchinson and Reid join from TBWAChiatDay, where they created one of this year’s most visible World Cup campaigns for Adidas’ Brazuca. In their new roles, Spadavecchia, Hutchinson, and Reid will touch many of the brands on D&G’s roster, including Kia, California Lottery and VIZIO…..Supply & Demand has added filmmaker Amy Nicholson to its roster. A creative director, commercial director and documentarian, Nicholson arrives with extensive agency experience on accounts for Nike, Prudential, Yoplait, Black & Decker, Coke, Heineken, HP and ESPN. Her agency roosts include Kirschenbaum Bond, Fallon, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Wieden+Kennedy and DraftFCB before Nicholson branched out with Beauty School, her first directorial short, a wry portrait of the New York School of Dog Grooming. Nicholson has also helmed web films for Nokia, spots for Pilsner Urquell and the Ad Council–plus a Howard Stern On Demand campaign including the promo “Hiding the Salami,” which helped earn her inclusion in SHOOT’s 2007 New Directors Showcase….
August 14, 2009 Robert LePlae has been named president of McCann Erickson North America. He was most recently president of the TBWA North American group of companies….Paranoid US, based in L.A., has signed the French directorial collective AB/CD/CD (Arnaud Boutin, Camille Dauteuille and Clement Dozier) whose work spans commercials, music videos, shorts, media for theaters and video installations….Editors Stuart Waks, Susan Munro and Michael Bartoli have teamed with executive producer Gail Butler to launch Hybrid, a Santa Monica house offering creative editorial, finishing, VFX and motion graphics. The quartet had previously been with 89 Editorial…Edit house Red Car, with bases of operation in NY, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Buenos Aires, has opened Redhead, a graphics and VFX division based in NY. Jason Sonner has been hired to serve as EP running the new division. Chris Bialkowski has been promoted to sr. designer…
Street Talk for November 1, 2024
Revolver Films has signed director Kelsey Larkin for representation in Canada across advertising and music videos. Most recently Larkin’s short film, Oyster, made for her son Jack, has been met with widespread acclaim, featured in Berlin Commercial Awards’ official shortlist and Beyond the Short. Her work for Canadian Women’s Foundation, Knix, and Just Dance also raked in wins, earning awards at the Effies, Young Director Awards, The One Show, ADCC, CMA Awards, Merit Marketing Awards, and Communication Arts....
Production house Fela has taken on photographic representation for Othello Grey in the U.S. and Canada. Grey joins photographer Ro.lexx and multifaceted artist Justin Singer, who is also on Fela’s live action directorial roster, in Fela’s new photography division. Grey has built his reputation through his skill at communicating nuance while blurring the lines between what is considered editorial, commercial, and artistic photography. He has worked with international brands and publications including Louis Vuitton, Nike, Apple Music, OVO, Vans, On Running, Converse, SSENSE, Hypebeast, Sprite, Fendi, Adidas, The North Face, and i-D Magazine....
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