Tonya Harding rises through the ranks of competitive figure skating only to find disgrace when her husband tries to eliminate her rival. Margot Robbie portrays Harding in this Craig Gillespie-directed film–titled I, Tonya (Neon)–written by Steven Rogers and edited by Tatiana S. Riegel. Based on an unbelievably true story, I, Tonya is part tongue-in-cheek documentary, part offbeat biopic, part comedy and part drama. The film also depicts parental and spousal abuse inflicted on Harding, eliciting some understanding of, even a bit of empathy for the skater who in real life became infamous when she and her husband were implicated in the knee-smashing attack on her prime U.S. competitor in the rink, Nancy Kerrigan, just prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Craig Gillespie, director; Steven Rogers, writer/producer; Nicolas Karakatsanis, DP; Tatiana S. Riegel, editor.
Director Zack Seckler Shares Secret Password, Gets Us Into The Dollar Shave Club
How do you top one of the most viral brand videos ever made? Spoiler alert: you canโt. But when Dollar Shave Club tapped Zack Seckler to direct a new campaign to revive the absurdist humor of its iconic launch video, he knew he had a rare opportunity to create something special.
The brief was simple: introduce the concept of a physical โClubโ that people would love to join while showcasing Dollar Shave Clubโs products and embracing the weird. From script to direction and post, Seckler--an alum of SHOOTโs 2021 New Directors Showcase--was invited to help sculpt that vision.
The result is this โWelcome to the Clubโ spot which invites us to join a unique, seemingly exclusive but in reality an accessible and affordable fraternity of Dollar Shave Club members. But you need to know the password or more accurately, the two-word phrase--"shave money."
โThe Clubโ campaign brings the brand back to its humorous roots, reflecting a new chapter after being acquired by Nexus Capital Management from Unilever in late 2023. The work takes Dollar Shave Club back to its disruptive beginnings and what made the brand a viral sensation from its inception in 2011.
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