SHOOT Magazine, the leading publication for commercial, branded content and entertainment production, today announced the names of the 32 directors / directing teams who made the final cut to be included in the SHOOT 2012 10th Annual New Directors Showcase. The debut screening of the Showcase Reel will take place during SHOOT’s 10th Annual New Directors Showcase Event on Thursday, May 17th from 6:00-10:00pm at the DGA Theatre in New York City. The Screening will be followed by a special “Meet the Directors” panel and After-Party. Earlier the same Day, SHOOT’s Directors/Producers Forum takes place at the DGA Theatre from 9:30am-4:30pm.
The directors in this year’s Showcase come from a wide variety of backgrounds including unaffiliated newcomers, a noted ad agency creative who’s transitioned to full-time director and just landed his first production house roost, a member of the “Saturday Night Live” film unit ensemble, even a filmmaker who saw her short subject documentary earn an Academy Award nomination back in January. The work entered in the 2012 New Directors Showcase search spanned documentaries, features, commercials, alternative media content, TV programs, music videos, spec and student fare. The body of selected work represents a far reaching range of genres, styles, emotions and platforms, all reflected in SHOOT’s 10th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel.
There was a great deal of very strong work entered in the search that ultimately did not make the final reel. SHOOT Publisher, Roberta Griefer, noted that “letting directors know that they did not make the final Showcase is a difficult task but unfortunately the Showcase must be limited to approximately 30 pieces of work or the Showcase Event attendees would be sitting in the theater for days.” All directors who entered the 2012 Search were invited to keep SHOOT editors posted on their upcoming work and SHOOT looks forward to bringing many of them and their upcoming projects to SHOOT readers’ attention in the future.
The SHOOT 2012 10th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel features the following directors:
Eddie Alcazar
Manny Bernardez
Andrea Ball
Matt Bieler
Chanya Button
Ben Callner
Lawrence Chen
Robin Fryday
James Gooding
Marshall Harrington
Hanna Maria Heidrich
Eran Hilleli
David Holm
Jonathan C. Hyde
Jeff Jenkins
John Ryan Johnson
Kirsten Lepore
Stephan Malik
Ariel Martin
Brian McAllister
Everynone
Matt Miadich
Aron Paul Orton
Steve Petersen
Martin Rodahl
Tim Roper
David Rosenbaum
Andreas Roth
Habib Semaan
Michael Stahlberg
Rhys Thomas
M. Keegan Uhl
On May 18th Midnight, SHOOT will post the New Directors Showcase reel plus individual pages on each director with pictures, video of work, additional Q&As, and contact information, on its Showcase website at http://nds.shootonline.com
SHOOT May 18th Issue will have special “New Directors Showcase” Profile Section
The May 18th issue of SHOOT will contain mini-profiles of each director and will include company affiliation and information on the work that will be screened during the debut screening of the 10th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel on Thursday May 17th at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre in New York City. On May 18th the mini-profiles will also appear on SHOOTonline and in the The SHOOT>e.dition. For companies interested in placing a “congratulations” ad in May 18th issue’s New Directors Profile section, please contact SHOOT Publisher as soon as possible at rgriefer@shootonline.com or 203/227-1699, ext 13 for special rates and ad specs. Ad Material is due by Monday, May 14th. SHOOT will have advance copies of the May 18th issue at the May 17th SHOOT daytime Forum and evening Showcase.
May 17th New Directors Showcase: Screening, Panel & After-party 6:00pm-10:00pm
Directors in the Showcase and attendees of the SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum taking place earlier that day will be treated to the screening of the Showcase Reel, panel discussion to meet the New Directors and After-party during the evening New Directors Showcase.
Here’s the agenda:
5:30-5:50pm Attendees check in
-> 6:00-6:10pm SHOOT & DGA Welcome
-> 6:15-7:00pm Debut Screening of the 2012 New Directors Showcase Reel
-> 7:00-8:00pm: Meet The New Directors Panel
SHOOT Editor, Bob Goldrich, in a panel discussion with several of the new directors to learn more about them. Two Industry pros join the conversation.
-> 8:15-10:00pm The After Party
Immediately following the last panel, join us downstairs at the DGA for food, drink, mingling with industry friends & making new contacts.
SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum plus New Directors Showcase Information & Event Registration
SHOOT is offering an all-inclusive low-cost registration fee of $60.00 (using discount code TAKE10) to attend both the May 17th SHOOT DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS Forum (9:30am-4:30pm) and 10th Annual New Directors Showcase (6:00-10:00pm). The combined day & evening agendas will provide an ideal environment for directors, producers, ad agency creatives & producers, studio creatives, production company entrepreneurs, and other artists & executives to capitalize on new business opportunities, share expertise, meet new project partners, initiate creative collaboration, source new possibilities for work and help define opportunities in an evolving marketplace now clearly spanning advertising and entertainment, and the merging of those two worlds.
Go here for All-Day Event Registration for the DIRECTORS & PRODUCERS Forum Daytime Program includes the all-day Forum, lunch & guaranteed seating to the evening New Directors Showcase & After Party. Go here for All-Day Event Registration>Event Registration Individual tickets are $60. when you use discount code: TAKE10. Groups of three or more receive an additiona 10% discount. Directors & Producers Event complete details are available at www.shootonline.com/go/register
NDS2012 EVENING EVENT COMPLIMENTARY SEATING “WAITING LIST”
Registering for the full Forum/Showcase $60. ticket (using discount code TAKE10) described above includes both the May 17th SHOOT DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS Forum (9:30am-4:30pm) and 10th Annual New Directors Showcase (6:00-10:00pm). For those who do not want to register for the full daytime & evening programs, but would like to attend the evening Showcase, there is a waiting list. Should there be any seating available, SHOOT will notify those on the waiting list a few days before May 17.
Click here for COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION Waiting List If available, evening only seating will be limited. Note: If you registered for The DIRECTORS / PRODUCERS Forum day event, your registration includes the evening NDS showcase event as well, so please don’t place your name on the waiting list.
SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum and The SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event Sponsors
The DGA and production companies harvest and ONE at Optimus are the 2012 "Lead Sponsors". Kodak, media & entertainment law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, and ARRI are "Silver Sponsors" and Moxie Pictures and the Nevada Film Office are "Bronze Sponsors. SHOOT greatly appreciates the support of the sponsors. It is their support that allows SHOOT to offer a low ticket price for the event.
About The New Directors Search / The New Directors Showcase Reel
Each year SHOOT conducts a worldwide search to discover the best up-and-coming directors who, based on their initial work, show promise to soon make major positive contributions to advertising and/or entertainment in its traditional and emerging forms. The search is conducted by SHOOT’s editorial staff with input from advertising agency creative directors & heads of production, as well as production company heads and established directors. This year’s search was conducted from January 1-March 30, 2012. From laughter to tears, drama to horror, spots to movie excerpts, dialogue driven to visual effects fantasy–that’s just a sampling of the range of emotions, genres, mediums and styles exhibited annually by a new generation of directors at SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase Event every May. Over the years, there have been assorted cases of New Directors Showcase helmers going on to gain industry prominence. Consider David Gray who was in the 2005 Showcase and a year later went on to be nominated for the DGA Award as best commercial director of the year. (Gray was at Hungry Man when included in the ’05 Showcase and has since moved over to Station Film). And last year Ross Katz won the DGA Award for outstanding achievement in movies for TV/miniseries on the strength of his HBO film <i>Taking Chance</i>, the same film which garnered him inclusion in SHOOT’s ’08 New Directors Showcase. Also in the ’08 Showcase was Harold Einstein of Station who shortly thereafter saw three Crest toothpaste spots he directed for Saatchi NY earn a Gold Lion in the Campaign category at Cannes. And Pete Circuitt of The Ebeling Group, another ’08 Showcase inductee, went on to direct CBS-TV’s half-hour primetime Xmas special <i>Yes, Virginia</i> for Macy’s and JWT NY, which last year won a One Show Entertainment Awards Gold Pencil.
About SHOOT Magazine
SHOOT® Magazine is the leading publication for commercial, branded content and entertainment production. SHOOT covers news and trends including the global paradigm shift toward digital video content creation. SHOOT Magazine is edited for agency & studio creatives & producers, commercial and entertainment production/post industry executives and artisans, and brand marketer production executives. Through its “News” and “ScreenWork” sections, “Columns” and in-depth “Features”, each issue publishes timely news, relevant information and a behind-the-scenes look at the best new work and profiles/interviews with industry news makers. In addition, SHOOT reports on the latest cinematography, post & editing technology and equipment. If the work involves advertising and entertainment motion picture content that consumers view on a screen—a TV screen, Cinema screen, Computer screen, Mobile screen or Game screen, SHOOT is searching out who’s doing the most innovative work and what’s coming next. For further information please visit SHOOTonline®. Follow SHOOT on Twitter.
