Cinematographers & Cameras Series: Putting Art & Craft Into Their Proper Focus And PerspectiveDPs Discuss Their Work, Digital Cinematography, Collaboration
By Robert Goldrich and Millie Takaki
October 24, 2008 -- One cinematographer has come up through the ranks over the years, building a remarkable short and long-form relationship with director David Fincher. Another comes off of an ambitious campaign for Leo Burnett, Chicago, shooting with the Red camera.

Up-And-Coming Directors: New Fall CollectionDirectors show their wares, gain prominence
By Robert Goldrich and Millie Takaki
October 24, 2008 -- SHOOT's batch of up-and-coming directors this time around includes a pair of brothers whose Nike work has catapulted them into the limelight, a noted still photographer who continues to be active in print while recently diversifying meaningfully into spots, an accomplished documentary filmmaker making her first foray into the advertising arena, a Honolulu-based director with a short film that has captured attention on the festival circuit, and a native Australian whose directorial stock has risen through a spot depicting evaporation...

ACNEBreaking out with its own stateside shop
By Robert Goldrich
October 24, 2008 -- Let's clear one thing up about ACNE—the acronym stands for "Ambition to Create Novel Expressions."
    With that mantra serving as its moniker, the Swedish creative collective was established in 1996 and has lived up to its billing. The initial idea was to act in many arenas, working as consultants as well as launching their own projects and initiatives...

Nanette BursteinThe road to fiction paved with documentary filmmaking sensibilities
By Millie Takaki
October 24, 2008 -- In a sense this year's Sundance Film Festival was a coming out party for director Nanette Burstein whose major accolades up until then were for notable co-directing endeavors (with Brett Morgen, now of Anonymous Content)—namely the documentaries On The Ropes (which received an Oscar nomination and won a DGA Award) and...

Dave & RoryTwo for the road—from Mother to Mekanism
By Christine Champagne
October 24, 2008 -- Dave Clark and Rory Hanrahan—the two men who make up the directing duo Dave & Rory that recently signed with bicoastal Mekanism—don't necessarily have the same sense of humor. "Dave accuses me of being overly European," said Dublin native Hanrahan with a laugh, "and I accuse him of being overly American."

Andrew DouglasMaking The "Journey" Worthwhile
By Christine Champagne
October 24, 2008 -- Even the best commercial directors have moments of doubt. Asked if he ever takes for granted that the top boards will keep coming his way, Andrew Douglas responded, "I still have those days where you go, 'Oh Lord, am I going to get another job?' I think the freelancers' curse never quite goes away. I remember it from twenty years ago. You damage all of your...

Welcome To The Special Fall 2008 Edition Of SHOOT's Directors SeriesDocumentary Filmmakers And Sensibilities Are Well Represented In This Year's Field of Profiles.
By Robert Goldrich
October 24, 2008 -- What's up, doc? Actually docs. are up, way up, in SHOOT's fall edition Directors Series. Indeed documentary filmmakers are well represented in this year's field of profiles and even in our feature on up-and-coming directors. In terms of profiles, our lineup includes Albert Maysles, Alex Gibney, Nanette Burstein and Doug Pray. Maysles, considered by many to be the dean of documentary-making, shared his thoughts on the viability of "direct cinema" sensibilities in the ad arena.

Alex GibneyOscar winner looks to stretch creatively into spots
By Robert Goldrich
October 24, 2008 -- It's been an eventful year for Alex Gibney—perhaps the biggest event being his acclaimed documentary Taxi to the Dark Side winning the Oscar and being nominated for a Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award.

Albert MayslesNo longer strangers on a train
By Robert Goldrich
October 24, 2008 -- Chalk it up to the instincts of an astute observer of people, which is what makes Albert Maysles a great documentary filmmaker. The woman seated on the train looked nervous, he thought.

Doug PrayThe Art Of Reverse Graffiti
By Robert Goldrich
October 24, 2008 -- Doug Pray enjoys the self-described "gray area" he's carved out for himself in the advertising arena. Best known for his feature-length documentaries such as the recently released Surfwise and Big Rig—and earlier films like Infamy and Scratch—Pray finds himself called upon as a commercialmaker to often work with actors and try to get them to act as if part of a real...