Above+Beyond has hired Shez Lord as creative director to lead the Subway account. He reports into Dom Goldman, chief creative officer.
Lord previously served as associate creative director at Wunderman Thompson where he delivered work across HSBC, Nestle, First Direct, HSBC and BT. Prior to that, he was associate creative director at The &Partnership for three years, working across its News International business with specific responsibilities for The Sun.
Lord spent the first five years of his career at BMB, working on brands including Virgin Money, Christian Aid and Bing. He has also had stints at AMV BBDO, JWT, Leo Burnett and WCRS. His awards include the Podium D’Or at the Sportel Awards and a Kinsale Shark for The Sun’s “Knockabout.” Other notable work includes turning Westminster into a jungle for The Times and an award-winning campaign for Christian Aid revealing the “Roots” of poverty.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More