Production company kaboom has added director Dave Garcia to its roster. The signing comes as kaboom and Garcia are about to shoot their first campaign together. Garcia’s body of work spans branded content, commercials and music videos, garnering worldwide honors including multiple Cannes Lions, D&AD and Clio Awards. At the center of each project is the desire to build connection between content and audience.
“Dave is a visual storyteller who understands authentic performance. His work is a holistic expression of his many talents; a photographer’s eye, writer’s insight, editor’s rhythm, and a musician’s heart,” said kaboom founder/EP Lauren Schwartz. “He is an insightful and collaborative director who intuitively knows how to bring the most to the screen. What’s just as exciting and important to me is the fact that he is a genuinely thoughtful and approachable person.”
Prior to joining kaboom, Garcia was most recently represented via production house Cortez Brothers. Garcia formed a strong creative identity during a diverse upbringing in NY, where music and a love of the arts were staples in his childhood home. He was an acclaimed young jazz and big band trumpet player, a punk band drummer, and a retired high school baseball player, all of which inform his approach to filmmaking. Garcia creates a harmony of compelling visuals and authentic performance, supported by the emotional resonance of music. He’s also known for fostering meaningful collaborations and supportive on set experience.
When it comes to joining forces with kaboom, Garcia shared, “It’s the combination of many things: kaboom’s ethos, experience, track record, and support of their directors. As someone who always strives to grow, it’s also meaningful to know I am surrounded by a team that wants to grow and build with me. I am excited to see what we will do together.”
Garcia and his young family live in NYC where he finds daily inspiration for curated playlists that, like his directing, cannot be contained in a single genre.
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