Biscuit Filmworks has added directing duo Jocelyn & Dawn to its U.S. roster. This marks the directorial team’s first representation in the commercialmaking space.
Creative partners since 2015, Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are known for their singular visual style and fresh, whip-smart comedy. Their film Greener Grass, which they wrote and directed, earned a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination this year for Best First Screenplay.
Shawn Lacy, co-founder and managing director at Biscuit, is enthused over prospects for the directing duo as they extend their creative reach into advertising. “Jocelyn & Dawn bring not only a contagious and original sense of humor, but also a completely assured visual tone that has been refined through their film and TV work,” assessed Lacy.
Jocelyn & Dawn’s debut feature film Greener Grass premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and earned critical accolades. Greener Grass was distributed theatrically by IFC and is currently streaming on Hulu. Jocelyn & Dawn have also directed multiple episodes of TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything, and have written and produced three short films which have collectively screened in over 70 film festivals worldwide and earned numerous awards, including a writing award at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival. The duo met through their sketch and improv work at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where they have each been mainstage performers for over a decade.
Jocelyn & Dawn join a Biscuit directorial roster which includes Aaron Stoller, Andreas Nilsson, Ben Strebel, Big Red Button, Christopher Riggert, Clay Weiner, Dan DiFelice, Daniel Warwick, Errol Morris, The Glue Society, Isaiah Seret, Jeff Low, Joaquin & Lalou, Justin Kurzel, Matt Devine, Michael Downing, Molly Manners, company co-founder Noam Murro, Rachel McDonald, and Steve Rogers.
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