Directorial duo Los Pérez has joined the U.S. roster of Biscuit Filmworks. Composed of filmmakers Tania Verduzco and Adrian Pérez, the pair is known for their vibrant and lushly detailed art direction and cinematic world-building across commercials, music videos, and branded content.
Verduzco and Pérez have been creative collaborators for the last 10 years, since meeting and joining forces at film school in Barcelona. Upbeat and wonderfully colorful, Los Pérez’s portfolio includes work that engages viewers through its energy and unexpected visual touches. Their recent projects include Klarna’s short film “Get Smoooth Again” featuring A$AP Rocky, which earned Best Commercial Long Form and Top 10 Best Direction honors at the Berlin Commercial Festival; Coca-Cola’s “Open That Coca-Cola” featuring music from Tyler the Creator, which won Best Direction at Ciclope; and Selena Gomez’s music video for “De Una Vez,” which was named Best Music Video at the Latin American Music Awards. Los Pérez’s work has also been recognized internationally by AICP, ADCE, Ciclope, LIA, the Cannes Young Directors Awards, and others.
Prior to joining Biscuit, Los Pérez was repped in the U.S. by Caviar which continues to handle the directing duo in the U.K. and France.
“I love Tania and Adrian’s dedication to their craft and their ability to always deliver something unexpected in their visuals and storytelling,” said Shawn Lacy, partner and managing director at Biscuit Filmworks. “Their work is a wonderful complement to our roster, and I look forward to working with them on future projects.”
“As a duo, we still have two independent minds and we thrive on aligning our points of view to create a fully-formed world for each project,” shared Los Pérez in a joint statement. “For us, Biscuit has always stood out as a company that truly cares about craft and story the same way we do, and we have always admired their directors’ work, so it’s a pleasure to join their stellar roster and have them represent us in the U.S.”
DOC NYC Unveils Main Slate Lineup: 31 World Premieres; 24 Films Making Their U.S. Debut
DOC NYC--the documentary festival celebrating its 15th anniversary in-person November 13-21 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Village East by Angelika, and continuing online through December 1--has unveiled its main slate lineup. The 2024 festival presents more than 110 feature-length documentaries (including yet-to-be-announced Short List and Winner’s Circle titles) among over 200 films and dozens of events, with filmmakers expected in person at most screenings.
Opening the festival on Nov. 13 at SVA Theater will be the U.S. premiere of Sinead O’Shea’s inspiring portrait Blue Road--The Edna O’Brien Story, a breakout hit from the recent Toronto International Film Festival that honors the legendary Irish writer, who passed away just a few months ago at the age of 93.
Closing the festival on Nov. 21, also at SVA Theatre, will be the world premiere of Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn’s Drop Dead City--New York on the Brink in 1975, a look back at the circumstances and players involved in NYC’s mid-70s financial crisis. The festival’s Centerpiece screening on Nov. 14 at Village East is the World premiere of Ondi Timoner’s All God’s Children (also part of the festival’s U.S. Competition), a chronicle of a Brooklyn rabbi and Baptist pastor who join forces to create greater unity between their two communities, against all odds.
Included are 31 world premieres and 24 U.S. premieres, with eight of those presented in the U.S. Competition, for new American-produced nonfiction films, and another eight featured in International Competition, for work from around the globe. The Kaleidoscope Competition for new essayistic and formally adventurous documentaries continues, while the festival’s long-standing Metropolis... Read More