Biscuit Filmworks has brought multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Dayday aboard its directorial roster for U.S. representation. With acclaimed commercial work for brands including Nike, the WNBA, Reebok, Facebook, White Claw, and Spotify, their creative approach explores themes of identity and navigates the intersections between art and commercialism. Their work is also informed by lived experiences of being queer and Black, and is defined by a sense of stillness and minimalism that invites the viewer to slow down and thoughtfully engage.
“Dayday has an innate talent for telling stories, and their work truly stands apart in its visual composition. I’m thrilled to welcome Dayday to Biscuit and can’t wait to see what we can accomplish together as their career reaches new heights,” said Shawn Lacy, partner and managing director at Biscuit Filmworks.
Prior to joining Biscuit, Dayday had been most recently represented by Bryght Young Things. And before their directing work, Dayday built a respected portfolio in motion design, freelancing for studios including Los York, Sibling Rivalry, and The Mill, as well as ad agencies Johannes Leonardo, Game Seven, and Kamp Grizzly. Their personal directing projects garnered attention on Vimeo, opening up opportunities to direct commercials as well as branded content. Their short film Blue recently debuted as part of Hulu’s anthology documentary series Your Attention Please hosted by Craig Robinson, and will be exhibited this year at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Dayday is based in Brooklyn where they continue a rich personal artistic practice spanning film, design, photography, and mixed media.
“I’m always interested in collaborating with great people in my storytelling, and I connected with Shawn and the Biscuit team right away,” shared Dayday. “I’m excited to join this roster of really talented directors, and to have the support and resources of Biscuit opening up new opportunities for my career.”
Review: Director Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece”
A movie documentary that uses only Lego pieces might seem an unconventional choice. When that documentary is about renowned musician-producer Pharrell Williams, it's actually sort of on-brand.
"Piece by Piece" is a bright, clever song-filled biopic that pretends it's a behind-the-scenes documentary using small plastic bricks, angles and curves to celebrate an artist known for his quirky soul. It is deep and surreal and often adorable. Is it high concept or low? Like Williams, it's a bit of both.
Director Morgan Neville — who has gotten more and more experimental exploring other celebrity lives like Fred Rogers in "Won't You Be My Neighbor?,""Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain" and "Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces" — this time uses real interviews but masks them under little Lego figurines with animated faces. Call this one a documentary in a million pieces.
The filmmakers try to explain their device — "What if nothing is real? What if life is like a Lego set?" Williams says at the beginning — but it's very tenuous. Just submit and enjoy the ride of a poor kid from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who rose to dominate music and become a creative director at Louis Vuitton.
Williams, by his own admission, is a little detached, a little odd. Music triggers colors in his brain — he has synesthesia, beautifully portrayed here — and it's his forward-looking musical brain that will make him a star, first as part of the producing team The Neptunes and then as an in-demand solo producer and songwriter.
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