Production and content company Wild Gift has added director Jordan Fein to its roster for representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos. He has worked with such agencies as Grey, BBDO and McCann, as well as brands including Verizon, Volvo, Land Rover and Squarespace. Prior to joining Wild Gift, Fein had most recently been represented by production house Alkemy X.
A visual storytelling and documentary director who specializes in authentic and stylized character-driven projects and films, the Texas-born Fein is an alumnus of the NYU Film program, has won a Silver and two Bronze Lions at Cannes in addition to recognition at The One Show, Clio and Telly Awards. Fein’s commercial work has been featured on the Super Bowl. He and Hunter Baker directed the documentary feature The Blessing, which received prizes at numerous film festivals and was acquired by PBS, WORLD and NHK.
Fein was drawn to Wild Gift by the opportunity to work with executive producer David Mitchell and his team. “I not only admire the crew but have the utmost respect for the company’s work in the industry,” said Fein. “I look forward to bringing a tactful approach that is rooted in empathy, and experience across all formats of production with Wild Gift partners.”
Wild Gift is represented by Pop-Arts on the West Coast, The House of Representatives in the Midwest, and MilkToast on the East Coast.
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