Integrated production studio The Collective @ LAIR has signed NYC-based director Krista Liney for commercials, branded content and direct-to-client fare worldwide. She continues to serve as SVP of brand creative at A&E Networks while spreading her directorial wings via The Collective @ LAIR with her first career commercial representation.
Liney’s directing credits range from promos for the History Channel series Vikings to Tyga and Justin Bieber’s “Wait a Minute” music video, which has generated more than 130 million YouTube views to date.
Over the course of her longstanding career at A&E Networks, Liney first served as an executive producer for History Channel shows and a director of promos. Liney’s bold creative vision and unique brand of storytelling soon elevated her to the role of SVP, brand creative, for History Channel, giving her creative oversight for notable shows, from the lauded miniseries Hatfields & McCoys to the mainstay series Pawn Stars.
As a producer, Liney earned a primetime Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series category in 2016 for History’s Roots: A New Vision. That short-form work was cut from a full-length feature, also produced by Liney, which won an NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary.
Liney has also used her platform to champion campaigns produced for women and by women, directing spots for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, National Women’s Soccer League, and Lifetime Network’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Her skillset demonstrated in multiple capacities ranging from network creative director to exec producer and director has been informed by her ability to harmonize corporate brand needs with engaging and original storytelling. Previous clients include GEICO, RAM, DISH Networks, Porsche and DirecTV.
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