Production and management company Anonymous Content has signed director Marco Prestini for commercial representation in North America. Prestini’s poetic visual style marks a body of work that spans award-winning fashion films, music videos, and commercials for brands including BMW, Vogue and UNIQLO.
The winner of a Gold Cannes Young Director Award for his “Star* Back Home” campaign for Italian luxury brand Golden Goose, Prestini has had work screened at the 2017 Milan Fashion Film Festival and the 2017 Silver Horse International Film Festival. His acclaimed dark modern fairy tale, Three Rivers, also for Golden Goose, screened at multiple film festivals, including the 2015 Interference Festival where it won Best New Creative Advertising Piece.
“Marco is a fresh, vibrant talent. His style of cinematic storytelling fits seamlessly into the Anonymous Content roster,” said Eric Stern, Anonymous Content’s managing director and partner.
Prestini was previously at Strangelove for commercial representation in the U.S. He continues to be handled by Lark Creative for music videos in the U.S.
Born and raised in Italy, Prestini grew up with a fascination for visual arts, encouraged by his family’s passion for photography, music and art. He began his directing career while studying economy at the prestigious Italian business school Bocconi University in Milan, where he founded Flash Factory, a small collective dedicated to the creation of films that focused on fashion and underground culture. With his knack for blending engaging imagery with his knowledge of underground music culture, Prestini continued his career with arresting music videos for artists including Tierra Whack and Li Yuchun.
“I feel extremely fortunate and honored to join such a legendary roster and team,” Prestini said of his new roost, Anonymous Content.
Prestini, who also holds a BFA in cinematography at Art Center College of Design, now splits his time between Milan and Los Angeles.
Director, Writer and Actor Perspectives On Making “The Apprentice”
Few movies this year have made as many headlines as "The Apprentice."
Ali Abbasi's film about a young Donald Trump ( Sebastian Stan ) under the tutelage of cutthroat attorney Roy Cohn ( Jeremy Strong ) has caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival, been threatened with legal action by the Trump campaign and seen its chances for release dwindle before a distributor, Briarcliff Entertainment, was willing to put it into theaters.
Before "The Apprentice" arrives in theaters this weekend, we spoke with Abbasi, Stan, Strong and screenwriter Gabe Sherman about how a very unlikely movie came together and how they hope it's received in the runup to the November election.
Assembling "The Apprentice"
Sherman: I was struck by something people who had worked for Trump since the '80s told me, that during the campaign he used a lot of the strategies that his mentor, Roy Cohn, taught him. The idea came to me a flash. That's the movie. Donald was Roy's apprentice. Let's do an origin story, a mentor-protege story about how this relationship set Donald on the path to becoming president.
Abbasi: With Donald and Ivana, they've never really been treated as human beings. They're either treated badly or extremely good — it's like this mythological thing. The only way if you want to break that myth is to deconstruct that myth. I think a humanistic view is the best way you can deconstruct that myth.
Stan: I went on the ride. And it was a ride, too, because it wasn't a movie that came together very easily. It's a movie I've known of for a while. I originally met Ali in 2019. It was one of those things I thought: If this isn't going to happen with me being involved, it's not going... Read More