Anonymous Content has added Sophie Muller to its directorial roster for spots and branded content worldwide (in the U.K. via Anonymous’ partner Somesuch). Over the years, Muller has crafted notable ads for brands such as Reebok, MasterCard, P&G, Lexus, and L’Oreal, and worked with many of music’s leading performers to cement herself as a prominent contemporary commercial and music video director.
Muller is well-known for her live work from concert visuals to creative tour direction, and most notably for collaborating with Target to direct the first-ever live music video commercial, “Make Me Like You,” by Gwen Stefani. The acclaimed four-minute piece for Deutsch was filmed live, in one-take, during the 2016 Grammy Awards, and went on to win several advertising awards including a Cannes Lion, two AICP Show awards, and a Ciclope Award. The ambitious project was produced by Wondros, the production house which handled Stefani for spots and branded fare in the U.S. prior to her joining Anonymous Content. Wondros continues to represent Muller for music videos.
For over a decade, Muller has established a creative partnership with Stefani, directing countless music video (“Spark the Fire,” “Used To Love You,” “Cool”), advertising projects (L’Oreal, MasterCard), and tour visuals for the pop artist. Other longstanding relationships include Annie Lennox, Sade, Garbage, Sophie Ellis-Bexter, and The Kills. Moreover, Muller has helmed creative projects and videos for Beyoncé, Rihanna, Beck, Shakira, Coldplay, Selena Gomez, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, The Cure, Dolly Parton, Alicia Keys, and the Dixie Chicks, among others.
Muller has been honored by the Grammys, MTV Awards, Brit Awards, UKMVA, and Music Week Awards. She has also won the MVPA Director of the Year, MVPA Best Direction of a Female Artist, and the CADS Director of the Year awards.
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