Director Nicolas Gordon has joined Furlined U.S. and U.K. for commercial representation.
A 2022 graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Gordon has a sophistication and maturity that belies his relative youth. His talent has been recognized on the awards show front, garnering Silver for New Talent at Ciclope, and shortlist distinction at Cannes Lions and YDA in 2023.
Notable work includes “Gil’s Grills” for the Brooklyn Film Festival via Havas New York. Part of the Brooklyn fest’s “Stories About Life by Those Who Lived It” campaign, “Gil’s Grills” was a SHOOT Top Spot of the Week in May 2023. Gordon has also partnered with brands and agencies such as Hyundai through Innocean and Pedigree out of BBDO. Connecting with Furlined marks Gordon’s first time on a production company roster. Furlined handles him for commercial representation in the U.S., U.K. and Amsterdam.
Commenting on his approach, Nicolas shared, “I am most comfortable in the uncomfortable. Forever seeking out moments of dissonant resonance–to find perfection in imperfection. The breath of a lens, the skip in a record, there is a tactility to it all… a physicality. That is where magic lives, in those in-between spaces, and that is where I want to be.”
Diane McArter, president and founder of Furlined, said, “Nicolas has already brought his refreshing and refined visual, psychological, and comic sensibilities to the projects he has helmed. These qualities are rare in any director, much less a director this early in their career. Nicolas is a next-generation filmmaker. A voice for the new era, born out of deep knowledge, love and respect for the history of cinema and the art of advertising.”
Nicolas said, “When I hear Furlined, I think ‘family.’ A place where directors are truly nurtured, reflecting profoundly in the quality of work that emerges. I couldn’t be more grateful to find myself a part of that and feel that I have found my home.”
Music Biopics Get Creative At Toronto Film Festival
Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in "Piece by Piece," about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and "Better Man," about the British singer Robbie Williams. There's the young artist's urge to break through, fallow creative periods and regrettable chapters of fame-addled excess. But there are a few, little differences. In "Piece by Piece," Pharrell is a Lego. And in "Better Man," Williams is played by a CGI monkey. If the music biopic can sometimes feel a little stale in format, these two movies, both premiering this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, attempt novel remixes. In each film, each Williams recounts his life story as a narrator. But their on-screen selves aren't movie stars who studied to get a part just right, but computer-generated animations living out real superstar fantasies. While neither Williams has much in common as a musician, neither has had a very traditional career. Their films became reflections of their individuality, and, maybe, a way to distinguish themselves in the crowded field of music biopics like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Rocketman." "This is about being who you are, even if it's not something that can be put in a box," Pharrell said in an interview Tuesday alongside director Morgan Neville. Also next to Pharrell: A two-foot-tall Lego sculpture of himself, which was later in the day brought to the film's premiere and given its own seat in the crowd. The experience watching the crowd-pleasing "Piece by Piece," which Focus Features will release Oct. 11, can be pleasantly discombobulating. A wide spectrum of things you never expected to see in Lego form are animated. Virginia Beach (where Pharrell grew up). An album of Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life."... Read More