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    Home » The Guard Brothers Return To Commercial Directing, Join Merman

    The Guard Brothers Return To Commercial Directing, Join Merman

    By SHOOTWednesday, April 24, 2024Updated:Sunday, July 7, 2024No Comments1409 Views
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    Tom Guard (l) and Charlie Guard
    NEW YORK --

    After a hiatus from commercial directing to focus on their latest feature film, brothers Tom and Charlie Guard, have returned to advertising, signing for U.S. and U.K. representation with the women-owned production company, Merman. The Guard brothers recently wrote and directed the thriller, Dead Shot, which opened to strong reviews last year. The feature’s cast included Colin Morgan, Aml Ameen, Felicity Jones, and Mark Strong. 

    While at their prior commercial home, SMUGGLER, the Guards helmed campaigns for Lexus, Sony PlayStation, Nike, Nokia, Stella, Chevy, GM and Toyota (featuring blues legend B.B. King), among many others. Their work has been celebrated on many top advertising lists, and has been awarded top prizes at industry award programs. Their Audi spot “Prom” was ranked among the most popular on the USA Today Ad Meter. 

    “We’ve always been so impressed with Tom and Charlie,” said Merman global managing partner Ellen Jacobson-Clarke. “They are artists who approach commercialmaking with a cinematic eye and an uncanny ability to tell stories that are heartfelt, soulful and emotional. We’re excited to be finally working with them and not bidding against them!”

    “We felt an instant connection with the team at Merman,” shared Tom and Charlie Guard in a joint statement. “Their passion for character, comedy and their effortless knack for seizing the zeitgeist is something of a marvel. Great work comes out of great homes–we’re thrilled to be jumping in with them and can’t wait to charge a new horizon.”

    The Guard brothers began working together at Cambridge University and went on to direct a series of shorts which won awards at festivals around the world, catapulting them into advertising and features. Integrity is at the heart of their work and their skill at telling stories with scale, charm and a lightness of touch has characterized their most memorable campaigns. 

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    FBI Releases Surveillance Images Of Masked Person On Nancy Guthrie’s Porch

    Tuesday, February 10, 2026
    This combo from images provided by the FBI shows surveillance footage at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)

    A masked person with a handgun holster was caught on camera outside Nancy Guthrie's front door the night she disappeared, images released Tuesday by the FBI show, offering the first major break in a case that has gripped the nation for more than a week. The person wearing a backpack and a ski mask can be seen in one of the videos tilting their head down and away from a doorbell camera while nearing an archway at the home of the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie. The footage shows the person holding a flashlight in their mouth and trying to cover the camera with a gloved hand and part of a plant ripped from Nancy Guthrie's yard. The videos — less than a combined minute in length — gave investigators and the public their first glimpse of who was outside Nancy Guthrie's home just outside Tucson, but the images did not show what happened to her or help determine whether the 84-year-old is still alive. FBI Director Kash Patel said the "armed individual" appeared to "have tampered with the camera." It was not entirely clear whether there was a gun in the holster. The videos were pulled from data on "back-end systems" after investigators spent days trying to find lost, corrupted or inaccessible images, Patel said. "This will get the phone ringing for lots of potential leads," said former FBI agent Katherine Schweit. "Even when you have a person who appears to be completely covered, they're really not. You can see their girth, the shape of their face, potentially their eyes or mouth. You can see a gait that people around that person may recognize immediately." Investigators have said for more than a week that they believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will. She was last seen at home Jan. 31 and reported missing the next day. DNA... Read More

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