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    Hungry Man Adds Director LJ Johnson For Spots, Branded Content

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    NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES --

    Hungry Man has signed filmmaker LJ Johnson for worldwide representation spanning commercials and branded content.

    A writer/director from Minneapolis, Johnson earned a slot in SHOOT’s 2021 New Directors Showcase. At that time she was handled by Current Resident, a small production company in Minneapolis. And this year Johnson was one of just five Fellows selected for the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP) organized by the DGA and AICP. Johnson made the CDDP cut, a program for which more than 700 directors applied. She directed her latest ad for Lays Potato Chips in collaboration with the agency High Dive.

    Johnson has directed a slew of commercial campaigns and music videos, and written/directed several award-winning short films. Working with actors is Johnson’s thing. She’s known for achieving subtle and nuanced performances on set. Visually, she creates offbeat worlds that showcase the quirk and idiosyncrasies of people.

    “LJ is a gifted storyteller and filmmaker,” said Hungry Man partner Mino Jarjoura. “Her comedic instincts, which are subtle and smart, blend perfectly with her cinematic eye. She’s got the instincts, talent, and drive to be a superstar. We’re incredibly excited to be her partner moving forward.”

    Though details were not yet available at press time, Johnson has a project slated to make its way to HBO Max in 2023.

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    Director Mark Rydell, An Oscar Nominee For “On Golden Pond,” Dies At 97

    Friday, August 14, 2026

    Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster "On Golden Pond" who worked with such Hollywood heavyweights as Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Steve McQueen and John Wayne, has died. He was 97.

    His daughter, Amy Rydell, told The Hollywood Reporter that her father died Thursday of natural causes at a retirement community for the entertainment industry in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles.

    "Hard to put into words how much I loved my dad," she posted Friday on her Instagram account. "He was truly one of a kind. Funniest and most talented person I've ever known."

    "On Golden Pond" earned 10 Oscar nominations
    "On Golden Pond," which teamed Fonda with Hepburn and his daughter, Jane Fonda, was nominated for 10 Oscars. Henry Fonda and Hepburn won leading acting honors and the film won for screenplay, which Ernest Thompson adapted from his play of the same name. Rydell was nominated for directing but lost to Warren Beatty for "Reds."

    It earned over $119 million at the box office, making it the second-highest grossing film of 1981 behind "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

    "On Golden Pond" was Henry Fonda's final movie role. He starred as Norman Thayer, an emotionally brittle and distant father who becomes more accessible at the end of his life after his teenage grandson spends the summer with him and his wife, Ethel (played by Hepburn), at their cottage in New England. The film's story resembled Fonda's real-life relationship with daughter Jane, who said working on the movie together helped resolve some of their issues. The elder Fonda died at age 77 months after winning his only Oscar.

    Rydell's other Oscar-nominated films were "The Fox" in 1967, "The Reivers" with McQueen in 1969,... Read More

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