Johan Eghammer has joined CP+B in Boulder as executive creative director. He spent the past 23 years at Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors (F&B), where he was creative director, sr. partner and member of the board.
As a founder of the F&B/Stockholm office, which opened in 2001, Eghammer has contributed to the agency’s transformation from a local shop to one of the best in the world. Working with clients like Volvo, IKEA, Carlsberg, Pernod Riccard, Visit Sweden, The Webby Awards and Unicef, he has amassed an impressive body of work which has won honors including a Cannes Grand Prix, two Golds and 12 total Lions. Recent projects, such as an effort from Visit Sweden to market the country on AirBNB and “The Organic Effect” from the Coop chain of grocery stores, have received international acclaim. Eghammer has been a member of The Cannes Lions Film jury and the New York Festivals Grand jury. He will work across accounts at CP+B.
Additionally CP+B has hired Trisha Ramdoo as director of business affairs. She comes to CP+B after nine years at TBWAMedia Arts Lab where she was group director of business affairs for its sole client, Apple. Originally in London, and later from the agency’s Los Angeles headquarters, Trisha led business affairs for award-winning domestic and global campaigns for more than a dozen iPhones, as well as numerous iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, iPods and the debut of Apple Music. She began her career as a commercial and intellectual property lawyer in London. Today, she also acts as director of business affairs for the ADCAN Awards–which honors unsigned filmmakers who make commercials for selected charities–and participates in AdColor and GLAAD to help promote diversity within advertising.
“Talent is the single most important component of our success as an agency, and Trisha and Johan are among the best in the world at their disciplines,” said Linus Karlsson, global chief creative officer, CP+B. “This is vital as we continue building a high-performing agency culture based on creativity and ingenuity.
Review: Director-Writer Megan Park’s “My Old Ass”
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
"Dude, I'm you," says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunned Elliott. "Well, I'm a 39-year-old you. What's up?"
What's up, indeed: Director-writer Megan Park has crafted a wistful coming-of-age tale using this comedic device for "My Old Ass" and the results are uneven even though she nails the landing.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad.
"Can we hug?" asks the older Elliott. They do. "This is so weird," says the younger Elliott, who then makes things even weirder when she asks for a kiss — to know what it's like kissing yourself. The older Elliott soon puts her number into the younger's phone under the name "My Old Ass." Then they keep in touch, long after the effects of the 'shrooms have gone.
Part of the movie's problem that can't be ignored is that the two Elliotts look nothing alike. Maisy Stella plays the coltish young version and a wry Aubrey Plaza the older. Both turn in fine performances but the visuals are slowly grating.
The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where "my life is about to start." She's sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Park's scenes and dialogue are unrushed and honest as Elliott takes her older self's advice and tries to repair... Read More