Production company JOJX has brought Kirby McClure, aka Radical Friend, aboard its directorial roster. McClure had previously been represented via production house Partizan.
Radical Friend started out as a duo consisting of McClure and Julia Grigorian. The directing partners then split up with Radical Friend becoming McClure’s solo venture. McClure and Grigorian under the Radical Friend banner worked with artists such as Skrillex, Yeasayer and Black Moth Super Rainbow. Rolling Stone recognized the filmmakers with inclusion in its rundown of “50 People Who Will Change the Future of Music.”
When McClure took over the Radical Friend mantle as an individual director, he proceeded to assemble a diverse body of work spanning performers such as HO9909 and Britney Spears, a four-minute cinematic trailer for the Netflix series Elite, ad assignments for such brands as KFC (the buzz-generating “Comeback” commercial introducing Colonel Sanders as the company’s mascot in the U.K.), AT&T, Taco Bell, Honda, Adidas, Chase Bank and Converse, as well as the feature film Spaghetti Junction which is currently available for viewing on Amazon Prime. McClure also wrote Spaghetti Junction which follows a disabled teenager in the Deep South who comes into contact with a cosmic traveler.
Jackson Morton, partner and executive producer at JOJX, said, “Radical Friend’s films are hypnotic on multiple levels. His incredible attention to detail and artistic nature engage all of your senses. He’s a director we knew would be immediately at home with JOJX—we have very similar values as filmmakers. He’s an innovator by nature, and we’re very excited to have him on our roster.”
McClure added, “Jackson [Morton] and Joe [Care, JOJX partner/EP] have an obvious passion and fire for making great work. I think we’re going to make some cool stuff together. I’m thrilled to join the JOJX family. I know I’m in great hands there as I continue to devote more time to my individual directing career.”
