Romain Demongeot is joining Rodeo FX’s ads & experiences division as executive creative director. He has had a hand in such projects as an INTEL virtual concert with an avatar of DJ Diplo, a campaign for L’envol perfume by Cartier, an interactive AR campaign with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the launch of the Bentley EXP 100 GT.
Throughout his career, Demongeot has incorporated into his work various technologies such as real-time 3D, VFX, Metaverse, and virtual shoots.
His journey into the world of advertising began with his graduation from ESAG Penninghen, a prestigious art school in Paris, where he earned a Master’s Degree in concept and art direction. He started his career as an art director at Duke Razorfish in 2007 and quickly earned accolades for his imaginative interactive website for Levis. He later joined DDB where he worked as a copywriter and art director on several notable campaigns for brands including McDonald’s. In 2016, he became creative director at UNIT9, producing advertising experiences including a giant stunt for telco Swisscom. Following his period as executive creative director in 2019, he joined Media.Monks as a global creative director, contributing to AI, VFX, and CG projects with clients such as Epic Games.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More