Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) has made six hires in its Miami creative department: creative directors Tim Wettstein and Kostas Karanikolas, associate creative directors Rick Abbott and Matt Orser, art director Eli Perez de Gracia, and copywriter Elena Romeu.
Wettstein comes over from JWT where he was group creative director overseeing clients such as Jiffy Lube, Pennzoil, FEMA, Scana Energy and US Virgin Islands. Prior to that, he was as an associate creative director at BBDO, where he produced integrated campaigns for clients like AT&T, Gillette, PETA and Autism Speaks. His work has been awarded at the AICP Next Awards, Cannes, The Clio Awards, D&AD, LIAA, One Show and Effie Awards.
Karanikolas joins CP+B from a freelancing gig at BBDO, where for more than a year he served as a digital creative director on the P&G/Gillette global account, and led the K.I.S.S. and The City Is Your Gym campaigns.
Abbott had been at RP& (a division of RPA) in LA where he was a sr. writer. Prior to that, he spent time at Sapient Nitro, JWT and BBDO, working on clients like M&M’s, Jet Blue, Smirnoff, AT&T, Pepsi, Visa, Macy’s, Fiat, Dodge, Chrysler, vitaminwater and Acura.
Orser joins CP+B from RPA where he was associate creative director on Farmers and Acura. Prior to that, he freelanced for more than three years at various shops including BBDO and 180LA. He also held long stints at La Comunidad, working on MTV, VH1 and Volkswagen; Carmichael Lynch, working on Harley Davidson, Porsche and Rapala; and Leo Burnett, where his work on the Tampax account resulted in a Gold Lion at Cannes.
Perez de Gracia is a former creative intern at CP+B, returning to the agency after a two and a half year stint at Mullen where she worked on Google, Zappos, Jetblue, Panera Bread, Planet Fitness and Nook Color.
Romeu also comes to CP+B from Mullen, where she spent three years working on JetBlue, Zappos.com, Google Play, Google Apps for Small Business, Grain Foods Foundation and Benjamin Moore.
Executive creative director Bob Winter heads CP+B’s creative department in Miami.
Spielberg, Lucas, De Niro, Freeman Praise Francis Ford Coppola As He Accepts The AFI Life Achievement Award
Steven Spielberg proclaimed "The Godfather" the "greatest American film ever made," Robert De Niro teasingly bemoaned being cast in the sequel and not the original and Harrison Ford fought back tears reflecting on his role in the 1974 film, "The Conversation."
At the center of it all was Francis Ford Coppola, who on Saturday received the AFI Life Achievement Award at a ceremony at Dolby Theatre that brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema,
A founding AFI trustee, Coppola's recognition from the organization was a kind of full circle moment for the "Apocalypse Now" director.
"When I was a kid there was the Oscars and that was it. Now they're going to have an award show for the best award show," the 86-year-old said on the red carpet ahead of the show. "But this is a little different because it's a personal recognition of the people that you've known all your life and your colleagues over many years, so it's like a homecoming in a way."
"You, sir, are peerless. You have taken what came before and redefined the canon of American film," Spielberg said.
Coppola sat between Spielberg and George Lucas, as actors and fellow filmmakers like Spike Lee, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and Morgan Freeman took turns gushing over the Oscar winner.
"Dreamer of dreams on a dime, teller of tales that cost and lost millions. But tonight, (expletive) the bankers and the bank," Freeman said to laughs and cheers.
Lucas, Coppola's longtime friend and colleague, presented him with the award. The pair have known each other for decades and cofounded their own production company, American Zoetrope, in 1969.
"You rounded up a bunch of young film students, gathered us together. We moved to San Francisco, hoping... Read More