Tool has promoted sr. executive producer Oliver Fuselier to managing director/exec producer of live action. Since joining Tool in 2011, Fuselier has overseen a steady stream of the studio’s live-action and interactive projects. This includes acclaimed integrated executions like JFK Museum’s Clouds Over Cuba, JAM with Chrome, and Take This Lollipop, as well as spots for Go Daddy, Under Armour, Keystone Light, Mini, and AirBNB’s first ever broadcast campaign. Fuselier boasts over 20 years’ experience as a producer, counting directors David Fincher, Mike Mills, Kinka Usher, and Michael Bay among his many collaborators…..Writer/director Rob Pearlstein has joined the directorial roster at humble. His first comedy feature, Someone Marry Barry, was released in theaters nationwide and has reached the top 10 charts on iTunes in three categories: Comedy, Independents and Romance. A comedy specialist, Pearlstein’s short film, Our Time is Up, was nominated for an Academy Award. His work also includes episodic TV, commercials and a series of comedic web shorts documenting the story of Matumbo Goldberg, a young African-American man adopted by a witless suburban couple. Pearlstein grew up around advertising; his father, as well as an aunt and uncle, are all in the business. He interned at ChiatDay and eventually became a copywriter, working on brands such as Samsung, Twix and USA Network. Seeking to move into entertainment, he parlayed his skills as a copywriter and his background in production into a career in short-form, episodic and feature work. Since then he’s sold feature screenplays to Warner Brothers, Universal and Working Title, and written original pilots for all of the major networks and several cable networks. He served as a writer on NBC’s psychic thriller Medium and other series, and his Matumbo Goldberg short, which he wrote, directed and stars in (along with Anthony Anderson of Law and Order), was so well-received at Comedy Central, the network commissioned a series based on it….Comedy director Adam Gunser has joined Über Content He’s brought a mixture of warm comedic narrative and quirky, often surreal, visuals to brands internationally, with commercial productions in London, Australia and New Zealand. His playful approach to storytelling can be seen in his spot for the Monopoly game at McDonald’s for DDB Auckland/Sydney, where he crafted a city-size version of the board game; and Arnott’s “Shapes” through DDB Sydney which entailed building a functional giant record player, choreographing a sexy dance and getting some geeky men to rap and beat box. This year Adam extended his reach beyond the commercial format with his first short film “Killing Phillip,” which had its European premiere at the Clermont Ferrand in February, where it was listed in International Competition. Shot over five days in a remote part of New Zealand, the poignant story follows a 6-year old boy and his imaginary friend….
SHOOT’s 65th Anniversary Reflections: AICP President and CEO Matt Miller
As SHOOT celebrates a milestone, its 65th year of publication, we begin a series of interviews and features that will run throughout the summer on SHOOTonline and in SHOOT's newsletters and special PDF Issue with digital distribution in which industry executives, creatives and artists reflect on the changes they’ve seen over the decades, as well as essential dynamics that have endured. These folks--from different sectors of the business--will also share their visions and aspirations for the future. Perhaps most importantly, this special SHOOT coverage enables us to look back on the industry’s history, learn from it, and plum relevant lessons that will help us now and beyond. Mark Twain once famously said, “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” Twain’s insight underscores the importance of the past and its role in helping us better shape today and tomorrow. Such perspectives are invaluable yet sadly often not properly considered as society’s tendency at times is to overlook history and its significance. Additionally, the new generation navigating our industry sometimes isn’t aware of the relevant history, having not experienced it firsthand. Hopefully helping to close those gaps will be SHOOT’s 65th Anniversary coverage which seeks to provide historical context and to benefit from its relevance to the present and what may lie ahead. To kick off its 65th Anniversary-inspired content, SHOOT connected with Matt Miller, president and CEO of AICP, to gain context on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going. SHOOT reaching out to Miller is most appropriate given our reportage over the years on all major AICP developments from the start of the association,... Read More