Wednesday, May. 22, 2024

"Beauty is like war," says Gary Oldman, in character, in Paolo Sorrentino's "Parthenope." "It opens doors."

"Parthenope," in which Oldman plays the author John Cheever, premiered Tuesday in Cannes. It's just one of the films at this year's festival to consider beauty: its disruptive power...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

Filmmaker Crystal Moselle has joined The Directors Bureau for representation in the U.S. spanning commercials and music videos. Moselle, whose storytelling aesthetic stylishly melds realism and lifestyle, is known for her debut documentary and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner, The Wolfpack...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

Donald Trump's reelection campaign called "The Apprentice," a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, "pure fiction" and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump.

Following...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

Director Jim Hosking is returning to advertising, joining the roster of RadicalMedia for global representation.
 
Following his illustrious cult-classic feature-film era (The Greasy Strangler, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn), Hosking is back to explore the (r)evolution in...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will honor advertising veteran Jacques Séguéla with its prestigious Lion of St Mark award which recognizes lifetime achievement. With a career spanning more than 60 years in the industry, Séguéla has produced consistently iconic work for...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

Based on point totals for wins in the ADC 103rd Annual Awards announced last week during Creative Week, FCB New York and The New York Times Magazine are among the top firms in the ADC Global Creative Rankings.

FCB New York is ranked as the #1 agency globally, winning two ADC Best of...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

Chelsea Pictures has added multi-hyphenate directing duo Lalou & Joaquin to its roster for U.S. and U.K. representation spanning commercials and branded content. 

Creative partners since 2006, Lalou Dammond and Joaquin Baca-Asay like to make stories that are humanistic, witty,...

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024

Before a journalist has even lobbed a question, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos spit out a string of overlapping answers.

"We have a great relationship," begins Lanthimos. '"We just love working together," adds Stone. "It was cool to do a modern-day piece." "Going back to some of the...

Monday, May. 20, 2024

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors elected a new slate of officers, with Shelly Johnson re-elected to serve a second term as the organization’s president. The Board also voted in VPs Charlie Lieberman, Patti Lee and Cynthia Pusheck; treasurer Charles Minsky;...

Monday, May. 20, 2024

Creative production partner Tool has brought the multi-talented creative technologists Nem Perez and KingWillonius aboard its growing roster of experience/AI directors. These additions come on the heels of Tool’s recently announced AI consultancy, Toolkit, the company’s much-discussed AI-powered...

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