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In this emotionally moving and poignant short film—For The Wind—directed by Lance Acord of bicoastal Park Pictures for Gatorade out of TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, WNBA star basketball player Elena Delle Donne talks about her older sister Lizzie who can’t see, speak or hear due to cerebral palsy...
Last month director Alma Har’el--who’s on the rosters of Epoch Films in the U.S. and B-Reel Films in the U.K.--launched Free The Bid, an initiative designed to put female directors more consistently in the running for commercials and branded content projects. A Free The Bid website (click...
Director Jake Schreier of Park Pictures breaks down the fourth wall in Francis and the Lights “Friends,” a music video featuring Bon Iver and Kanye West. The clip leads in with an understated cameo by West and captures Francis Farewell Starlight’s stylized moves, topped off with a choreographed...
Park Pictures has signed French director Laurent Chanez for U.S. and U.K. representation. His body of work--ranging from stirring montages to striking automotive and beauty/fashion fare--includes spots for such brands as Benetton, Nike, Lexus, L’Oréal, Hyundai, Sky TV, Pepsi and Peugeot. Chanez’...
Park Pictures has signed documentary and commercial director Kief Davidson for exclusive international representation. Davidson earned a Best Short Subject Oscar nomination in 2013 for Open Heart, which centers on eight Rwandan children who embark on a life-or-death journey to Sudan in...
Bicoastal production company Park Pictures has signed Damian Kulash for worldwide representation. This marks his first formal representation as a director. Kulash, frontman for the band OK Go, has conceived of and directed 15 wildly popular videos for the band in...
Many moons ago a feature director working in commercials was frowned upon in some circles. That was due to the prevalent notion that only a filmmaker with extensive ad experience would have the proper creative and political sensibilities for spots. Happily that line of separation has since...
A veteran attendee of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, executive producer and co-founder of Park Pictures, will for the first time be judging at the competition, serving on the 2015 Film Craft Lions jury.
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It’s been an eventful 10 or so months for Daniel and Katina Mercadante both personally and professionally. The directorial duo became a married couple last June. Back then they were at Epoch Films where they picked up considerable filmmaking momentum, initially as the directing team of Daniel...
Alison Maclean directed this two minute-plus PSA which makes women disappear to raise awareness of gender inequality. Titled “We’re Not There Yet,” the spot was conceived by a creative ensemble at Droga5 for No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation....