Washington Square Films
Washington Square Films has signed director Keith Rivers for U.S. commercial representation. Rivers’ body of work spans such clients as Microsoft, Amazon, Hyundai, Delta Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Mazda, McDonald’s, Chevrolet and Taco Bell. His independent directorial experience led him to...
Washington Square Films has signed director/DP Joshua Z Weinstein for his first U.S. commercial representation. He directed the feature film Menashe which was released theatrically by A24, received a 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough...
Director Alison Klayman—whose work spans lauded documentaries, shorts, commercials and branded content—is no stranger to the festival circuit, initially scoring with her feature documentary debut, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Fest, and...
Washington Square Films has signed director Mark Pellington for commercials and branded content in the U.S. Winning acclaim for his signature authenticity and story-driven, personal approach, Pellington first made a name for himself as a music video director and then extended his filmmaking...
Carrie Stett--who recently earned inclusion in this year’s SHOOT New Directors Showcase on the strength of her heartwarming “A Caring Chorus” piece for Kleenex--has secured her first career commercial production house representation, joining the directorial roster of Washington Square...
Director Christopher Gruse has joined NY-based Washington Square Films for U.S representation. His credits include campaigns for such automotive brands as Infiniti, Acura, Honda, Ford, Lincoln and Chevy. The director’s “Speed Dating” spot for Mustang made a major viral mark, amassing more than...
Directing duo Spielbergs (Alex Karpovsky and Teddy Blanks) of NY-based Washington Square Films takes a literal approach to the laughable scents for top men’s shower gels in this humorous new campaign for Dollar Shave Club’s new line of body wash, Wanderer. The spots take on common stereotypes of...
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...
Washington Square Films (WSF) has signed "New York Times Director to Watch" Alison Klayman for her first commercial representation. Named on a NYT list of rising international filmmaking talents under 40, Klayman’s debut feature documentary, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, was...
The South By Southwest Film Festival is a place for world premieres—and for that matter the debut of major directorial talent. Testament to the latter is SHOOT 's Directors Series in which our rundown of Up-And-Coming Directors, Spring edition, introduces us to Kasra Farahani, whose...