LOVING (Jeff Nichols)

I just only realized the Director Jeff Nichols’s absolute genius when I saw his film Midnight Special.  That one hooked me with it’s totally underplayed sci-fi magical realism.  Loving is his new one and, like ...

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ATL Tmobile

I spent a few days last week with Hank and Michael Krantz in ATL selling T-Mobile with a baseball star named Bryce Harper.  Rumor on the set was that he was prepping to sign a ...

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Last?! ATT with Hank

I just got back from LA where Hank and I finished what may be the last of a long series of spots ATT has done with “Lily” the funny quirky girl in the store (we ...

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EE LA BACON and BS

Hank and I just did another EE spot (thanks Hank,) this time in LA.  Kevin B dances down the street telling us all how great Apple music is on EE and runs into Britney Spears- ...

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Margot and Lily wins

Turns out that our giant 100+ minute Nike ad Margot & Lily won a Gold Lion at Cannes, nit sure exactly what for but it won which is good.  I don’t get a trophy or ...

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EE London

Georgia came to London with me to do another EE Job with Hank.  We shot for two days out at the BT Sport stages in East London.  The job went well but this trip was ...

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Warsaw

I went to Warsaw with Patrik Bergh for Listerine.  It was really hard for production (Tomek at Papaya Films) and Patrik, but not so much for me.  I had a good crew and generally had ...

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Eating Animals Bolinas

Chris and I went to Bolinas to visit Bill and Nicolette Niman for the last time this weekend.  We were joined by Sandra and Hannah for a change.  Bolinas is such a beautiful place, especially ...

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Ojai II

Sheila, Lizzie, Yoko and I went back to the Turtles in Ojai.  We took an easy-ish hike up to Piedra Blanca and found this fantastic swimming hole.  Yoko took a little convincing but finally went ...

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ATT LA with Hank

Hank, very nicely, asked me to come out to LA and make some ATT commercials with him.  They are the ones with the smiley girl in the store.  You’ve all seen them so I just ...

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LA Bacon

I spent most of the last two weeks in LA.  Here are the best parts: Hank and I were making a spot for EE, a UK Cell service, starring Kevin Bacon as almost everybody in ...

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Nike Margot and Lily

The smash hit web series Margot and Lily, by Me, has dropped on the WWW.  Millions watching it I gather.  Check it out- http://news.nike.com/news/a-guide-to-margot-vs-lily-a-better-for-it-production

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Modern Houses Burn Faster

During the 2016 blizzard I spent 4 days shooting a short film with a friend named Matthew Dixon.  He acted in a movie that I AC’d for Lee Daniel in 1993?, maybe earlier, called Mergers ...

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BMO with Phil

Phil and I went to Toronto during the first days of 2106 to make some Tv commercials for BMO ( The Bank of Montreal).  The job was pretty easy, we shot mostly in bank branches, ...

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Youth

Since arriving in Toronto I have seen: Star Wars The Force Awakens 3D IMAX The Hateful Eight The Revenant and finally Youth, by Paolo Sorrentino. Those first three are major blockbusters premiering in award’s season ...

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Stockholm (showbiz)

I forgot to mention Stockholm, the very end of the Eating Animals trip.  The 19th and 20th day we arrived in Stockholm and stayed at Ett Hem, the same place I stayed with my girls ...

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Sea Sheperd

In Stockholm we met with Captain Peter Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker, a ship run by Sea Sheperd.  This young guy was recently voted one of 25 of the toughest people on earth by esquire ...

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Eating Animals Again

Chris and I went to India, Germany, England, and Sweden for 20 days in December.  It was long and hard but I left each place feeling it was very worth all the travel and trouble ...

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