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Stacy’s acrylic paintings inspired by his renowned skateboard collection make up a new solo show opening at Adler/Smith Gallery in Santa Monica on July 19th.

David and longtime collaborator Walton Goggins introduce a new Walmart in this major rebrand with PXP.

L&J and Dentsu teamed up to pay tribute to military vets and their impact at Lowe's.

This new mini series directed by Alex Gibney explores dark money in politics and campaign fund-raising 15 years after Citizens United ruling allowed unlimited anonymous political spending. Stream now on Max!

Adi directed the energetic "There's Beauty in the Burn" spot for Dick's Sporting Goods line, Calia in 2024. It's now been nominated as one of four pieces in the Dance category for Directors Notes' "We Are DN" Awards!

The Shiny Awards invited Dumas for an Instagram Live interview in which he shared about his inspirations, journey as a director, and how he navigates his filmmaking career. Watch the interview here!

"World Between Us," an HBO documentary about Chelsea director Marie Tomanova's rise as a photographer, premiered in Prague on April 7th. The film will be showing in Czech cinemas beginning April 17th and will stream on HBO Max Europe beginning May 2nd!

Ruff Sqwad, one of the most important Black British music collectives of the 21st century, make their triumphant return to the scene in Dumas’ "Flee FM: The Film” and "Flee FM 2: The Film," conceptual shorts based around tracks of their original music.

Photographed by Nadav Kander, Balenciaga’s Characters campaign saw “each star show a facet of herself by creating a character study.” Featuring Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts and Isabelle Huppert.

"Thanks, Patrick Milling Smith, for inviting me to participate. It’s a big honor to join the discourse on the power of exceptional craft and to celebrate what our amazing industry is capable of." - Lisa Mehling, Chelsea Owner/President

Now represented in the US by Chelsea, established filmmaker Simon Ratigan is bringing his human-centred, instinctive approach to storytelling to a new market, writes LBB’s Abi Lightfoot.

“It’s been an amazing creative ride. From my first, early days, tentative (and very scary) steps at directing, to shooting some of the very best stuff in advertising. I have enjoyed every minute of it and still can’t quite believe how far you can go in this business by simply relying on instinct and trusting in collaboration.”

Read the rest of the interview with Simon in Little Black Book.

Congratulations to Stacy for his incredible gallery show in Venice in December! Amazing to see so many brilliant paintings with stories, and so many new and familiar faces. 👏 🛹 🌊 Check out the art featured by Cruise Control Contemporary here, and check out our Instagram post with photos from the event here!

"Victoria Beckham‘s upcoming Netflix documentary series is finally able to name its director. Nadia Hallgren, who directed the Michelle Obama doc 'Becoming,' is helming the show, Variety can reveal.

The as-yet-untitled series, which started production in August, will follow Beckham’s journey from Spice Girls superstardom in the ‘90s to modern fashion maven. As per the logline, 'Her Posh Spice days may be behind her, but today Beckham is on a journey to build a fashion empire — and now, fans will be able to see the story behind it all.'"

Continue reading in Variety.

We are so pleased to announce that our very own VP/EP, Donna Portaro, will help judge the ‘24-‘25 Ad Age Creativity Awards! “So honored to be on the 2025 Jury for the AdAge Creativity Awards! A review of this year’s best in our business — very much looking forward to it!” — Donna To learn more, please visit AdAge.com/acawards2025

There are a million ways to direct a commercial — we’re glad we had Simon Ratigan on the job. Simon captures the bittersweet relatability of losing something precious in this new spot for NJM Insurance. 💍

Credits on our Instagram.

David's Nutcrackers was acquired for streaming by Hulu after premiering as the opening film at Toronto Film Festival. This holiday film was a passion project for David and is his first family-centric feature. The film stars Ben Stiller and introduces the Janson Brothers... Hollywood's newest young stars! Streaming on Hulu as of November 29th.

Time to get away? ✈️ Prepare for takeoff with this first-class spot for United, directed by Anna & Ewan for 72&Sunny! Credits on our Instagram.

CreativeNL, the international label of the Top Sector Creative Industry and CLICKNL, has launched Nathalie van Sasse van Ysselt - who creatively put the enormous LED sphere Sphere in Las Vegas on the map - as the new CreativeNL Thought Leader. Johan directed a short film to announce and introduce Nathalie.

David Gordon Green and his co-founders, including Danny McBride, launched their own premium tequila brand, Don Gato! They created a series of fun character driven films to announce the roll-out. Watch the series on YouTube!

Testing, testing. And we’re live! 🎙️ Carl (#1 Broker in our hearts) is back in this new spot for Schwab, directed by Lalou & Joaquin with Mekanism. Check it out on our Instagram!

Spooky season is upon us! The fourth installment of FX's American Horror Stories started streaming on Hulu this past Tuesday, 10.15.24. Courtney directed the season finale, "The Thing Under the Bed," starring Debby Ryan.

The highly-anticipated WandaVision spin-off series is on Disney+, with new episodes releasing every Wednesday. Gandja's ability to bring an imagined world underpinned with strong performances to life sets her apart. Stay tuned for the episodes she directed: 6, 8 and the finale.

Congratulations, Alex! Chelsea director & celebrated documentarian Alex Gibney was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's News and Documentary Emmys. “I am grateful, humbled and deeply honored by this award,” said Alex. “While it has my name on it, it is also a powerful recognition of the work of my collaborators over the years, including my producers, cinematographers and, most especially, editors. It reminds me of that great two word poem [...] by Muhammed Ali: ‘Me, We.’” View full speech.

Marie is renowned for her photography, but she was originally trained as a painter. She returned to this medium over the past year and features several new self portraits in her exhibition, Lost and Found, curated by C24 Gallery in New York. Open now until November 8th, 2024.

Longtime broadcast journalist and author Jane Pauley and documentarian/director Alex Gibney have been tapped to receive lifetime achievement awards at the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmys. The honors were revealed Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

“I am grateful, humbled and deeply honored by this award,” Gibney said. “While it has my name on it, it is also a powerful recognition of the work of my collaborators over the years, including my producers, cinematographers and, most especially, editors. It reminds me of that great two word poem, invented on the spot, at a speech at Harvard, by Muhammed Ali: ‘Me, We.’”

Keep more in Variety.