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Specs
New gig: Commercial director, Nonfiction Unlimited
Continuing Gig: Documentary filmmaker
Age: 45
Why the interest in commercial production?
I’ve been doing documentaries for about 25 years and want to continue to do that, but I love the idea of working in a different medium. Advertising pushes the envelope creatively and there is some really great work being done right now, so I’m excited to jump into it.
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What is some of the advertising that has inspired you?
A couple of things that immediately come to mind are the Pantene commercial, “Labels Against Women,” and “Best Job” for P&G, which was part of the London 2012 Olympics “Proud Sponsor of Moms” campaign.
Do you see advertising as a way to address social stereotypes through more broadly distributed image-making?
Those two commercials relate to women and pretty efficiently reframe the way...
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