As the DOP, Andreas BERGER was in charge of the look of the new IKEA commercial spot entitled ‘New Beginnings’. The crashing commercial was created by Hamburg agencies Grimm Gallun Holtappels and Thjnk in collaboration with director Alison Maclean (‘Sex and the City’, ‘The Tudors’). Florian Grimm, Luca Grelli and Bettina Olf headed the creation.
Ellen Staudenmayer, Marketing Manager Deputy at Ikea comments on the 25 second spot, ‘life is full of changes. IKEA supports its customers in making these changes. From transforming a couple’s home into a single’s space in a fast fired approach, to adding some spring freshness into the home, our video shows that it is easy to make changes at the fast pace everyday life often demands’.
In addition to working as a Director of Photography for commercials for clients including Honda, Audi, Motorola and Nissan, Andreas BERGER has also been the DOP for feature films such as ‘Anatomy2’ and ‘Vincent will Meer’. More information is available from DBC.
Scholz & Friends OPC with Creative Director Markus Daubenbüchel commissioned the new OPEL cinema spot ADAM & YOU. Matthäus BUSSMANN c/o DBC was the director and Ekkehart POLLACK was the DOP.
Tomás Caetano, Director Brand Marketing Opel/Vauxhall: ‘the Adam campaign definitely has its finger on the pulse. The Adam enables every buyer to bring his or her own personal tastes to life. We show this in the advert and are certain that it is effective. And that is the only objective of good advertising.’
Hanna Maria HEIDRICH directed the ‘Something is about to happen’ commercial spot for Swedish client RADIOTJAENST, which we are also pleased to present here on GoSee.
Paris based director Johnatan BRODA is a new entry at Esther Kurle / DRIVEN BY CREATIVES. As an appetiser, GoSee presents his latest film project ‘Objets Nomades’ for LOUIS VUITTON – more is available direct from DBC.
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BASE BERLIN BY ESTHER KURLE
Esther Kurle, born in 1973 and mother of one child is currently living in Berlin. Before she founded Trinity Agency in Germany, she worked as a producer for several years.
Since 2006 Esther is the owner of Esther Kurle Management.
BASE MUNICH BY BERNADETTE GRAF
Bernadette Graf was born in 1976 and is living in Munich with her family.
She has a diploma in American Studies and 6 years of experience as a sales rep and project manager @ gap films in Munich under her belt, before she founded Bernadette Graf Management in 2008.
BASE PRAGUE BY NICK AND PAVLINA SAWARD
Nick Saward was born in 1961. He worked in the UK as a production manager and then 15 years as a producer before moving to Prague in 2002 to produce for Stillking Films. 7 years later he founded Saward Management. Nick is living in Prague with his two children and his wife Pavlina Saward (born Prikrylova) who serves as the creative head of the DBC base in Prague.
Pavlina worked as a Production Manager on more than 130 commercials in the last 10 years for Stillking Films in Prague. Prior to that she worked on 19 movies in different production positions and production companies for 15 years. Pavlina joined Esther Kurle Management in January 2009 along with Nick to work as an agent for directors and DOP`s.
BASE HAMBURG BY KLEMENS KEMPKES
Klemens Kempkes is based in Hamburg. He looks back on more than 20 years of experience working in the film industry being a set manager, producer, production manager and agency producer. In 1999 he founded Good Fellows and joined the Driven By Creatives network in 2010.
BASE MILAN BY ANTONELLA PERILLO
Antonella Perillo is currently living in Milan. She has 30 years of experience in the Entertainment industry as Agent, Casting Director and PA. She got to travel all around the world as a PA for Simply Red. After she took a break to become the mother of two wonderful children, she founded ABC Casting in Milan and became part of the Gallagher Casting Network and Rolf Scheider Casting Company in Paris-Berlin-Hamburg. She has done casting for world-renowned filmmakers like Zack Snyder, Tony Kaye and many others. In 2003, she started ABC & Director's Agency, a film directors agency that works directly with production companies and advertising agencies.
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