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02/01/2020

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02/01/2020

Final Cut

#SuperBowl Alert : Sofia Vergara is throwing a party with the cast of P&G and you can decide the path that plays out on Game Day! Edited by Final Cut Crispin Struthers and made with Significant Others Grey Group and Townhouse. Head to whenwecometogether.com to place your vote!

It's the Super Bowl and Sofia Vergara is throwing a party for P&G! Vote below and then watch America's choices unfold during the 4th quarter! Edited by Crispin Struthers and made with Significant Others, Machine Sound, Rattling Stick, Grey Group, and Townhouse.

06/19/2018

Final Cut

News just in from the Palais and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity . Congratulations to Final Cut's Rick Russell Joe Guest and Jeff Buchanan for being shortlisted for three spots in the Film Craft Editing Category! 🦁🦁🦁

Epic Final Cut news out of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity today, where we are shortlisted for three spots in the Cannes Lions Film Craft Editing Category! Shoutout to our shortlisted editors Rick Russell, Joe Guest and Jeff Buchanan! #canneslions #editor #filmcraft #finalcut

06/06/2018

Hey Wonderful

#Spotlight : So proud to share this very important and powerful project for Instagram to celebrate #pride2018 from Hey Wonderful director Sam Spiegel. We all need positive role models in our lives, with this social media platform, these young leaders and activists provided incredible and inspirational support!

We are PROUD to have been a part of this important and inspiring Instagram initiative for #Pride2018. Directed by our wonderful Sam Spiegel this project brought together powerful young leaders and activists in the #LGBTQ+ community with their role models to exchange ideas and experiences. Let’s celebrate you, pride, and the people in your life who made a difference.

05/02/2018

Hey Wonderful director Sam Cadman's latest immersive experience for Samsung Mobile #VR initiative, "Pilot Season" is out. Featuring "Sam's Surreal Gems". Can this be real life? Check it out!

Is this real life? Samsung Mobile's latest #VR initiative, "Pilot Season," has officially launched & features a brand new immersive experience directed by our very own Sam Cadman! Learn more about the series, produced with #RSAVR, called "Sam's Surreal Gems." bit.ly/HWSamsungVR

04/26/2018

Shout out to Hey Wonderful's Sam Spiegel! Congratulations on your win at this year's The Webby Awards!

"The Instrument" for NatGeo has WON the People's Voice Award for "Best Long Form Branded Content" at this year's The Webby Awards! Thank you so much for your votes and support🙏🏼 bit.ly/winstrument

04/26/2018

You're once, twice, 3 times a ..no 4 times a shortlist! Bravo Final Cut !

The 2018 AICP Awards Shortlists have been unveiled! To view all work shortlisted for the AICP Show and AICP Next Awards this year, visit: http://www.awardcore.com/aicp/shortlist/

04/26/2018

Chelsea Pictures

Chelsea Pictures

Thrilled to share that Amir Bar-Lev's "Answering The Call" for Verizon with McCann has been shortlisted at the 2018 AICP Show for "Advertising Excellence - Campaign".

Revisit the touching campaign below. The 2018 AICP Show takes place June 14th at New York's @MoMA The Museum of Modern Art.

04/07/2018

Hey Wonderful

Let's hear it for Hey Wonderful's Sam Spiegel and his work for National Geographic out of Pereira & O'Dell. "The Instrument" is nominated for best "Long Form Branded Entertainment" in the 22nd Annual People's Voice The Webby Awards. Place your vote here. Go SAM! bit.ly/sswebbys

🎶Music to our ears🎶 as the excitement continues for Sam Spiegel's "The Instrument" for National Geographic - Nominated for best "Long Form Branded Entertainment" in the 22nd Annual People's Voice The Webby Awards! VOTE FOR SAM: bit.ly/sswebbys

04/06/2018

Why Lucy Liu Is Helping LifeWTR Bring Art Back to Schools

Adweek profiles Chelsea Pictures Lauren Greenfield's work for LIFEWTR with R/GA, created to raise awareness for the importance of art education and it's impact in people's lives. #BringArtBackToSchools with over 8 million views already on YouTube. Here Lucy Liu gets involved in the cause as well.

The actress tells us about her passion project.

03/22/2018

Ad Age

Hey Wonderful's directors The Coles (Sophie Cole & Walker Cole) latest spot for Tommee Tippee out of McCann is Ad Age Creativity Editors Pick of the Day! "Everywhere You Look" it's all about the nipple, baby.

"It's all about the nipple, baby."

03/20/2018

A Glance Unlocks All in Apple's Wild and Colorful High School Number

Just one look, is all it took. Check out 'Unlock', the latest musical number for Apple's iPhone X is Adweek's Ad of the Day'. Spot on edit by Final Cut's Joe Guest!

The iPhone X’s FaceID sends a girl on a jailbreak spree.

03/20/2018

NCAA Launches Latest Brand PSA Focused on Inclusion

"The only definition of ourselves that matter is our own" Chelsea Pictures director Nadav Kander brings us a striking new brand PSA for the NCAA out of SS+K in the wake of March Madness.

On the eve of the annual March Madness college basketball tournament, the NCAA and agency SS+K have launched their latest brand PSA campaign.

03/20/2018

Final Cut

Final Cut

Step inside the mind of ever-talented editor Dan Sherwen in the AICP's latest edition of 'Spotted' and find out what went into last year's AICE 'Best In Show'-winning spot for Under Armour 'It Comes From Below' with Droga5!

03/14/2018

Burger King Staged a Car Fire on a Highway, and Surprised Those Who Stopped to Help

Did you know that today is Good Samaritan Day? Hey Wonderful's director Sam Cadman's shows us how great it feels to do good in his latest spot for Burger King with DAVID The Agency Miami. Adweek Ad of the Day.

Latest stunt is for Good Samaritan Day.

03/13/2018

Chelsea Pictures

Chelsea Pictures

"I’m always looking for the story line of how a brand becomes a useful daily tool in a person’s life... And so the brand becomes a part of the person’s story and it becomes an organic fit into their personal narrative, and when you achieve this it no longer becomes about advertising, it becomes about story telling"

Source Creative sat down with Stacy Peralta to discuss joining the Chelsea roster, his iconic documentary catalog, and his impact on the action sports genre.

Find the lively and insightful chat below.
#StacyPeralta

03/09/2018

Hey Wonderful

Seeing double, baby? Excited to share Hey Wonderful's directing duo, The Coles' (Walker Cole / Sophie Cole) latest spot for Tommee Tippee out McCann. "It's all about the nipple".

🍧🍧Babies really just have a one track mind 🎯🎯 The Cole's direct @Tommee Tippee's 🍼"Nipple Vision"🍼 with @McCann and babies everywhere rejoice, because its "all about the nipple, baby."👶🏽👶🏻👶🏾👶🏼 bit.ly/HWTheColes

03/07/2018

Spike Jonze and FKA twigs Made a Jaw-Dropping Short Film for Apple's HomePod

Adweek Ad of the Day! Final Cut's Jeff Buchanan collaborates once again with director Spike Jonze for Apple's latest project 'Welcome Home' featuring FKA twigs "The result is a stunning piece that’s charming, surreal, emotional, playful, theatrical and utterly compelling—one of the most remarkable ads of the year so far" - Adweek

The Oscar winner adds another masterpiece to his ad reel.

02/20/2018

Production Company A-List 2018: To Watch

Hey Wonderful is one of Ad Age's top Production Companies on the A-List to watch in 2018!!!! Congratulations to the Wonderful team, Michael Di Girolamo, Sarah McMurray, Tori Palmatier and the amazing roster of talented directors. Special shout outs go to Sam Spiegel and Peking (Nat Livingston Johnson & Gregory Mitnick) for their work highlighted in this article.

Hey Wonderful, Knucklehead and Lord Danger are Ad Age's Production Companies to Watch in 2018

02/14/2018

Stephanie Apt Makes the Final Cut

Look who's making the Final Cut! Stephanie Apt, President & Founder of Final Cut USA leads this year's The One Club for Creativity ADC awards, chairing the Motion & Film Craft Jury. Go Stephanie!

Industry veteran leads ADC 97th Annual Awards Motion & Film Craft jury

02/10/2018

Chelsea Pictures

Chelsea Pictures

Lauren Greenfield sat down with Film Threat to discuss her start in filmmaking, the documentary process, and her latest project "Generation Wealth", set to screen at Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival this month.

Find the full conversation below, and look out for "Generation Wealth" when it hits theaters July 20th.
#LaurenGreenfield #GenerationWealth #Berlinale

02/06/2018

How a Year of Disasters Inspired Verizon's Return to the Super Bowl

“Answering the Call,” is a heartfelt salute to first responders, who put their lives on the line everyday. Congrats to Chelsea Pictures and Director Amir Bar-Lev for the tremendous work and research and to the amazing team at McCann for the meaningful collaboration that brought this powerful ad to life. #SuperBowl18 #Verizon #AllOurThanks

Putting the ‘best network’ in a more emotional context.

02/06/2018

Toyota Super Bowl ad tells the inspiring story of Paralympian Lauren Woolstencroft

Congrats to Final Cut's editor Crispin Struthers for his work on Toyota USA's inspirational Super Bowl ad, "Good Odds", out of Saatchi & Saatchi. The spot was the first to air, following kick off and set the stage that with determination and perseverance, anything is possible in achieving one's dream. #StartYourImpossible

The Super Bowl's first ad introduced fans to the incredible story of Lauren Woolstencroft

02/03/2018

Final Cut

Squarespace rides again this Super Bowl Sunday. In preparation for game day, here's a preview of the campaign, starring Keanu Reaves, edited by Final Cut's very own Rick Russell.

Ahead of this year's Super Bowl, Squarespace once again asks if you should make a website.

Keanu Reeves, Anonymous Content director Tim Godsall and editor Rick Russell definitely think you should.

01/31/2018

The Boppy Company: #NeverNotAMom by MullenLowe

A beautiful new spot for The Boppy Company out of MullenLowe U.S. Directed by Hey Wonderful's Peking (Gregory Mitnick & Nat Livingston Johnson) with edit by Final Cut's BettyJo Moore, finishing by Significant Others and Machine Sound. "Your child is always a part of who you are." #NeverNotAmom

The Boppy Company has launched #NeverNotAMom, a new campaign to celebrate the launch of its newest product innovation, the yoga apparel-inspired Boppy ComfyFit Baby Carrier.

01/18/2018

Source Creative

Honored to have seven spots that Final Cut collaborated on listed in Source Creative's "Top 100 of 2017. Congratulations to editors Jeff Buchanan, Dan Sherwen, Rick Russell, Joe Guest, Darren Baldwin, and Amanda James! #TheEntireJouney #EqualLove #BarberShop #MadetoMove #Following #Move #ThisVirginFibre

For the first Showcase of the year, we've set our Source Selects team the unenviable task of racking their brains, raiding the archive and compiling a list of 100 of the best spots of 2017 from around the world!
Featuring work from Academy Films, Anonymous Content, argentinacine, Big Block, CHROMISTA, Crazy Few Films, DIKTATOR, DIVISION, Egg Films, Einar Film & Fortellinger, Epoch Films, FINCH, FRIEND, Furlined, Giant Films, Hey Wonderful, Hungry Man, Independent Films, Knucklehead, LA PAC, LANDIA, The Mill, MJZ, Nexus Studios, O Positive, Outsider, Park Pictures, Partizan, Passion Pictures, Plaza Films, PRETTYBIRD, Pulse Films, RadicalMedia LLC, Rattling Stick, Revolver / Will O'Rourke, Rogue, RSA Films, Saigon Filmes, Sanctuary Content, SMUGGLER, Somesuch, 株式会社スプーン, Stink São Paulo, The Corner Shop, The Prosecution Film Company, The Sweet Shop, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Untitled.inc, Wabi Productions, Wanda and more!

01/18/2018

Excited to share that Hey Wonderful's Sam Spiegel's work for National Geographic out of Pereira & O'Dell New York is included in Source Creative's selected "Top 100 spots of 2017". http://source.slateapp.com/director-showcase/director-showcase-jan-2018

Extremely thankful and excited to see our Sam Spiegel on Source Creative's "Top 100 of 2017" list for his National Geographic spot, "The Instrument." Check out the full list of amazing talent: bit.ly/SpiegelSource

01/18/2018

10 Buzziest Films at Sundance Film Festival 2018

Adding to the Sundance buzz. "Heart's Beat Loud" is included in Variety's 10 picks of exciting films being talked about at the festival this week. Edited by Final Cut's very own Patrick Colman and finished by Significant Others.

Studio executives flock to Park City hoping to find the next big thing in indie film. It’s a chance to get their hands on the newest “The Big Sick,” the kind of powerful movie that has what it take…

01/16/2018

Chelsea Pictures

We're "In It Together" with Stacy Peralta and his latest work for LinkedIn. If you didn't catch it during the launch on the Golden Globes , attached is the campaign written up in Adweek.

"I knew from the first reading of the boards that this was one of those rare opportunities."

Adweek and Chelsea's newest director Stacy Peralta discuss his striking new campaign for LinkedIn. Check out their full piece below.
#LinkedIn #StacyPeralta #AdWeek

01/16/2018

Filmmaker Stacy Peralta Joins Chelsea Pictures For Spots, Branded Content

Excited to announce that acclaimed director, Stacy Peralta has joined Chelsea Pictures for commercial and branded content representation. Welcome to the team Stacy!

Chelsea Pictures has added Stacy Peralta--the director of seminal documentaries Dog Town and Z Boys and Riding Giants--to its roster for commercial and branded content representat

01/16/2018

Lots of great news to share for Final Cut! Thrilled to welcome editor Miky Wolf to the family, announce the promotion of BettyJo Moore to the official editorial roster, and lastly but not least, Penny Ensley becomes HP for the NY office! 👏🏼🎉📣

Final Cut adds editor Miky Wolf, promotes Moore to editor, Ensley to head of production http://dlvr.it/Q9yfxl #SHOOTonline

01/14/2018

Chelsea Pictures

Chelsea Pictures

Alex Gibney executive produces and directs the pilot for Hulu's new miniseries 'The Looming Tower', from Academy Award-nominee Dan Futterman.

Rolling Stone has the gripping first traier. The series premieres February 28th.
#AlexGibney #TheLoomingTower #Hulu

01/11/2018

State Farm: Don't You by DDB Chicago

The season of giving may be over but those in need remain all year long. Latest soulful work for State Farm 'Don't You', edited by Final Cut's Joe Guest for DDB Chicago. #dontyouforgetaboutme #simpleminds

The holidays are a popular time to get involved and give back, but when the decorations come down and the season of giving ends, there are still people in need in the community.

01/08/2018

Adweek

Mathew McConaughey is back in the driving seat, this time as conductor of his surroundings with "Perfect Rhythm", the latest work for The Lincoln Motor Company. Huge thank you to Hudson Rouge for your collaboration with Final Cut's editor Rick Russell. A beautiful piece indeed!

McConaughey is back in a new Lincoln ad.

01/08/2018

Chelsea Pictures

Chelsea Pictures

A huge congratulations to Ben Steinbauer and The Bear, whose Hurricane Harvey doc 'Heroes From The Storm' was just named a Vimeo Staff Pick!

Check out the moving film below.
#TheBear #Vimeo #VimeoStaffPick

01/05/2018

Facebook App

#SPOTLIGHT: Hey Wonderful's directing duo Peking's Nat Livingston Johnson Gregory Mitnick beautiful & timely campaign for Facebook continues with these individual films of hope from around the world. #hopefulfor #whatareyouhopefulfor #2018

01/02/2018

Facebook App

Rhoda’s first post of the New Year kicks off with this beautiful message about encouraging hope from around the world. Hey Wonderful's directing duo, Peking Nat Livingston Johnson & Gregory Mitnick directs Facebook's new #HopefulFor campaign to inspire unity in 2018! #whatareyouhopefulfor 🙏🌎✌🏼

Hope brings us together. See what people around the world are hopeful for and join the conversation. What are you #HopefulFor in 2018?

12/29/2017

A month of holiday outings and celebrations with RHODA and friends. Big thanks to those who joined and to those who hosted us! Happy holidays and here’s to a super 2018!

A month of holiday outings and celebrations with RHODA and friends. Big thanks to those who joined and to those who hosted us! Happy holidays and here’s to a super 2018!

12/21/2017

Chelsea Pictures

Chelsea Pictures

The editors of TIME discuss their favorite photo portraits of 2017, including a pair by Nadav Kander.

Find their full collection below.
#NadavKander #TimeMagazine #TIME

12/21/2017

Delta and Virgin Tell a Peculiar Christmas Story About a Dead Yak, Socrates and Karate

A warm holiday shout out goes to our friends at Figliulo&Partners for their first work created to launch the partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Delta. The Prodigal Brother, in collaboration with Final Cut 's editor Patrick Colman and Machine Sound's Terressa Tate and Significant Others.

The return of the Prodigal Brother.

11/20/2017

Heathrow's Christmas ad tells the charming love story of its teddy bears Doris and Edward

The jet setting teddy bears are back! This year's Heathrow Airport holiday ad unfolds the sweet love story of Doris and Edward Bair. Stitched together by Final Cut's Ed Cheesman. 🐻✈️

Heathrow Airport is looking to appeal to viewers' sentimental side this Christmas, using its festive spot to recount the 50-year-long love story of its much-loved teddy bears, Doris and Edward Bair.