David Reviews

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19 April 2024

At DAVID REVIEWS we strongly believe those responsible for making the work that we feature should be credited for it. By that, we mean the key personnel rather than every Tom, Dick and Harry... and unfortunately the PR we receive often fails to name anybody... or we're sent literally hundreds of names.

To help solve this problem, we are introducing this thread which will feature work where we currently have little or no information. If you worked on any of the films below, or you know who did, please send credits to jason@davidreviews.com, identifying the clip they belong to. (Please don't feel you have to supply all the credits... even if you only know the director, that gives us somewhere to start).


Adorable control freaks Apple are at it again..The press release for this ad reveals that it was directed by Taika Waititi, presumably because they feel it's good PR to be associated with a celebrity director, but his is literally the only name published. We need more if we're going to review it, so help us if you can.





To be fair to Apple, this one is hot off the internet, and it may be that they've prepped a fulsome list of credits for us and the other disciples of TV commercials and it'll arrive tomorrow... but, just in case it doesn't, let us know what you know please.





This charming ad for Amazon was added to their socials a few days ago, and we haven't yet find out who did it, so if you can make it easy for us then please do.





DAVID watched this Samsung Galaxy commercial at the cinema before 'Poor Things' (what a dirty and delightful romp). Anyway, back to business... does anyone know who made this 60" time through time? If so, send us the details, pronto!





This bid by Poundland to slightly reposition the proposition is their first TVC for around a decade and we haven't been able to find out who did it yet despite reaching out to their 'Commercial Director' via LinkedIn. If it's yours, please let us know.





This ad is identified at H&M's website as the "director's cut" of their Spring/Summer 2024 commercial but, alas, they've neglected to say which director has been able to show off his or her edit. Do you know?





This Apple iPhone 15 commercial is titled 'Don't Let Me Go'... don't let DAVID review it without credits! Whoever sends them first gets a free watermelon.




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YON MOTSKIN'S FULL OF DARLING-DOO.

Darling Films have signed "a really, really delightful human" in the form of Yon Motskin.


ALEX GREGORY SAYS, STOP! HARBOR TIME!

Harbor's new Executive Creative Director of Advertising Colour, UK, is none other than Alex Gregory.


CICLOPE ANNOUNCES ITS FULL PROGRAMME FOR BERLIN 2024.

CICLOPE Festival returns to Berlin this October, and has just announced its full programme and speaker lineup.


NOT TO SCALE SIGN PETER BAYNTON.

Peter Baynton of 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse' fame has signed for Not To Scale.


GEOFFREY LILLEMON JOINS THE 100% CLUB.

VFX whizz Geoffrey Lillemon has joined 100%, née HALAL, for representation.


MATTHEW DILLON COHEN LANDS AT BISCUIT.

Matthew Dillon Cohen wants to get weird and go underground as Biscuit Filmworks's newest director.


MIKEY PEHANICH RETURNS TO THE MILL.

Senior colourist Mikey Pehanich has returned to The Mill after five years with Blacksmith.


PARTIZAN WELCOME ETHAN & TOM.

Director duo Ethan Barrett and Tom Gullam are now on the books at Partizan for global representation.


CHRISTJAN JORDAN JOINS STITCH EDITING IN THE UK.

Christjan Jordan has joined Stitch Editing for representation in the UK.


GLASSWORKS WELCOME HANNAH WILK AND FELIX MARRINGTON-REEVE.

Glassworks have signed Hannah Wilk and Felix Marrington-Reeve as 2D and 3D leads, respectively.


IT'S GREAT GUNS FOR CHARLEY STADLER.

Director Charley Stadler has joined Great Guns for representation in the UK, US, Asia, and the Middle East.


STINK RISING WELCOME THEODOR GUELAT.

Director and photographer Theodor Guelat has joined Stink Rising for representation in the UK, the US, and Germany.


SQUAT ARE SAMSUNG UP TO?

Samsung and gym chain Basic-Fit have teamed up to launch 'Galaxy Space Squat'.


JOFFREY JANS RELOCATES TO YOU ARE HERE.

Director Joffrey Jans has reunited with Jeremy Goold at You Are Here.


MARSHALL STREET EDITORS SIGN JADE-MARIE MASON.

Freelance cutter Jade-Marie Mason now has a permanent home at Marshall Street Editors.


DAVID VU LIKES THE TASTE OF CAVIAR.

Norwegian director and social media savant David Vu has joined Caviar for UK and Dutch representation.


GREAT GUNS LAND KARIMA ASAAD.

Australian director and photographer Karima Asaad is represented by Great Guns in the UK, the Middle East, and Asia.


TOBY PIKE RETURNS TO FINCH.

Australian director Toby Pike is back at FINCH after three years away.


DUNCAN CHRISTIE ARRIVES AT MISSING LINK FILMS.

Missing Link Films call Duncan Christie "a wonderful talent" who crafts "beautiful human stories" for the screen.


CICLOPE 2024 IS ALMOST HERE AND SO IS THE ENTRY DEADLINE

Entries are quickly coming to a close for this year’s CICLOPE Awards, with the deadline being this week.


MARINA STARKE MAKES THE GRADE AT OKAYSTUDIO.

Marina Starke makes the grade at OkayStudio.


FEMI LADI JOINS ELEANOR IN THE US

Hugely talented director Femi Ladi has joined Eleanor Films' fabulous roster in the US.


'DAUGHTERS' HITS THE SMALL SCREEN.

Natalie Rae's extraordinary documentary 'Daughters' is now available to watch on Netflix.


PARK PICTURES MEAN BUSINESS WITH SAMANTHA & ARTURO.

Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr, directors of the recent 'Mean Girls' reboot, have graduated from North Shore High School and enrolled at Park Pictures.


GREAT GUNS LAND MORTEN VINTHER.

Great Guns have signed Morten Vinther for global representation.


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