Universal Production Services offers one of the most extensive inventories of advanced equipment and exceptional services backed by a dedicated team of experts. With our convenient presence in key production hubs across the United States and the United Kingdom, we provide stages and exterior locations, state-of-the-art lighting and grip equipment, props, costume, fabrication and sign…
CDFS offers online masterclasses, in-person workshops and one-on-one consultations designed to launch and nurture your career as a Commercial Filmmaker. We’re the only film school solely focused on filmmaking for brands and agencies. Our intensive Commercial Directing Bootcamp has helped Directors go on to get signed by production companies, get showcased in the SHOOT New…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first directing jobs were a couple of films for Moncler and Document Journal in the summer of 2020 How did you get into directing? I got into directing through my work as a creative at a small advertising agency in New York….
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first professionally directed work was for Jess Glynne’s Brit Awards 2019 performance with creative director Es Devlin. It was an awesome experience working with multiple teams and with a TV production. How did you get into directing? I started off by making dance videos…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Maren Morris–”Better Than We Found It”–Oct 2020 How did you get into directing?I got my start in directing after writing and directing a piece on Wilma Rudolph titled “#greatnessliveswithin.” From here, I used that piece as leverage to send to different production companies and…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? The first professional film I directed was the “New Heights” closing film, which was shot in September 2020. How did you get into directing?I got into directing very young. I used to film my brothers and family members in little short films I would…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Root Insurance x Bubba Wallace, Oct 2020 How did you get into directing? I graduated from Stanford University with degrees in Psychology and Neuroscience then immediately immersed into the tech industry, working first in Adtech at TubeMogul where Adobe ultimately acquired us and the company…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Our first professionally directed work was a Vaseline spot called “On Brown Skin” in February 2022. How did you get into directing? We spent over a decade creating content for commercial campaigns as still photographers. In additional to our commercial work, we spent many days…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Does it count if nobody got paid?! I shot four music videos in four days for a rapper in Gainesville, FL right after graduating from film school in 2008. It was just the cinematographer, a gaffer, and me in the swamps of Northern Florida….
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?A pair of really fun episodes for Netflix’s Music Lab digital series earlier this year. We cross-promoted their shows by running music-themed experiments on unsuspecting “subjects.” For Squid Game we had folks listen to the show’s tense score while hooked up to an EKG…