Animals

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An early childhood love of animals led to a lifetime of furry objectification.

directing

Food.com "Monkey"

Chimp wearing wig = awesome, regardless of how many times they've been played out in the world of commercials. I became starstruck the minute I found out this monkey, Chimpy, had also starred in Being John Malcovich. His trainer had to walk on a cane because Chimpy's brother had bit off his big toe. Sad but true.

directing, writing

Global Fund "Elephant"

Basketball legend John Salley literally takes the elephant into the room and throws a Hello My Name Is nametag on it in an effort to shed light on the Global Aids pandemic.

*Premiered at the Toronto International Aids Conference in August 2006
*On the Adcritic top 20 list for two weeks

THE PITCH THAT SOLD THE CONCEPT

directing

VH1 "Divas"

I came up with the Feel the Power tagline in an attempt to poke fun at the oh-so-serious Divas franchise. Now if only I could have prevented Mariah's meltdown, but thank god, Mimi came back back.

directing, writing

Nothing But Nets "Mosquito"

This spot which I wrote and directed for Nothing But Nets was made to raise awareness about the spread of Malaria in Africa. It must have worked! "Mosquito" helped raise over $20 million dollars for the cause and was mentioned on the front page of the New York Times. This was one of my proudest PSA moments to date. And for all you music lovers out there, that mosquito is being played by the multi-talented Tim Harrington, lead singer of the band Les Savy Fav. (Since I couldn't find any mosquito trainers, this spot features a human as an animal.)

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