UNICORNS & UNICORNS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director / Creative Director / Writer
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director / Writer / Actor
- Writer and Director
Bridget Moloney is an award-winning writer and director working in television, film and commercials.
She shouts that all the time while taking photos of her family. "I'm an award winning director!" Her (award winning) short film BLOCKS was made as part of AFI's Directing Workshop for Women and premiered at Sundance 2020 before playing over 55 festivals including SXSW. It is currently in development at Showtime as a television series with Matt Tolmach and Ben Sinclair producing. She also has a (potentially award winning) feature in development with producer Dan Seligmann--a high-concept romantic comedy. Her independent pilot, I WAS A TEENAGE PILLOW QUEEN, premiered at the Tribeca TV Festival in 2018. There were no awards given to anyone at that one.
Bridget also directs commercials for large, nationally recognized brands. Most recently, she directed "The New Nanny" - a Bite Size Halloween short for Hulu, which also runs as two minute sponsored content (Mars candy) on Freeform and FX.
Bridget went to Northwestern for undergrad (graduated with honors, which is like an award.) She also has her Master's Degree in psychology (honors)-that she only uses on set. Bridget lives in her hometown of Los Angeles with her spouse and two young children.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director / Writer
Derek Westerlund is an Emmy award winning director and producer and recent inductee into the mountain biking hall of fame.
With a career spanning 30 years in action sports Westerlund's path has been nothing less than extreme. He has produced and directed heart pounding sports and action content in over 50 countries.
His production company Freeride Entertainment rose to international acclaim as Red Bull's go to production partner and content studio. Creating short and long form film, television, digital docu-series for the beverage giant garnering billions of views for the brand.
From being the first director and production partner on Red Bull Stratos, AdAge's #5 rated Marketing Campaign of the 21st century to taking home a 2020 Sports Emmy Award for Digital Innovation with the Red Bull Rampage. Westerlund's production acumen runs deep.
Westerlund has recently dedicated his time exclusively to feature film and commercial directing. His commercial directing endeavor's have touched some of the world's biggest brands including Samsung, HP, Under Armour, Nissan, Lexus & Hyundai.
Diane Russo-Cheng (she/her) is an award-winning director and photographer. Originally from New Jersey, Diane takes inspiration from her roots - combining the foundation of her loud Italian American upbringing, her queer identity, and commitment to visual beauty.
Her storytelling quality and style of her films caught the attention of commercial brands, and she has woven her identity into work with Nike, Under Armour, and Glossier. Her work has been shortlisted by Berlin Commercial, and celebrated by SHOOTS New Directors Showcase, among others. Diane was a finalist for The 2020 Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program. In her personal work Diane is committed to making socially conscious driven projects that amplify narratives around self identified women and her LGBTQ+ family.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director / Writer / Producer
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director / Writer
Jake Honig is a film, television, and commercial director with a sharp eye for comedy and a striking visual style. His narrative films have screened at numerous festivals (Slamdance, Hamptons, Palm Springs) while his commercials span major brands (KFC, Old Spice, IHOP) and agencies (Droga5, Wieden + Kennedy). His work has been featured on HBO Max, Adult Swim, Comedy Central and in New York Magazine and PAPER mag.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Business Development Executive at Cinemedia Film AG 's North American Film Finance Division
- Director / Creative Director / Photographer
Monty Marsh began his career as a business development executive at Cinemedia Film AG's North American Film Finance Division. Though Monty gained valuable experience packaging projects, employing creative financing, and negotiating deals, the importance of 'Story' became paramount in his process. This led Monty behind the camera and he has since become an award-winning Director and Producer.
Monty made history by directing and co-producing YouTube's first live 360 performance. His 'Not Above That' VR experience premiered by WIRED Magazine was nominated as 'Best Interactive Music Video' at the Austin Music Video Festival, was featured as one of the three best VR music videos in the field by VR Days Europe and it made VR Scout's 'Essential VR Music Videos of 2016' list. The 2D version premiered by NPR was also an Official Selection of the Austin Music Video Festival.
Previously, Monty was selected to interpret Lee Ann Roripaugh's poem 'Song of the Mutant Super Boars', to be of use by Motionpoems, the world's leading producer of poetry films made possible in part by The Knight Foundation, The Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts.
Monty's ideation on his Adidas Originals branded short film was lauded as one of the 'Top 5 Creative Ideas of the Week' by AdAge, and received wide industry coverage.
SHOOT Magazine chose Monty as a ‘Director to Watch', and presented his work at the Directors Guild of America in New York.
Monty's hybrid short film NOAH, filmed during the pandemic screened in competition at the 2021 Diversity at Cannes Showcase and it won 'Best Screenwriting'. NOAH is a finalist at Lane Doc Fest, and it is an Official Selection of Brooklyn Film Festival winning the Spirit Award for 'Best Short Documentary', HollyShorts Film Festival, Santa Monica International Film Festival, Toronto Black Film Festival, Atlanta Docufest, American Documentary and Animation Film Festival and Pan African Film Festival.
Monty is a cross-discipline thinker and doer, known as much for the stylistic breadth of his work as for its substance. His unique understanding of culture from his life shown through his unique lens combined with his soul-level desire to create work at the intersection of movement, fashion, technology, and film puts him in the very unique position to work across mediums, platforms, and genres.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director / Photographer / Creative Director