Uncompromising Vision: Director Ian Pons Jewell on Finding Your Style and Building a Visual Language

Ian Pons Jewell isn’t someone to mince words. As you’ll see right from the beginning of our conversation, he’ll say…

Balancing Preparation and Spontaneity with Director Jane Qian

Brands are always looking for the holy grail of advertising: Authenticity. But, it’s one of those tricky pursuits where the…

Building Cadillac’s Oscars Spot From Scratch

We’ve talked many times about creative constraints and their value, but sometimes as filmmakers we don’t have the luxury of…

4 Reasons You Should Consider Getting Into Commercial Filmmaking

The CDDP’s Dominique DeLeon offers up a few reasons why he thinks you should think about getting into commercial filmmaking.

4 Tips for Directing a Commercial Production

Welcome back to our second article in a series exploring The Commercial Directors Diversity Program, or CDDP. In this installation,…