Screen International has referred to him as an "extremely hot property". The New York Times has called his work, "visually stunning". Resource Paris is excited to announce the signing of Daniel Askill. Daniel's work extends beyond traditional commercial advertising into realms of dance, video installations, music videos and short films. His short film, "We have Decided not to Die", won prizes at festivals such as, Clemont -Ferrand, Brooklyn International and South by Southwest. His work has work has been featured in publications including, Dazed & Confused, Art Press, RES and the New York Times. Daniel recently directed commercial global campaigns for X BOX, Cadillac and Air France.

M Blash of The Directors Bureau kicks off his commercial directing career with a visually stunning spot for Levis.  Wieden Kennedy launched the campaign with Blash's striking images set to the tune of a Walt Whitman poem, "Go Forth" Portland based M. Blash has received recognition for his film, "Lying" that debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

Last week in Cannes more than a few of our directors brought home some friendly Lions. Steve Rogers took home a gold for his cinematic storytelling on James Boag's Draught. The Perlorian Brothers were also honored with a gold lion for their campaign for Viagra. Tim Godsall also received a silver for his emotional and provocative psa for Global Warming. Kenny took home a Bronze for his work on Comcast out of Goodby Silverstein & Partners.

The two Sebastien Tellier videos have generated lots of attention to the up and coming directing duo Fleur & Manu. Their art direction background has been a crucial strenght in the making of their very first commercial for this INPES anti-smoking at DDB Paris.

Those who had everything lost more than everybody else. The latest video by directors Nicolas & Bruno is for the charity single composed and produced by Bertrand Burgalat. "Open Your Heart To A trader" shows us just how giving a lot can help a little.

UFO have just finished production on the latest promo for the UKʼs newest rising electropop act, La Roux. For the release of "Bulletproof", their latest single from the number one selling album, "In for the Kill", the video has an altogether different feel from the 80ʼs throughback style her previous videos had. Polydor Recordʼs commissioners Ross Anderson and Emily Tedrake, as well as the artist herself (aka Elly Jackson) and her management team picked Paris based directing team The Holograms treatment out of a wide selection of ideas submitted for the contested track. The brief was to create something unique and nothing literal to the songs lyrics. Holograms directors specifically wanted to work on a new aesthetic for the young singer so developed a treatment using their influence in motiongraphic design as a basis. The result is a modern day Alice in Wonderland, constructed using geometric shapes and graphics, in which La Roux travels through 4 different universes.

Read more about it on BBC.com and on Shots.net. Post Production by Mathematic.

Quickly evolving into the directing world, graphic designers Fleur & Manu are back with a surrealistic music video for Sebastien Tellier's new single "Roche". Shot in Biarritz during the "Indian Summer" the video is out now after weeks of post production. "Roche" was launched with an exclusive deal with Dailymotion where it is already one of the most watched videos.

At a ceremony held at the Bobino Theatre in Paris, Les Télécréateurs received for the third time in a row the Production Company of the Year Trophy awarded by CB News Magazine. Out of the 30 campaigns produced by the company in 2008 a 14 have been voted for by the panel of journalists. Barcelo received the Director the Year Trophy, that he also had won in 2007.

Les Télécréateurs sweep 3 awards at the 2008 Epica ceremony. Tim Godsall gets a Gold for Ikea "Crayon" (La Chose). Stylewar get a Silver for Peugeot 407 "Post-prod" (BETC) and Barcelo a Bronze for Orange Football "Piano" (Publicis). Noam Murro brought back home the film Epica d’Or and the Eurobest Grand Prix for the Volkswagen Polo “Dog” (DDB London) commercial produced by Independent , Stylewar another Silver for Centraal Beheer "Invaders". At Eurobest, VW (V agency) directed by David Horowitz receives a Bronze.

Funnyman Tim Godsall just shot for V Agency this serie of 5 Volkswagen spots. Surfing on the financial crisis the campaign bring us inside Traders Anonymous, an AA like association that helps repentent finance executives get rid of their bad speculation habit. Before hiting the TV screen the films have been deployed on the web as a viral campaign.