Area Of Expertise Founder Jim DiPiazza Curates Your Creative Dream Team.

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My guest is Jim DiPiazza, Founder & CEO of Area of Expertise, a full-service marketing collective. We built and maintain an invite-only roster of highly experienced talent – who have helped create some of the most famous and impactful brands in the world. As for Jim – he’s been around the country at agencies both small and big agencies […]

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Undnyable Partner/Exec Creative Director Steve Williams Hacks Bland Advertising.

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Steve Williams, Undnyable Partner/Exec Creative Director, joins me in an informative and entertaining chat about making commercials soup to nuts. (We’ve shot six fun spots for Kaiser Permanente, but we’ve never been on set together due to that pesky pandemic.) We discuss running the agency from concepting and strategy to shooting the spots. We cover the importance

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Ataboy Founder/Creative Director Vikkal Parikh Is A Talented Technique Agnostic Filmmaker.

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Multi-disciplined filmmaker Vikkal Parikh is an award-winning director and creative director at Ataboy. Born and raised in Mumbai, Vikkal trained as an architect before coming to the U.S. to get his MFA in computer art from Savannah College of Art and Design. After a stint at MTV and Red Car, he founded Ataboy. His clients include Burger King,

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From Soul Pancake to Sundance with Multi-Hyphenate Josh Shelton.

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Josh Shelton is a multi-hyphenate producer, writer, director and composer who has worked for Netflix, MTV, ESPN, Participant Media and more.  Shelton was nominated for an Emmy as producer on Netflix’s “We Are The Champions.” He has also been at the forefront of the digital landscape for over a decade, working with the joy-filled digital media

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How To Collab with Ad Agencies vs Ageism.

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Just lil’ old me, Jordan. Aka Grandpa Brady, aka Poppa Jordan – ranting about how American Airlines pushed my flght to the next day forcing me to miss giving my seminar at the University Film and Video Association. But I’ve salvaged the presentation for “Agency Collaboration” – a zoom workshop Wednesday, July 26th 2023 from 4pm to

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Partner/EP Patrick Shelton Of Current Resident Explains His Production Company’s Ethos.

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Filmmaker Patrick Shelton is a partner, Director, and EP at Current Resident in Minneaoplois. Current Resident proudly proclaims itself “an independent production company and post-house that makes cool shit with good people.” Ingrained with a deep love for both narrative and entrepreneurship Patrick is constantly looking for new and exciting ways to blend the two… When asked if he

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Storymachine Founder/Chief Creative Officer Rob Bagot Streamlines Strategy, Ideation, Production and Post.

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Rob Bagot has work for some of the world’s greatest advertising agencies and many influential brands, as Chief Creative Director, Group Creative Director, even Global Chief CD. He’s collected over 750 national, international and regional awards. At his very heart, Rob is a commercial storyteller, now as CCO of Storymachine Films, he leads a “full-stack” creative agency

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Tastemaker Dave Curtin Talks Music In Film, TV and Commercials.

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Dave Curtin joins me for a great talk about music in commercials. Dave is an Executive Music Producer, Music Branding specialist & Music Supervisor. Starting as a DJ and nightclub promoter in San Diego, his shows quickly drew over 80,000 people to events through music, fashion and trendsetting themes. Since then he’s managed recording artists, produced

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Writer, Director, Producer Tamika Miller Scores Big With Her Feature Film “Honor Student”.

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Filmmaker Tamika Miller is an episodic, award-winning commercial and film director/writer.  She’s directed the NBC television drama QUANTUM LEAP, THE EQUALIZER for CBS and STATION 19 for ABC/Shondaland. We chat about her indie feature HONOR STUDENT, a thriller starring Emmy-Nominated actress Kelly Jenrette (The Handmaid’s Tale) and actor Hudson Yang (Fresh Off the Boat). My wife and I loved “Honor

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International Comedy Director Craig Melville Escapes Dead Island 2.

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My friend and filmmaker Craig Melville has travelled the world directing comedy ads, television and films. He’s profilic – over 120 episodes of broadcast television and more than 200 commercials for clients such as Pepsi, Disney, Expedia, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Target, McDonald’s and Honda. Craig has won at Cannes, Grand Prix at Spikes Asia,

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