Make every day a day to play
Ashlee Simpson Ross and Evan Ross let us into their home to celebrate the joy of being outside. Together with their children we got to use all the latest Nickelodeon toys and gear to create a day of laughter, family and play.
To see both spots click here.
VACATION MEMORIES features Ali Pew, goop fashion director. Being the fashion director means she travels—to Milan, Paris, and beyond—on a regular basis. Which means she knows airports as well as her own home. Which means the woman can pack a bag.
To see this and other work I’ve done with GOOP click here.
These videos are a celebration of the joyful energy that radiates from the SmartyPants brand. There’s a defiant spirit to demanding health and happiness and we owned that spirit bringing the audience along for the ride.
To see all eight spots click here.
CUSTOM FIT
CUSTOM FIT brings the viewer into the feeling of what it is to have something made specifically for you. That bespoke fit–that feeling where you can’t imagine someone knew you that well, the detail is so...specific. It’s a luxury to have something done right. The kindest most stylish man, Blair Underwood shows you how. A star that showed up on set and knew the entire crew’s name within the hour. A true class act.
SUPERSTAR
This series of short films showcases the messages of young superstars who are using creativity and positive impact to make the world a better place. Featuring Barbie Ferreira, Madame Gandhi, Le1f and Rachelle Vinberg - this group of creatives blew me away with their authentic humanity and unique expressions of how they are changing the world.
To see more click here.
PEAK MOMENT
GQ partnered with Prada, particularly for their Prada Luna Rossa campaign, to explore "peak moments" through the lens of personal style and fragrance. This involved creating content showcasing influencers using fragrance to enhance their personal experiences and feel their best.
DO YOUR PART
RAY-BAN PAIRED UP WITH SCHOOL OF DOODLE FOR THEIR #ITTAKESCOURAGE CAMPAIGN TO SHOWCASE A NEW PLATFORM FOR TEEN GIRLS, RUN BY TEEN GIRLS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CREATIVITY AND FEMALE EMPOWERMENT. IN THIS SHORT DOCUMENTARY, I TAKE YOU INSIDE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION’S WORKSHOPS, COMPLETE WITH GRAPHICS AND GLITTER THAT MIRROR THESE LADIES’ DAZZLING SPIRITS. FEATURING THE WORDS OF POET AND ACTIVIST AMANDA GORMAN, THE FIRST NATIONAL YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
For more work with Ray-Ban and School of Doodle click here.
How she does it
SPECIAL K’S “HOW SHE DOES IT” FEATURES THE ALL-AROUND PHENOMENAL WOMAN, TRACEE ELLIS ROSS AS SHE MUSES ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT SHE DOES IT. I WAS SUPER TAKEN WITH HOW THOUGHTFUL TRACEE WAS WITH HER WORDS. SHE CLEARLY DOES THE WORK ON HERSELF TO MAKE SURE SHE IS BETTER FOR THOSE AROUND HER.
WHY I
WHY I takes us into the mind of champions and Olympic Gold Medalists in the middle of training practice. Through voiceover we’re taken straight into the minds of the world’s best athletes to hear what it is that they think, struggle with, remember and tell themself all whilst in the middle of pushing their body to the absolute limit. Featuring Ronda Rousey on the eve of her upcoming fight with Holly Holms, Gold Medal hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson right before the qualifying races for Beijing, Gold Medal soccer superstar Alex Morgan but months after recovering from a big injury, and Natalie Coughlin reflecting on wins of the past and the potential medals of the future.
To view the whole series click here.
MAKING OF ROSE 31
Known as the rarest rose in the world, the Rose Centifolia from Grasse is the key element of Le Labo Rose 31. Every year in May, hand pickers walk the fields in the morning, harvesting one flower at a time. Founders Eddie Roschi and Fabrice Penot are dear friends who invited me to join this incredibly special journey. Standing in the dewy rose fields in Grasse at dusk, as the sun set and the neighboring church bells rang (seemingly just for that singular memory) will remain something I hold dear forever.
LE MERIDIEN LM100
In 2012 we returned to this series with curator Jerome Sans adding new artists Liu Juan Hua and Chen Wenbo from China, Mental Klinic from Istanbul and Nouvelle Vague from France.
Showing reverence to the history of the brand, while welcoming in something innovative and fresh - we filmed over twenty artists using old and new formats of film and digital as the artists created work to be installed in the Le Meridien Hotels worldwide. Working alongside curator Jerome Sans (Palais de Tokyo) we traveled to ten countries and showcased our films in elevators, lobbies, hotel rooms and the internet.
Artist Portraits include An Xiatong, Andrea Illy, Chen Wenbo, Henri Scars Struck, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Jean-Georges, Jerome Sans, Joan Foncuberta, Kiki Allgeier, Le Labo, Linda Grabe, Liu Jianhua, Mental Klinik, Michael Lin, Nouvelle Vague, Ralph Gibson, Sam Samore, Youseff Nabil, and Younes Rahmoun. To watch all the films in the series click here.
BACK TO YOU
LOVERS
Directed by: Kiki Allgeier
Starring: Isobel and Jessica Cole
Director of Photography: David Ambrose
I LOVE HOTELS. And one of my absolute most favorite hotels in the world is the Parker Palm Springs Hotel. This was a job that I did very early in my career when 5D's just rocked the market and made everyone lose their shit. I took on this monster of a project with three of my talented friends and we ventured to the hotel for ten days to film. We didn't step foot outside the property once. These films were made to show people what it actually FELT like to be at the magical land that is the Parker. This will forever remain one of the most special jobs I was able to be a part of.
To view all the films in the series click here.
In cooperation with the Swiss Institute, Lawrence Weiner teamed up with cinematographer Kiki Allgeier to realize WATER IN MILK EXISTS, a fresh skin flick that challenges both artistic and pornographic conventions. The film contains quotations from the artist’s children books, austere dialogues on string theory, animations, as well as a lot of carnal action.
Water in Milk Exists, 2008 22:52 minutes
Director: Lawrence Weiner
Director of Photography: Kiki Allgeier
Producer: Noritoshi Hirakawa
Executive Producer: Edi A. Stöckli
Curator: Gianni Jetzer
Editors: Kiki Allgeier and Lawrence Weiner
Production Manager: Elaine Mathias
A production by Bobo Mencho Inc. and Moved Pictures
With the kind support of Spencer Brownstone Foundation
world premiere at Art Basel
A major figure in conceptual art, the American Lawrence Weiner uses words as an artistic material of the first order. Since the early Seventies, transcriptions of his "statements" on walls have been his main medium, but he also works with several other media, like video, film, performance, installations and drawings. In his most recent film, Dirty Eyes, produced by Charles de Meaux, Lawrence Weiner talks to us about art and poetry, and above all of the city he loves: New York.
Dirty Eyes, 2010 49 minutes
Director: Lawrence Weiner
Director of Photography: Kiki Allgeier
Producer: Noritoshi Hirakawa, Charles de Meau
Editors: Kiki Allgeier and Lawrence Weiner
A production by Ana Sanders Films and Moved Pictures
world premiere at Centre Pompidou
LE MERIDIEN LM100
Showing reverence to the history of the brand, while welcoming in something innovative and fresh - we filmed over twenty artists using old and new formats of film and digital as the artists created work to be installed in the Le Meridien Hotels worldwide. Working alongside curator Jerome Sans (Palais de Tokyo) we traveled to ten countries and showcased our films in elevators, lobbies, hotel rooms and the internet.
Artist Portraits include An Xiatong, Andrea Illy, Chen Wenbo, Henri Scars Struck, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Jean-Georges, Jerome Sans, Joan Foncuberta, Kiki Allgeier, Le Labo, Linda Grabe, Liu Jianhua, Mental Klinik, Michael Lin, Nouvelle Vague, Ralph Gibson, Sam Samore, Youseff Nabil, and Younes Rahmoun. To watch all the films in the series click here.
Portraits edited by Tobias Noelle