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NEW: Priorities USA
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Louise Goffin and Carole King wanted "You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)" to be an anthem for women who supported Hillary Clinton.  We conceived and shot this spot with real women in Ohio, Nevada, and California.

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NEW: Grace 2016
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Grace is from Queens, NY and has an interesting job.  

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McDonald’s
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This short film, commissioned by McDonald's, documented the company's first major foray into digital content:  I'm Lovin' It 24.  Twenty-four amazing live events, in 24 cities around the world, in 24 hours.  Featuring the McDonald’s Global Team, along with teams from TBWA\Chiat\Day, Leo Burnett, and DDB.   

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Paul Williams Still Alive
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Paul Williams wrote Rainy Days and Monday, Evergreen, and The Rainbow Connection.   Paul Williams Still Alive premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was in the top 20 best reviewed films of 2012.  For a long time, Stephen Kessler thought his boyhood idol was dead.  As it turned out, he wasn’t.   Now streaming on Netflix.

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Oxygen’s Sunday Night Sex Show
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This show starred a desk, a phone, and a warm, grandmotherly host who would answer questions about sex .  This campaign showed how hard it can be to get an answer to a simple question.

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Renaissance “Live Life to Discover”
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The hotel giant wanted a way to tell its business and leisure clientele that there was more to a city visit than your hotel room.  Featuring Tracy Morgan, Patricia Arquette, Tim Daly, and many others.

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Match.com
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Most dating website ads make meeting new people seem like so much fun, rather than what it is—just a little awkward.  Understanding the dating experience is at the heart of this ad for Match.com.

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digital project
Olive
digital project

Shot with real kids in Greenwich CT.  It looks like Real Housewives, but deals with serious issues like popularity, body image, puberty, parents, and of course, how to kiss (just open your mouth and say “Olive”.) 

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Oprah Winfrey Network, "Charly"
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The Oprah Winfrey Network needed branding they could OWN.  We presented a plan to tell true stories of people who had made decisions that swung their lives in new—and better—directions.  

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The Brooklyn Film Festival
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Some great creatives had an idea to help a local indie film festival.  Their concept both celebrated and made fun of indie film, filmmakers, and Brooklyn.  Shot in one day on location in Williamsburg, we created a commercial, a trailer, Vines, and Twitter links.

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Control TV for Ford, Sprint, and Mars
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Featured in Entertainment Weekly "Reality TV - on the Internet"  

In its first 14 days of release, ControlTV received more than 3 million completed unique episode views, with viewers staying for an average of 27 minutes per visit on the live feed. By the end of season one the show had accumulated over 13 million completed unique episode views.

When you’re recently out of college, and have no job, no relationship, and no future, who can you ask for advice?    How about an online community of complete strangers?  In two weeks, ControlTV received more than 3 million completed unique episode views, with viewers staying for an average of 27 minutes per visit on a live feed.  A NAPTE award winner for Best Branded Entertainment.

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Snapple
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There once was a little company on Long Island, New York, that put juice and ice tea into glass bottles.  Created with Kirschenbaum and Bond, we made commercials that looked so homemade, some people thought they were a mistake.  And we helped to pick a unique spokesman for the product—Wendy Kaufman, the company secretary who is still known as “Wendy the Snapple Lady.”

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