Producing remote shoots safely, adapting to changing interstate and international border closures along with working around cast and crew limitations, this year the country’s top production companies continued to flex their capacity for resourceful and inventive content creation. Campaign Brief catc
Collider has expanded its representation with the signing of local Auckland director Charlotte Evans.
Evans recently gained international attention for her short ‘OK Chlöe’ about Chlöe Swarbrick; the twenty-seven-year-old parliamentary member of ‘OK, boomer’ fame who is an advocate for climate change and LGBTQ rights. After a successful festival run, the film was featured on The Guardian and picked up by The New Yorker as part of their Documentary series. Charlotte is now currently in production on a feature-length documentary following Swarbrick’s run for the next parliamentary term.
Says Evans: “I’m thrilled to be joining the Collider family with their expansion into New Zealand. As both a commercial and narrative based filmmaker I love that Collider’s work pushes the typical advertising boundaries in creative thought-provoking ways. Their work is always distinguishable as it encompasses great storytelling and incredible visuals. As a female filmmaker, hav
Collider has signed returning French-Australian director Beatrice Pegard for representation in Australia and New Zealand.
Primarily building her commercial career in Europe, Pegard has returned to Sydney, bringing her distinguished and unique perspective with her.
Pegard has worked alongside greats like Michel Gondry and Bjork- influences that have imbued her work with a penchant for all things eccentric in both performance and aesthetic sensibilities, playful in-camera techniques and an unconventional sense of humour.
Pegard is drawn to the interplay between form and content in exuberant fashion, narrative, music video and commercial work. She mixes surrealism, irreverence, nostalgia and anachronistic imagery – always with a focus on performance, choreography and seamless CG integration.