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RadicalMedia signs director Joe Talbot
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The production company signs award-winning filmmaker Joe Talbot to its roster of directors for global representation spanning commercials, branded content, and music videos.
The acclaimed Hollywood director Joe Talbot has joined RadicalMedia, the creative production company behind recent Academy Award-winner Summer of Soul, Cadillac’s Colours of Emotion campaign with Labrinth, and Metallica’s music video for Lux Æterna.
Talbot is a breakthrough talent, who directs feature films, music videos, and commercials. He is best known for his feature-length debut, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, which won the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award, as well as a Special Jury Prize for Creative Collaboration.
The hit independent film, which launched Talbot’s career, was described by The New York Times as “heart-skipping, astonishing and exultant” and garnered Film Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best First Feature and Someone To Watch distinction for Talbot.
Talbot has also honed his filmmaking craft and highly stylised aesthetic with short-form content, such as his Sundance-winning short film, American Paradise and Adele’s viral music video for I Drink Wine. In less than a month, the music video has racked up 20 million views and counting. Adele herself said it was her “favourite video she’s ever made.”
Talbot is a fifth-generation San Franciscan and founder of the production company, LONGSHOT. As a jack of all trades with a desire to tell important stories, Talbot commands a key skill set of directing, writing, producing, editing, and composing original scores for his work.
“I’m thrilled to join Radical, who’ve consistently been behind some of the most exciting work in the commercial space for years now. I admire the way they’ve brought feature directors into the ad space so tastefully, without losing any of what makes them such great long-form storytellers,” said Talbot. “I look forward to making work together on that level for years to come.”
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