King She
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company
Somesuch
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position
Directors
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when
Oct. 8th 11:55
about the speaker
Brooklyn-based King She launched in fall 2022. Within a year of their debut, they were awarded AICP Best New Director, named to Ad Campaign’s 2023 Top 10 Directors List, and were finalists in Ad Age’s 2024 Creativity Awards Directors to Watch.
The duo made waves globally with their bold approach to storytelling in Rare: The Boy Who Cried Swag. Premiering on Nowness in September 2022, the breakthrough short film won 3 Young Director Awards in Cannes as well as numerous other accolades. Their work on Apple Music and Rihanna’s Super Bowl 2023 Halftime show teasers won a Cannes Gold and Silver Lion. Their follow up work on eBay Everyone Has a Thing, and Karcher’s Beautiful Insanity collected CICLOPE, Clio, ADC and AICP wins. Recently they were awarded a 2024 Cannes Bronze Lion for Excellence in Music Video for their biopunk music video spectacle Tanto.
when
at ciclope
In this talk, filmmaking duo King She explores the challenges of executing high-concept projects with limited resources, how they’ve learned that skill stacking is crucial, and why it’s important to be versed in a lot of roles to ensure success in complex environments. They delve into the art of world-building, character development, and how to find ways to infuse work with your own unique, personal style. And how to navigate the pitfalls of finishing is the end game of any successful project.