VENICE, CA, April 29, 2009 - Award-winning commercial and documentary director Jeff Feuerzeig has joined RESTLESS for exclusive US spot representation. Feuerzeig, who won the Best Director prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for his documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," counts IBM, WalMart, and Budweiser among his commercial clients.

"Many months ago, we realized we needed a documentary filmmaker," said RESTLESS Co-Founder and Executive Producer Bryan Farhy. "This was in response to what's been happening in the business with longer formats for the Internet and the abilities of a filmmaker to deal with shrinking production budgets. In the end, though, it still must be about story, story, story. So, what we decided to do was to simply find the best, most progressive one out there, and sign him."

Feuerzeig began his career as a film editor via Red Car, New York, before taking the helm as director. He quickly became known for his ability to elicit compelling performances from real people, and for his distinctive narrative ability. With "Johnston," Feuerzeig rewrote the rules of documentary filmmaking, crafting an arresting and sometimes devastating film as entertaining as it is heart-rending. Released theatrically by Sony Picture Classics, the film was lauded by critics the world over, including Desson Thomson of the Washington Post, who said, "Devil leads us into that dark, uncharted valley where evil, genius, divine inspiration, insanity -- and other unfathomable mysteries -- commingle," and Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who said of the director, "It's the way Feuerzeig walks with him (Daniel) on the line between creativity and madness that digs this haunting and hypnotic film into your memory."

Feuerzeig's earlier films include the feature documentary "Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King" (1994) that the Chicago Tribune said was "The funniest Rock ‘n Roll movie since This is Spinal Tap" He recently completed writing "God Bless Tiny Tim," a feature biopic about the legendary singer who Tiptoe'd Through the Tulips in 1968.

 

RESTLESS production partners: Sabertooth, Film Rèalitè - www.2017pacific.com