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Screen Magazine - Screen Magazine: Vol. 29, Issue 18 - Index

Kerry Shaw Brown/TDN Artists
Peter Siaggas/Spots Films
David Cowdery/Planet Productions
Jason Moore/[COMPANY]
Rep: Valerie Gobos
As a member of the Directors Guild of America and a former
senior vice president, creative director with Campbell-
Ewald, Kerry Shaw Brown has a wide-ranging creative
background which includes writing, editing, art direction
and production design, music production and directing.
His penchant for highly visual storytelling has created a
demand for his work, in both dramatic and comedic spots,
yet at the same time, his eye for lighting, compositing and
post effects continues to expand his range and client base
in those areas. He has directed commercials for Acura,
Bright House Networks, Chevy Trucks, Honda, Taco Bell,
Suzuki, TiVo, Victory Motorcycles, General Motors and
Kawasaki, among others. Awards as a director and ad
agency creative include Caddys, Mobius, finalist London
International Awards, Tellys, SXSW and the Austin Music
Awards.
Peter Siaggas’ involvement with the film industry began
early on. A member of the Screen Actor’s Guild since the
age of 12, Siaggas was an international Coca-Cola kid,
featured on every Coke vending machine around the
world. He appeared in over 75 commercials, as well as bit
parts in TV shows and movies, and was the principal lead in
the longest-running McDonald’s commercial to date.
His love for the industry propelled him into a film production
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major in 1995.
Right out
of college,
Siaggas was
hired as a postproduction
producer for
television and
radio, and
also served as
vice president
at Fini Non-
Linear Post Production for three years. He began directing
full-time in 2000, and started his own production company,
Spots Films, in 2005. Siaggas currently resides in Atlanta.
Recent work: Oldcastle, Coke, Time Warner Cable, Hasbro,
HGTV and Sudden Link.
David Cowdery’s film career began at the age of 10 in his
father’s basement with an old Super 8 film camera, some
plastercine and rudimentary knowledge of stop-motion
animation. After extinguishing the fire in the basement,
Cowdery’s father brought his burgeoning career to a
grinding halt, noting that “...aerosol spray cans and matches
don’t make great fire-breathing special effects.” Cowdery
disagreed.
Recently, Cowdery’s top end work with combined liveaction
and animation has created international interest. He
is currently signed with Planet Productions in the U.S., Circo
Films in Mexico City and the newly formed Compound
Media in Canada.
As a film student, Jason Moore
combined his background in writing,
acting and directing for the stage with
a love of dynamic, stylized visuals to
create several award-winning short
films. Upon graduation, Moore started
directing commercials. His first spot,
a spoof of Nike’s “Freestyle,” held the
number one spot on Adcritic for five
weeks. It was an internet phenomenon.
The spot gained media attention with
mentions in “Creativity” and “Shoot.”
Moore’s recent work includes spots for
US television and worldwide brands in
Europe.
Moore lives in Manhattan with his wife
Jennifer and their bulldog Botticelli.
In his spare time, Moore teaches film
workshops to inner-city youth.
Moore’s most recent work includes
McDonald’s out of DDB (Sofia, Bulgaria)
airing in Europe; Beeline Cellular out
of BBDO Moscow; ABC’s “American
Inventor” spots out of DDB Los Angeles
for ABC Networks.
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