An unexpected but near-perfect pairing of filmmaker and subject, Ondi Timoner and Russell Brand recognize one another’s talents and position on the media landscape. In “Brand: A Second Coming” —Timoner’s documentary which premiered at SXSW 2015 (review here)— this dynamic makes for a nuanced look at the comedian, actor, and author’s personality and politics, while the “Dig” and “We Live In Public” director launches into a larger look at the illusions of fame. Read More: The Best Films Of The 2015 SXSW Film Festival The intersection of cultural shifts and intimate narratives has grown into a significant portion of Timoner’s non-feature work: she runs A Total Disruption, a platform for tech innovators and entrepreneurs that is soon to branching off into Lean Content, an online course for artists. She also hosts “B.Y.O.D.”, a talk show featuring in-depth interviews with documentary filmmakers about their work. We...
- 10/7/2015
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Ondi Timoner is a documentarian, but that doesn’t cover the half of it. Her most recent film, "Brand: A Second Coming," sufficiently unnerved its subject, Russell Brand, that he canceled his trip to SXSW, where the film made its world premiere. (The film will be released by Ignite Entertainment later this year.) And that’s just her day job. There’s also A Total Disruption, which features hundreds of webisode interviews with entrepreneurs and thought leaders. That's not to be confused with Byod, her online talk show that features hundreds of her fellow documentary filmmakers. She’s also launching "Lean Content," an online course that takes the lean startup model to content creators. On this episode of the Indiewire Influencers podcast, we sit down with Ondi as she explains how she works with "impossible visionaries" and gives us the backstory of the power struggles...
- 7/28/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Indiewire is at the SXSW Film Festival, shooting portraits and videos of some of the festival’s best and brightest with photographer Daniel Bergeron and the team at Movies on Demand. First up: Shepard Fairey and Ondi Timoner, subject and director of short film “Obey The Artist,” part of Timoner’s ongoing Chief Executive Artist series that’s on Timoner’s channel and website A Total Disruption. Here’s a trailer for the short:...
- 3/9/2014
- by Dana Harris
- Indiewire
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