Ambitious Entertainment presents the following highly talented artists. Please click on the links to see further details. We can be contacted on 1-818 990 8993, or via e-mail at ambitious1@sbcglobal.net. Short demo reels can be downloaded from each director's page. Longer demo reels are available on request
PAUL FUENTES - Director/Creative Director
Paul Fuentes is an award-winning commercial Director and former Creative Director at HBO. As director, Paul has over one hundred national spots to his credit including >Alka Seltzer - Arm & Hammer - CBS - Century 21 - Chrysler- Clorox - Dominos - ESPN - Florida Tourism - Ford - Glad - Goodyear- Hasbro - HBO - KFC - NBC- Sprite - Massachusetts Lottery Marshall¹s - Mattel - McDonalds - Nikon- National Dairy Board Rug Doctor - Showtime - Sonic Restaurants - Tostitos -Trojan - Twix - Verizon -SouthBeach Diet- Virginia Lottery - Wendys - Yoplait -Visa - Salomon/Smith/Barney - Miller Lite - Godfather¹s Pizza - Sudafed.
MIKE MILLER - Director/Cameraman/Advertising Writer
After an very award winning stint as art & creative director in Australia with McCann Erickson and then Y&R in New York,
Mike segued into directing television commercials for CitiBank-Epson-Toohey’s Beer-Los Angeles Times-AMP-MacDonalds-The Salvation Army-Integral Energy-Yellow Pages-Amnesty International-Australian Dairy Corp-Avis-Commonwealth Bank-Bushells Blue Label-Sony-United Airlines-Philips-Ford-Kelloggs
BRIAN ADES - Director
Brian started out producing in the world of low budget films, then on to TV commercials learning his craft from some of the best in the business.
He has been directing TV commercials and promo’s for the last 7 years for Ameren, ESPN, GMC, Schwabb, Petco, Spectracide, E*Trade, Miller Lite StainMaster Carpet and Ohio Lottery to name a few.
Last year Brian completed his first award winning, feature length documentary, “Conversations with Steve” The film is about a mother’s journey through her son’s addiction and what it takes to pull your self up by the bootstraps, jump into life and tell the truth.The film and screened at the Chinese Mann Theater In Hollywood, CA.
In his spare time, Brian 80’s is a stand-up comic having performed at the Hollywood Improv & Comedy Store, Gotham in NYC, the Comedy Castle in Detroit.
FRED RAIMONDI - Director-Live Action/Animation & VFX
Fred Raimondi has played a dual role as live action Commercial Director and senior VFX & Animation Supervisor. He has directed national spots for Chanel, Sony Playstation, Microsoft Windows, Coors, Fruit 2.O, Proctor & Gamble, IBM, Dell, Tide, and Pfizer. Raimondi’s work has garnered Gold & Silver Cannes Lions, Gold, Silver,& Bronze Clios, an MTV Video Music Award (as well as 4 nominations) and a Grammy. Nine of his spots received AICP awards and are included in the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NY in “The Art and Science of the American Television Commercial”. His client list includes Adidas, Budweiser, Nike, Levis, Cingular, Sony, Visa, BBDO, Chiat/Day, Goodby Silverstein, DDB Needham, and McCann Ericson.
ANGELO PACIFICI - Director / Cameraman
Clients include: Infiniti J30 - Taco Cabana - Ibew - Nissan King Cab - Italian Gelato - M.I. Home Builders - Charmis Perfume - Western Union - Bud Lite - TCI Cable - Chevy Blazer - Arizona Charlies
ANDRE' SIEBERT - Director & VFX
After studying Fine Arts in Hamburg, Vienna, Paris & New York Andre began a career in visual effects working on many commercials & features in Europe.He began supervising commercials for BMW, Ford, Damlier/Chrysler, Honda, Opel & Porsche. In 2003 he moved into directing with commercials for> Clausthaler Beer- Toyota Auris- Mercedes Benz SLR & ML-Adelholzener Power Drink- VW Passat- Mercedes Benz M Class- T Mobile-Yakoult-Grundig & Triumph- Active O2 Water
RICK FRIEDBERG - Director / Writer
Clients include: AT&T - McDonalds - Mazda - Burger King - Virginia Lottery - Twix - Southern Bell - L.A. Cellular - Standard Oil - Howard Johnsons - Taco Bell - Toyota - Mars - El Pollo Loco - Ralphs - Aames Home Loans - Aami Insurance - Dollar Rentacar
ONDREJ RUDAVSKY - Director / Cameraman / Visual Magician
His experimental use of cell animation intertwined with up to 30 exposures on one piece of film have made his award winning work famous worldwide - music video Los Lobos - Dead Can Dance - Mobi; commercials for Coca Cola - Amazing Fruit - Lexus - PBS - MTV.
GREGORY MARQUETTE - Director / Cameraman
Clients include: Seagrams - Ford - McDonalds - AXA Equitable Insurance - Harley Davidson - Canadian Airlines - Pabst Beer - Swiss Telecom - Shell Oil - General Motors - Alberta Energy - Subaru - VVFW - Boeing - Craftsman Tools - Seaworld - Milk - Directed & produced numerous features and TV.
MARK BRINSTER - Director / Cameraman / Editor
British Petroleum - J.C.Penny - Mapco Oil - American Express Travel - Aleyska Pipeline - Alaska Visitor Association - GCI Cable - Mactel Phones - Alaska Salmon - McDonalds. Mark has also shot dozens of award winning documentaries; and he is the owner of 16 mm & 35 mm camera packages.
NICHOLAS MELILLO - Director / Cameraman / Still Photographer
Clients include: Pepsi - Clairol - Cover Girl - Mattel - Sony - Palmolive - Chase Bank - Trendmaster Toys - Blue Cross -ABC TV -Motorola Pagers - Hewlett Packard - 7Up. He also directed action unit "The Quest" w/ Van Damme & "Men Of War" w/ Dolph Lungren & L.A. River Story
Clients include: The Walt Disney Company, Exxon, Mobil, IBM, Sony, Arco, Kodak, Edison, United States Air Force, NCAA, The Century Council, Bandai Toys, Mercedes Benz, Infiniti, Hollywood Park and many others.
Best known for the hundreds of zany commercials he wrote and directed in the 70’s and 80's,and more recently for the darkly compelling SONY PlayStation commercial that he shot for noted director David Lynch, Scott is widely regarded as one of the leading innovators of contemporary digital production.
