Aggressive (directors) explained

Aggressive
Location City:New York City
Location Country:U.S.
Industry:Filmmakers, Commercial and Music Video Directors
Homepage:www.aggressive.tv

Aggressive is a New York based design studio founded by Grammy award-winning filmmakers Alex Topaller and Daniel Shapiro.[1] [2] [3] They have been described by Movie Creation Mag as "having a fascination with the wonderful, in the likes of the surrealist Rafał Olbiński" and "tenacious about pushing themselves and some overclocked hardware in order to create striking videos" by Video Static.[4]

They have directed and produced music videos for artists including The Beatles, Michael Jackson[5] and Pharrell Williams, and created an XR concert for Alicia Keys.[6] [7] [8] They have also directed commercials for brands such as Toyota, Bloomberg, Amazon, Google, Boeing, Honda, American Express, Intel, and more.

Their work has been shown at events like SXSW, Global Expo Dubai, The Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach, The UN General Assembly, and Bloomberg New Economy Forum.

Topaller and Shapiro’s film MURALS, which uses 3D scanning to depict the war devastation in Ukraine and images of Banksy’s artwork,[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] premiered at the Cannes Film Festival[14] and won the Audience Award for "Best Art & XR" at the BFI London Film Festival and the “Best International Immersive” Award at Doc Edge Festival.[15] [16] [17] [18]

Their science fiction thriller ESCAPE ATTEMPT premiered at the Sitges Film Festival[19] [20] [21] and won the "Navigator Pirx Award for Best Sci-Fi" at the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival.[22] It also received "Best Sci-Fi" and "Grand Prize" awards at FilmQuest[23] and debuted in Canada at the Fantasia International Film Festival.[24] [25] [26] [27]

Both coming up from VFX backgrounds, Topaller and Shapiro take a hands-on approach in all aspects of the process, from concept development, to shoot direction, all the way through post-production.[28]

In February 2022, Aggressive launched Paper Planes, a relief project supporting Ukrainian artists impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[29] [30] The not-for-profit collaborated with over 50 Ukrainian artists, creating over 500 pieces of art, culminating in a charity exhibition at the ShowGallery in Los Angeles on March 27, 2023.[31] [32]

Accolades

Music Video Awards

Film and Creative Awards

Exhibitions

Music videos

Year Song Title Artist(s) Ref #
2015 Change Your World Tiësto featuring Jane Zhang[55]
2014 Loves Me Not Cris Cab[56]
2013 Liar LiarCris Cab featuring Pharrell[57]
2013 Live for the NightKrewella[58]
2012 Eat Dirt Susan Justice[59]
2011 Behind the MaskMichael Jackson[60] [61]
2010 CinnamonStone Temple Pilots[62]
2010 HappinessAlexis Jordan[63]
2009 BreakevenThe Script
2008 Walking on AirKerli[64]
2008 Gotas de Agua DulceJuanes
2008 Me EnamoraJuanes
2007 JennyThe Click Five
2007 The Arms of SorrowKillswitch Engage
2007 À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)Megadeth
2006 I Still RememberBloc Party[65]
2006 Concrete JungleBlack Label Society
2006 Born to LeadHoobastank
2005 Summer Nights Lil Rob

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-07-16 . Grammy Award-Winning Directors Alex Topaller & Dan Shapiro Head to Fantasia International Film Festival with Sci-Fi Short 'Escape Attempt' . 2024-08-21 . Popternative . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2024-07-17 . Escape Attempt: New Sci-Fi on way to Fantasia Festival 2024 . 2024-08-21 . moviehooker.com . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Aggressive? The Filmmakers Behind the Design-Driven Production Company Create and Craft with Attitude LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  4. Web site: PROFILE: Aggressive, directing/fx team, Refused TV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110805132306/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2008/06/dont-let-the-na.html . 2011-08-05 . 2012-05-07 . VideoStatic.
  5. Web site: WATCH IT: Michael Jackson "Behind The Mask" (Aggressive, dir.) . 2024-08-21 . VideoStatic . en.
  6. Web site: Briones . Isis . According To Alicia Keys, This Was Her Most Amazing Performance Ever . 2024-08-21 . Forbes . en.
  7. Web site: 2020-09-14 . American Express UNSTAGED Presents a Special Performance from Global Icon Alicia Keys in Celebration of Her New Album ALICIA to Music Fans Around the World . 2024-08-21 . AP News . en-US.
  8. Brooks . Dave . 2020-09-14 . Amex Unstaged Series Books Virtual Alicia Keys Experience . 2024-08-21 . Billboard . en-US.
  9. Web site: Barraclough . Leo . 2023-05-02 . Cannes 3D Experience 'Murals' Teaser Debuts Featuring Banksy Artwork (EXCLUSIVE) . 2024-08-21 . Variety . en-US.
  10. Web site: "Is it ok to make art out of live conflict?" the 'Murals' team on their 3D immersive work about Ukraine . 2024-08-21 . Screen . en.
  11. Web site: 2024-02-21 . Video installation inspired by Banksy's 'Murals' in Ukraine shown in Tallinn . 2024-08-21 . ERR . en.
  12. Web site: MURALS: How an Immersive Take on Banksy's Artwork Confronted the Reality of the Conflict in Ukraine LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  13. News: Higgins . Charlotte . 2023-11-06 . How do you memorialise the horrors of war? In Ukraine, it happens quickly, and with love . 2024-08-21 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  14. Web site: In Cannes, a film about the occupation of the Kyiv region was presented .
  15. Web site: Cunningham . Nick . 2023-05-17 . Cannes Next: Murals by Artem Ivanenko, Alex Topaller & Daniel Shapiro . 2024-08-21 . Business Doc Europe . en-GB.
  16. Web site: 'MURALS' Takes Home Audience Award for Best Art and XR at BFI London Film Festival 2023 LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  17. Web site: Світлана . Чернецька . 2023-05-18 . Українські теми представлені одразу на кількох майданчиках Каннського кінофестивалю: подробиці . 2024-08-21 . podrobnosti.
  18. Web site: Cureton . Demond . 2023-05-15 . Cannes XR Debuts Ukraine, Banksy VR Experiences . 2024-08-21 . XR Today . en-GB.
  19. Web site: 2024-07-16 . ESCAPE ATTEMPT Trailer: Fantasia-Bound Sci-fi Short Film is Too Big For This Format . 2024-08-21 . MovieBloc . en-us.
  20. Web site: 2024-07-17 . Impressive Full Trailer for 'Escape Attempt' - A Cerebral Sci-Fi Short FirstShowing.net . 2024-08-21 . www.firstshowing.net . en-US.
  21. Web site: 2024-07-24 . 'Escape Attempt': Ciencia ficción y duras reflexiones sobre la condición humana . 2024-08-21 . Cronica . es.
  22. Web site: HÕFF 2024 announced the winners . 2024-08-21 . hoff.ee . en.
  23. Web site: Sci-Fi Short 'Escape Attempt' Is First Film to Win the Filmquest Festival Grand Prize "Golden Cthulhu" LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  24. Web site: Grammy Award-Winning Directors Alex Topaller & Dan Shapiro Head to Fantasia with ESCAPE ATTEMPT . 2024-08-21 . Grammy Award-Winning Directors Alex Topaller & Dan Shapiro Head to Fantasia with ESCAPE ATTEMPT.
  25. Web site: Impressive Full Trailer for 'Escape Attempt' - A Cerebral Sci-Fi Short . 2024-08-21 . Ground News . en.
  26. Web site: Ford . Allan . 2024-07-18 . 'Escape Attempt' Trailer: A Thrilling Sci-Fi Journey from WWII to Alien Gulag . 2024-08-21 . FilmoFilia . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2024-07-16 . ESCAPE ATTEMPT Trailer: Fantasia-Bound Sci-fi Short Film is Too Big For This Format . 2024-08-21 . ScreenAnarchy.
  28. News: ברנע . אור . 2014-09-17 . he:אקטיב אגרסיב - תרבות ובידור . http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3401357,00.html . 2016-07-16 . Ynet . Ynet.co.il.
  29. Watercutter . Angela . Meet the People Illustrating the Brutality of War in Ukraine . 2024-08-21 . Wired . en-US . 1059-1028.
  30. Web site: PaperPlanes - Chronology of the Russian-Ukrainian war through the eyes of Ukrainian artists . 2024-08-21 . www.paperplanes.art.
  31. Web site: Paper Planes . 2024-08-21 . SHOW Gallery . en-US.
  32. Web site: "War Knocked on the Door to my House": How a New Exhibition Is Offering Extraordinary Perspectives on Ukrainian Creativity LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  33. Web site: NEWS: Aggressive Nab Latin Grammy for Juanes . VideoStatic . 2010-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120522073632/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2008/11/news-aggressive.html . 2012-05-22 .
  34. Web site: 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Winners List . 2010-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901070156/http://www2.grammy.com/latin/9_latin/ . 2010-09-01 .
  35. Web site: Лучшие онлайн казино в Казахстане → Топ от экспертов, 2023 . 2024-08-21 . Bassawards . ru-RU.
  36. Web site: Land O'Lakes . 2024-08-21 . Communication Arts . en-us.
  37. Web site: Barraclough . Leo . 2023-05-02 . Cannes 3D Experience 'Murals' Teaser Debuts Featuring Banksy Artwork (EXCLUSIVE) . 2024-08-21 . Variety . en-US.
  38. Web site: 'MURALS' Takes Home Audience Award for Best Art and XR at BFI London Film Festival 2023 LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  39. Web site: Le . Jim . 2023-11-03 . MURALS Receives Prestigious Audience Award at BFI London Film Festival . 2024-08-21 . Marché du Film . en-US.
  40. Web site: 2023-10-30 . 67th BFI London Film Festival brings in record audience and announces LFF Audience Award winners . 2024-08-21 . BFI . en.
  41. Web site: Escape Attempt Sitges Film Festival . 2024-08-21 . sitgesfilmfestival.com . en.
  42. Escape Attempt (2023) MUBI . en . 2024-08-21 . mubi.com.
  43. Web site: Staff . F. N. E. . 27th Tallinn Black Nights will show a record number of Ukrainian films - FilmNewEurope.com . 2024-08-21 . www.filmneweurope.com . en-gb.
  44. Web site: Uudised . Head . 2023-10-31 . Banksy avaldab PÖFFil toetust Ukrainale . 2024-08-21 . Eesti elu GoodNews . et.
  45. Web site: Williams . Tom . 2023-10-31 . Murals wins audience award for best immersive/XR work at LFF . 2024-08-21 . British Cinematographer . en-GB.
  46. Web site: Kiwi Film 'Every Little Thing' Soars At Doc Edge Awards Scoop News . 2024-08-21 . www.scoop.co.nz.
  47. Web site: NEW Webby Gallery + Index . 2024-08-21 . NEW Webby Gallery + Index . en.
  48. Web site: NEW Webby Gallery + Index . 2024-08-21 . NEW Webby Gallery + Index . en.
  49. Web site: Polish Film Institute Murals . 2024-08-21 . www.oneclub.org . en.
  50. Web site: Nguyen . John . 2024-07-16 . Sci-Fi Short 'Escape Attempt' About Soldier Escaping WWII Camp to Premiere at Fantasia Film Festival 2024 . 2024-08-21 . Nerd Reactor . en-US.
  51. Web site: Beyond Reality @ Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) 2024 . 2024-08-21 . XRMust . en-US.
  52. Web site: Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival . 2024-08-21 . BIFAN.
  53. Web site: Immersive Exhibition 'MURALS' Shortlisted for Design Cannes Lions LBBOnline . 2024-08-21 . lbbonline.com . en.
  54. Web site: 2024-02-24 . Pokaz filmu "Murals" na fasadzie Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej - Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie . 2024-08-21 . artmuseum.pl . pl.
  55. Web site: Tiesto, Chinese Pop Star Jane Zhang Reimagine 'Change Your World' : Buzz . 2016-07-16 . Music Times.
  56. Web site: 2014-06-23 . Aggressive: Cris Cab "Loves Me Not"? . 2016-07-16 . Stashmedia.tv.
  57. Web site: 2016-06-22 . Cris Cab f/ Pharrell "Liar Liar" (Aggressive, dir.) . 2016-07-16 . VideoStatic.
  58. Web site: In Depth: Krewella – Live for the Night – Official Music Video . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109134523/http://edmvideos.net/in-depth-krewella-live-for-the-night-official-music-video/ . 2013-11-09 . 2013-08-01.
  59. Web site: 2016-06-22 . WATCH IT: Susan Justice "Eat Dirt" (Alex Topaller + Dan Shapiro, dir.) . 2016-07-16 . VideoStatic.
  60. Web site: Digital Edition 5 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110701112733/http://www.screenmag.com/digital-edition/5/ . 2011-07-01 . 2011-06-13.
  61. Web site: 2016-06-22 . Michael Jackson "Behind The Mask" (Aggressive, dir.) . 2016-07-16 . VideoStatic.
  62. Web site: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Films 'Cinnamon' Video - Aug. 7, 2010 . dead . https://archive.today/20120908214132/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144173 . 2012-09-08 . 2011-01-31.
  63. Web site: Doug . 2010-06-02 . WATCH IT: Alexis Jordan "Happiness" (Aggressive, dir.) . 2016-07-16 . VideoStatic.
  64. Web site: Aggressive for Kerli "Walking on Air" music video . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101113060059/http://www.kromotion.com/en/interviews/28-itw-express/65-aggresive-clip-kerli . 2010-11-13 . 2010-10-14.
  65. http://designtaxi.com/news/6906/Directorial-Team-Aggressive-Shoots-and-Creates-Effects-For-Bloc-Party-Music-Vid/ Directorial Team Aggressive Shoots and Creates Effects for Bloc Party Music Vid

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