The Cavalry Productions Signs Director Gregor Nicholas

The Cavalry Productions has signed director Gregor Nicholas for exclusive commercial and digital content representation in the US. The announcement was made by Cavalry Executive Producer and CEO Ross Grogan and COO Aric Ackerman. The move reunites the award-winning director with former Radical Media collaborators Ackerman and Guy Pechard, who represents The Cavalry as EP in Paris.
 
Reunited: Ackerman says he couldn’t be happier with Nicholas joining The Cavalry’s roster. “I’m absolutely thrilled that Gregor (Nicholas) is with us,” he says. “He’s won every major commercial award and his “Avondale Dogs” is one of the best short films ever. His work runs the gamut from humor, to emotion and large-scale action. His recent campaign for Volkswagen demonstrates what an exceptional visual storyteller he is.  He’s an amazing director.”

For his part, Nicholas watched with interest the last two years as The Cavalry put its production and marketing support in place. “I liked what I saw. It’s great to be reunited with people that share my ambition for doing great work.” 
 
Chloe and DJ Speak: Nicholas’ recent work shows off his prowess for evoking powerful and compelling performances from both actors and real people. Inspired by recent trophy-hunting incidents in Africa, Nicholas wrote and directed a poignant five-minute short titled, “Chloe Speaks.” In the film, an outraged young French woman explains straight to camera how African lions are tracked, killed, skinned and beheaded by trophy hunters. Sadness shifts to shock, however, as the film pivots in an unsettling manner.
 
On the lighter side, Nicholas also directed “DJ Speaks”, a film in which DJ (playing himself) gives us his take on movies and how wonderful it is to find that gem of a film, so engaging that it sneaks up and “gets under your skin.”  The film that moved him was the acclaimed science-fiction movie “Under The Skin”. Describing the main character played by Scarlett Johansson, DJ tells us, “nothin’ predictable is gonna happen,” and that is more than true of this compelling short when a waitress arrives at DJ’s table to serve coffee.