THE CREATIVE TEAM.
Texas Monthly recently named DAVID MODIGLIANI one of the "next great Texas directors." His feature-length documentary, CRAWFORD, about the tiny Texas town George Bush turned into the Western White House, was a spotlight premiere at SXSW last March. Variety calls it "poignant," Premiere calls it "richly compelling" and the New York Sun calls it "revelatory." Modigliani has made national appearances on MSNBC and CNN to discuss his work and was featured in a recent Wall St. Journal article on his groundbreaking distribution model, which involved the first major online premiere. In branded commercial work, he has produced and directed pieces for the Houston Rockets, the Clinton School of Public Service, Sabertec, Keep Austin Beautiful and several political campaigns, including Austin Mayor Will Wynn.He has a BA from Harvard University and an MFA from UT Austin.
David’s haunting guitar work was the signature of the five-years-running Wachovia Bank Uncommon Wisdom campaign and he has composed, produced, and/or performed music in dozens of national ads for Ford, Southwest Airlines, Hyundai, Coca-Cola, Folgers, Honda, Southwest Airlines, US Air Force, and BMW. He co-wrote the themes to ABC’s hit sitcom Hope and Faith and PBS’ Endless Feast, and he has created original music for TV shows and films including Matchstick Men, Party of Five, and Roswell. He has composed the score for nearly two dozen short films for The Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative. David co-wrote and sang the title track to the 2010 Grammy- nominated contemporary jazz album At Worldʼs Edge from Philippe Saisse.David works and lives in Austin with his wife Lisa and their son Judah.
As an editor, producer and colorist MATT NAYLOR consistently creates film content that is both engaging and alive. He has edited and associate produced two feature-length documentaries, CRAWFORD and One Peace at a Time, both of which took home awards during successful festival runs and have since found strong distribution deals. In addition, Naylor post-produced and edited the 17 part See Change documentary series for the Clinton Global Initiative, highlighting the progress being made by many of their NGO partners. The clients/subjects of these stories range from Proctor & Gamble’s PUR Water project in Kenya, to a community-driven effort to rebuild the Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Matt's experience is rounded out by multiple feature film trailers, television spots (including national marketing and political ad campaigns), and music-driven content. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University before moving to Austin where he lives and works.
