Joel Peissig
{{short description|American film director}}
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Joel Peissig is an American film director.
Career
Peissig signed to Ridley Scott Associates production company in 2001{{Cite web |last1=By |last2=Goldrich |first2=Robert |title=Dir. Joel Peissig Signs With RSA, Black Dog |url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/dir-joel-peissig-signs-rsa-black-dog/archived_node |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=SHOOTonline |language=en}} and was reported to have signed with bicoastal Notorious Pictures in 2004.{{Cite web |last1=By |last2=Takaki |first2=Millie |title=A Notorious Signing For Director Joel Peissig |url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/notorious-signing-director-joel-peissig/archived_node |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=SHOOTonline |language=en}} He was in the New Directors Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival of 2002.
He is known for his award-winning Resfest music video of Frou Frou's "Dumbing Down of Love" (2003),{{Cite news |last=Bold |first=Ben |date=2005-06-30 |title=Chocolate ad ripped off my video, says director |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/30/advertising |access-date=2023-08-14 |issn=0261-3077}} and for directing the video of Imogen Heap's Grammy-nominated single "Hide and Seek" in 2005.
Awards and recognition
In 2012, Peissig won a Silver Promax award directing the Showtimes hit series HomeLand launch campaign.{{cite web | url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/7312998/2012-promax-north-america-promaxbda | title=2012 Promax North America - PromaxBDA }}
In 2021, while consulting with Searchlight Pictures, he won a Clio for his work on Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch.{{cite web | url=https://clios.com/entertainment/winner/theatrical-film-digital-mobile/searchlight-pictures/the-french-dispatch-email-newsletter-campaign-126331 | title=Searchlight Pictures: The French Dispatch Email Newsletter Campaign - the Clios }}
In 2023, Peissig and Chené Lawson won a Webby for Best Scripted Podcast Series for All Things Undone.{{cite web | url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2023/podcasts/general-series/scripted-fiction/236778/all-things-undone | title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index }} In 2024, Peissig was again awarded a Podcast Webby, this time an honoree award for "Best Documentary" for the first two episodes of How To Destroy Everything, which he produced, edited, sound designed and music supervised.{{cite web | url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2024/podcasts/individual-episodes/documentary-ind-episodes/276442/how-to-destroy-everything | title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.aileronfilms.com/ Joel Peissig official website]
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