SMUGGLER Tops Production House Tally With 5 Honors at AICP Show
SHOOTonline: “The most honored production company in the AICP Show was SMUGGLER, with five honors…” Concept – Sandy Hook Promise – “Back to School Essentials” (dir. Henry-Alex Rubin) Direction – Apple – “The Underdogs” (dir. Mark Molloy) Editorial – Apple – “The Underdogs” (dir. Mark Molloy) Public Service Announcement – Sandy Hook Promise – “Back…
Skittles Stole the Super Bowl With It’s Irreverent Broadway Musical
AD AGE: “DDB led the candy brand on Ad Age’s 2020 Creativity Awards Experiential Campaign of the Year”
Branded Entertainment is the Future…Get Used To It
SHOTS: “Longtime friends and collaborators Patrick Milling-Smith, co-founder and CEO of SMUGGLER and Greg Shapiro, Academy Award-winning producer of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, recently got together with shots to have a conversation about the future of advertising, entertainment and the intersection of the two worlds.”
How the Broadway-bound ‘Sing Street’ reinvented itself as a Facebook Live Zoom revue
FAST COMPANY: “Part Zoom call, part musical revue, ‘Sing Street: Grounded’ delivers a fun, unique piece of virtual theater.”
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5 Minutes with…Patrick Milling-Smith
LBB: “The co-founder of SMUGGLER on producing award-winning plays on top of ads, the foundations of his career and production company, and how the SMUGGLER family has adapted – and become closer – during Covid-19”
Nina Holmgren wins Best New Director at 2020 D&AD Awards
D&AD: “Copenhagen-based director Nina Holmgren effortlessly incorporates her background in documentary and fine arts in her work. This is evident in I Want You to Panic, which serves as a harrowing commentary on people’s indifference towards climate change.”
‘The Office’ Meets Zoom In This Comedy About Coronavirus-Era Video-Conferencing
AD AGE: “SMUGGLER’s Benji Weinstein channeled his boredom into ‘Join Meeting,’ a bitingly funny series about work life under lockdown.”
SMUGGLER and Droga5 bring Broadway To Your Living Room with ‘Sing Street: Grounded’
AD AGE: “Tonight on Facebook Live cast from the musical postponed during the pandemic will perform around the world in benefit for NYC Mayor’s Fund and Broadway Cares.
SMUGGLER is Ad Age 2020 A-List Production Company of the Year
AD AGE: “SMUGGLER continued to knock out hits for the rest of 2019-propelling the company to the top of our Production Company A-List.”