We look at the puzzle and make the pieces fit
Cognizant
"Insurance to the Rescue"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
Atmosphere Proximity
Production house:
Bully Pictures
Director:
Morten Tyldum
Editors:
Gary Knight
Editorial house:
Cut & Run
VFX:
The Mill
Music:
Beta Petrol
Simon Properties
"Sunglasses"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Production house:
Community Films
Director:
Aleysa Young
Editor:
Maury Loeb
Editorial house:
PS260
GA Lottery
"Post Apocalyptic"
Exec Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
BBDO Atlanta
Production house:
Hungry Man/Blue Planet
Director:
Chris Woods
Editor:
Jeff Jay
Editorial house:
Hero Post
VFX:
Artifact Design
Modelo Especial
"Discover"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
SCOTT WEITZ
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
STATION FILM
DIRECTOR:
JONATHAN HYDE
EDITOR:
CHRIS HELLMAN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
THE CUTTING ROOM
MUSIC:
PLATINUM RYE
GA Lottery
"Aunt Edith 40 MIL"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
BBDO Atlanta
Production houses:
Decon
Director:
Jason Goldwatch
Editor:
Merritt Duff
Editorial house:
Beast
Carnival Corp.
"Return to the Sea"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
RESET
DIRECTOR:
WALLY PFISTER
EDITOR:
PAUL NORLING
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BEAST EDITORIAL
Altec Lansing
"Nick Jonas"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
Catch
Production house:
DRIVER
Director:
Josh Rothstein
Cognizant
"First to Market"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
Atmosphere Proximity
Production house:
Bully Pictures
Director:
Morten Tyldum
Editors:
Adam Bazadona
Editorial house:
Cut & Run
VFX:
The Mill
Music:
Beta Petrol
Coca-Cola
"When Will Happiness Strike Next: Brazil"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
CONSCIOUS MINDS/PARANOID
DIRECTOR:
JOHN X CAREY
EDITOR:
PHILIP OWENS
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
NIGHTSHIFT POST
MUSIC:
ROCK MAFIA/KEITH KENNIFF
JCPenney
"Roman Returns"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
LINDA RAFOSS & JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BRAND ADVISORS
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
HUNGRYMAN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BIKINI
DIRECTOR:
BRYAN BUCKLEY
EDITOR:
AVI ORON
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
Voya Financial
"VOYA"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
RESET
PRODUCTION SERVICES:
TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN
DIRECTOR:
TWIN
EDITOR:
MAURY LOEB
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
PS 260 INC
VFX:
THE MILL NEW YORK
Plated
"Perfect"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
o2kl
Production house:
Station Film
Director:
Mark Gilbert
Editor:
Tommy Button
Editorial house:
Crew Cuts
Simon Properties
"Mom"
Exec. Producer:
JD Williams
Production house:
Community Films
Director:
Aleysa Young
Editor:
Maury Loeb
Editorial house:
PS260
Tommie Copper
"Ode to a Knee"
SENIOR PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
SPARK 361
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
STATION FILMS
DIRECTOR:
JONATHAN HYDE
EDITOR:
CHRIS HELLMAN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CUTTING ROOM
MUSIC:
JSM
Match
"Cop"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
EPOCH FILMS
DIRECTOR:
MICHAEL DOWNING
EDITOR:
TOM SCHERMA
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
COSMO STREET
MUSIC:
YESSIAN
GA Lottery
"Motorcade"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
HUNGRY MAN
DIRECTOR:
KINKA USHER
EDITORS:
JEFF JAY
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BEAST EDITORIAL
Time Warner Cable
"Open House"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
o2kl
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
GARTNER
EDITOR
TOMMY BUTTON
DIRECTOR:
TERRY RIETTA
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CREW CUTS
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
Match
"Desperate Guy"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
EPOCH FILMS
DIRECTOR:
MICHAEL DOWNING
EDITOR:
TOM SCHERMA
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
COSMO STREET
MUSIC:
YESSIAN
Time Warner Cable
"Birthday"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
STATION FILMS
DIRECTOR:
MARK GILBERT
EDITOR
TOM BOARDMAN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CREW CUTS
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
Carnival Corp.
"Cruise Virgins"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
RESET
DIRECTOR:
WALLY PFISTER
EDITOR:
MIKE DOUGLAS
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BEAST EDITORIAL
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
GA Lottery
"The Chase"
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
COMMUNITY FILMS/TOMORROW PICTURES
DIRECTOR:
HOFFMAN BROTHERS
EDITOR:
EDDIE KESLER
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BEAST EDITORIAL
MUSIC:
BLACK IRIS
Listerine
"Nothing Works Like Listerine"
EEXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
JWT
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
RADICAL MEDIA
DIRECTOR:
McCOUBREY BROS.
EDITOR:
DAVID CORNMAN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CREW CUTS
MUSIC:
JSM
Coca-cola
"When Will Happiness Strike Next: Myanmar"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WIILLIAMS
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
PARANOID US
DIRECTOR:
KEEF
EDITOR:
VINCENT STAROPOLI
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
NIGHTSHIFT POST
MUSIC:
ROCK MAFIA/BENEZENE MUSIC
Jim Beam
"Fred Noe"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
BECKY RAZZALL
AGENCY:
STRAWBERRY FROG
DIRECTOR:
BRENNEN STASIEWICZ
EDITOR:
DAN MALONEY / MOSS LEVENSON
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CUT + ROW
GA Lottery
"Switcheroo"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
HUNGRY MAN
DIRECTOR:
KINKA USHER
EDITOR:
PAUL KELLY
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BEAST EDITORIAL
güd
"Perfect Morning"
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
BALDWIN&
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
AVOCADOS & COCONUTS
DIRECTOR:
BRANDON LOPER
EDITOR:
COOPER KENWARD
MUSIC:
MARMOSET
Modelo Especial
"Salute"
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
STATION FILM
DIRECTOR:
JONATHAN HYDE
EDITOR:
CHRIS HELLMAN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
THE CUTTING ROOM
MUSIC:
PLATINUM RYE
Carnival Corp.
"Getaway"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO ATLANTA
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
RESET
DIRECTOR:
WALLY PFISTER
EDITOR:
PAUL NORLING
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
BEAST EDITORIAL
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
Coca-cola
"When Will Happiness Strike Next: South Africa"
PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
PARANOID US
DIRECTOR:
JOHN X CAREY
MUSIC:
Rock Mafia/Benzene Music
EDITOR:
VINCENT STARPOLI
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
NIGHTSHIFT POST
AT&T
"Ski Lift"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO NY
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
FURLINED
DIRECTOR:
PERLORIAN BROS.
EDITOR:
MATTHEW WOOD
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
THE WHITEHOUSE
MIX:
SOUND LOUNGE/PHILIP LOEB
Bud LIght
"How it Went Down"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
TRANSLATION
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
PARTIZAN
DIRECTOR:
NIMA NOURIZADEH
EDITOR:
DAN SHERWEN
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
FINAL CUT
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
Cognizant
"Keep Challenging"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
ATMOSPHERE PROXIMITY/BBDO
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
RADICAL MEDIA
DIRECTOR:
THE McCOUBREY BROS.
EDITOR:
GABRIEL DE LA MORA
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CREW CUTS
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
CareConnect
"Pigs Fly"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
JD WILLIAMS & JEFF STOCK
AGENCY:
O2KL
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
QUIETMAN
DIRECTORS:
RICHARD SPEIGHT & JOHNNIE SEMERAD
EDITOR:
MORGAN MITCHELL
MUSIC:
THE LICENSE LAB
Bing
"Supermarket"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
JWT
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
PRETTY BIRD
DIRECTOR:
PAUL HUNTER
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
COSMO STREET
EDITOR:
AARON LANGLEY
MIX:
HEADROOM/FERNANDO
Coca-Cola
"Coca Cola World Cup 2014"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CONSCIOUS MINDS
DIRECTOR:
RICKY STAUB
MUSIC:
ALOE BLACC X DAVID CORREY – “THE WORLD IS OURS”
Healthy Choice
"Deal Breaker"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
SAPIENT NITRO
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
GO FILMS
DIRECTOR:
CHRISTOPHER GUEST
EDITOR:
TOM SCHERMA
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
COSMO STREET
MIX:
SOUND LOUNGE/PHILIP LOEB
Starbucks
"Ariel"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
BBDO
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
PAYDIRT
DIRECTOR:
REISS/HILL
EDITOR:
SHERRI MARGULIES
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
CREW CUTS
MUSIC:
ANTFOOD
CareConnect
"Porcupine"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS & JEFF STOCK
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
QUIETMAN
AGENCY:
O2KL
DIRECTORS:
RICHARD SPEIGHT & JOHNNIE SEMERAD
EDITOR:
MORGAN MITCHELL
MUSIC:
THE LICENSE LAB
92Y TV
"Lectures"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
JD WILLIAMS
AGENCY:
THINKTOPIA
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
KYLE EDIT
EDITOR:
MICHAEL DISTELKAMP
MIX:
COLOR / KEVIN HALPEN
Coca-Cola
"Where Will Happiness Strike Next: Germany"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
ERICA BRUGMAN
AGENCY:
DRIVER
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
PARANOID US
DIRECTOR:
JOHN X CAREY
EDITOR:
VINCENT STAROPOLI
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
NIGHSHIFT POST
MUSIC:
ROCK MAFIA/BENZENE MUSIC
Jim Beam
"Breakaway"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
BECKY RAZZALL
AGENCY:
STRAWBERRY FROG
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
PSYOP
EDITOR:
CALLY MORTON
MUSIC:
HUMAN
Post
"Cocoa Stash"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
ANNIE BISHOP
AGENCY:
BURNS GROUP
PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL HOUSE:
QUIETMAN
DIRECTOR:
JOHNNIE SYMALAND
MUSIC:
BETA PETROL
Chevrolet
"Table of Brotherhood"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
LINDA RAFOSS & CASSIE HAMILTON
AGENCY:
SPIKE DDB
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
SWEET SHOP
DIRECTOR:
BEN QUINN
EDITOR:
MARCO PEREZ
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
UNION EDITORIAL
MUSIC:
BILL CHESLEY/ HENRYBOY
Great Grains
"Curtis Stone"
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
CASSIE HAMILTON
AGENCY:
BURNS GROUP
PRODUCTION HOUSE:
NON FICTION FILMS
DIRECTORS:
PEYTON WILSON & KEVAN BEAN
EDITOR:
GEORDIE ANDERSON
EDITORIAL HOUSE:
UNION
Constant Contact
"Groomer"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
Production & Editorial House:
Motion Theory
Director:
Grady Hall
Music:
Search Party
Mohegan Sun
"Double Zero"
Executive Producer:
Poppy Gordon
Agency:
People Ideas & Culture
Production House:
Aero Films
Director:
Klaus Obermeyer
Editor:
Austin Smithard
Edit House:
Cutting Room
Music:
Amber Music
Yellowtail
"Turkey"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
VFX:
UV Phactory
Music:
Pirate NY
Mix:
Pirate NY
Keurig
"Inside Easy"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
Agency:
Brand Content
Production & Editorial House:
Breed
Director:
Vinicius Costa
Music:
Search Party East
Philips
"Interruption"
Executive Producer:
Linda Rafoss
Production House:
Skunk
Director:
Martin Krecji
State Farm
"Garage"
Executive Producer:
Linda Rafoss
Senior Agency Producer:
Marlene Winder
Production House:
Harvest
Director:
Baker Smith
Editor:
Paul Kelly
Edit House:
Beast NY
JCPenney
"Changing Room"
Executive Producers:
Linda Rafoss & JD Williams
Agency:
Brand Advisors
Production House:
Hungryman
Director:
Bryan Buckley
Editor:
Avi Oron
Editorial House:
Bikini Edit
Music:
Beta Petrol
Match.com
"Dating"
Executive Producer:
Linda Rafoss
Production House:
HSI
Director:
Jaci Judelson
Editor:
Carlos Aria
JCPenney
"Hat Pence"
Executive Producers:
Linda Rafoss & JD Williams
Agency:
Brand Advisors
Production House:
Hungryman
Director:
Bryan Buckley
Editor:
Avi Oron
Editorial House:
Bikini Edit
Music:
Beta Petrol
Toyota
"Sticks"
Executive Producer:
Linda Rafoss
Agency:
Dentsu
Production House:
Tool North America
Directors:
Eric Joiner/Bob Richardson
Editor:
Hal Honigsberg
Editorial House:
Chrome
Music:
One Eskimo
Ikea
"Woman"
Senior Agency Producer:
Vera Pandolfo
Production House:
Furlined
Director:
Speck/Gordon
JCPenney
"50s Wakeup"
Executive Producers:
Linda Rafoss & JD Williams
Agency:
Brand Advisors
Production House:
Hungryman
Director:
Bryan Buckley
Editor:
Avi Oron
Editorial House:
Bikini Edit
Music:
Beta Petrol
Microsoft
"Clutch"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
JWT
Production House:
Hungry Man
Director:
Bryan Buckley
Editor:
Matthew Wood
Editorial House:
The Whitehouse
Mix:
Sound Lounge/Philip Loeb
Canon
"Fans"
Executive Producer:
Linda Rafoss
Agency:
Densu
Production House:
Trip Media
Editor:
Charlie Johnson
Buick
"Tiger Woods Olympics"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams & Scott Weitz
Agency:
McCann Detroit
Production House:
Reactor
Director:
Steve Chase
Editor:
Igor Kovalik
Edit House:
Inside Out
Tropicana
"Whatever It Takes"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
BBDO
Production House:
Furlined
Director:
Douglas Avery
Mix:
Sound Lounge/Peter Holcomb
Editor:
Adam Jenkins
Edit House:
Cut & Run
Kayak
"Alaska"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
Director:
Loyal Kasper
Microsoft
"Commercial"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
Agency:
Strawberry Frog
Production House:
Oil Factory
Director:
Tomorrows Brightest Minds
Editor:
Carlos Arias / Akiko Iwakawa
Go Daddy
"Government Hearing"
Executive Producer:
Scott Weitz
Agency:
The Ad Store
Production House:
Hungry Man
Director:
Bryan Buckley
Nike/Foot Locker
"Pier"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
Nitro
Production House:
Radical Media
Director:
Dave Meyers
Editor:
Adam Schwartz
Edit House:
Beast
LG Electronics
"Pullout"
Senior Agency Producer:
Noel Tirsch
Agency:
Brand Buzz/Y&R
E Trade
"Bank Robbery"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
BBDO
Production House:
HSI
Director:
Paul Middleditch
Editor:
Paul Norling
Edit House:
Beast
Delta
"ReLaunch Anthem"
Senior Agency Producer:
Oscar Thomas
Agency:
SS+K
Visa
"Kevin Bacon"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
BBDO
Production House:
Hungry Man
Director:
Bryan Buckley
Editor:
Chuck Willis
Edit House:
The Cutting Room
UPS
"Talk is Cheap"
Executive Producer:
Scott Weitz
Agency:
The Martin Agency
Director:
Kinka Usher
Ask.com
"Nagging Questions"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
Agency:
Hanft, Raboy and Partners
Production House:
Furlined/Soft Citizen
Director:
The Perlorian Brothers
Editor:
Nick Lofting
Editorial House:
Union Editorial
Coca Cola
"Coke M5 bottle project and music video"
Senior Agency Producer:
Oscar Thomas
Production House:
Paranoid
Director:
Sophie Gateau and François Vogel
Music:
Faithless
Fab.com
"Your Way"
Senior Agency Producer:
Becky Razzall
Agency:
PIC
Production House:
Sibling Rivalry
Director:
Mikon Van Gastel
Music:
Search Party
Kayak
"Release the Smoke"
Executive Producer:
JD Williams
Agency:
Barton F. Graf 9000
ABC News
AOL
AT&T / Cingular Wireless
American Cancer
BMW Motorcycles
Berlitz
Blue Elephant
Boone/Oakley
British Airways
Buick
Burt’s Bees
CCA
Canon USA
Charles Schwab
Chrysler
Coca-Cola
Cognizant
ConAgra / Healthy Choice
Coors Brewing Co.
DeBeers
Dell
Delta
Diapers.com
Doritos
E*Trade
ESPN
Fab.com
Ferrero USA
Foot Locker
Frito-Lay
Frontier Communications
GPS
Gatorade
General Motors
Gettington.com
Go Daddy
Golden Corral
Gorton’s
Healthy Choice
HotJobs
IFC
ING Direct
Ikea
JC Penney
Jim Beam
Johnson & Johnson
Kayak.com
LG Electronics
Lazarus Project (RED)
Lipton Brisk
M&M / Mars
Mad Injection
Match.com
McCormick
Meth Project
Microsoft
Microsoft Bing
Mohegan Sun
NASCAR
NYC Department of Education
Nike
Old Navy
Oracle
Palm Bay Imports
Panasonic
Pepsico
Phillips
Popcorn Indiana
Post Cereals
Post Foods
RC Cola
REI
Renaissance Hotels
Royal Caribbean International
Ruby Tuesday
Saab USA
Safeway
Samsung
Sawtooth
Sharp
Starbucks Toyota
State farm
The United Nations
Tropicana
UPS
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthCare – ONE WORD
VISA USA
Victoria’s Secret
Vitamin Water
Woolite
Xenadrine
DRIVER Media is an independent, full-service outsourced production department. Founded by veteran ad agency producers JD Williams and Scott Weitz, DRIVER Media has produced commercials, web videos and digital content for a wide range of ad agencies, from holding company-owned network shops to small, independent boutiques, as well as directly for brands and marketers. DRIVER Media’s services range from agency producing to in-house production and post, production department staffing, production oversight and management, business affairs, talent payment (including celebrity talent negotiation), music supervision and digital media production and distribution. Its sister company, DRIVER Digital, is a major multichannel network provider of family-oriented entertainment programming seen by millions of consumers on its YouTube channels.
DRIVER works with it’s clients to manage the complexities of today’s creative environment offering:
- All Levels of Agency Producers and Assistant to Executive
- Head of Production and Executive Oversight
- In-House Production: Direct, Edit, and Post
- Music Supervision, Search, and Licensing
- Creative Development Oversight
- Digital Media Distribution
- Talent Payment: Union and Non-Union
- Celebrity Talent Negotiations
- Business Affairs
jd-williams
DRIVER and co-founder
Previously on the cover of Advertising Age for Campaign of the Year, JD has twice been recognized by SHOOT magazine as one of the Top Agency Producers of the Year. He instinctually knows what both clients and agencies need, and consistently produces world-class work. JD founded DRIVER with his nursery school buddy Scott Weitz in 2001.
A graduate of Yale University’s School of Art, he began his career in documentary filmmaking, working for Oscar-winning Guggenheim Productions in Washington, D.C. Shortly thereafter, he moved to New York and began his career in commercial production.
Since then JD has managed the production efforts for some of the world’s top agencies, including BBDO, JWT, Dentsu and McCann Erickson; and for clients including AT&T, Coke, Microsoft, Pepsi, Visa, and M&M/Mars, among others, handling over $25 million of production annually.
Before DRIVER, JD spent eight years as Executive Producer at BBDO Worldwide, and three years as Senior Producer at Ogilvy and Mather. His work has received numerous international accolades including multiple Cannes Lions, Clios, ANDYs, ADDYs, EFFIEs, London International, MOMA honors and Adweek’s Campaign of the Year.
Recently, Williams and Weitz, launched their new division, DRIVER Digital, to further expand their model by creating and delivering entertaining content to targeted audiences over the Internet.
scott-weitz
DRIVER and co-founder
Scott founded DRIVER Media with JD Williams in 2001, and led the creation of DRIVER Digital in 2009 to leverage digital content’s unparalleled ability to engage consumers.
Scott helped build DRIVER Media to a company producing up to $65 million per year in commercial spending for clients including Microsoft, Pepsi, and AT&T, as well as ad agencies such as J. Walter Thompson and McCann-Erickson.
Before founding DRIVER Media, Scott spent time as a freelance producer with leading agencies, including McCann-Erickson, BBH, GSD&M and many others. It was during this age of early Internet exploration that he created some of the most memorable and downloaded down loaded commercials of all time.
Previously, Scott launched his agency career at DMB&B and BBDO, where he worked on accounts including Burger King, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and GE. He has partnered with world-class commercial directors, editors, animators, world class production companies and maintains these relationships today.
Scott began his career the old-fashioned way by working his way up from the bottom. He started out as a production assistant, driving trucks in New York City traffic.
Scott was educated at the University of Colorado and in France. Passionate about the outdoors, Scott enjoys skiing and running. He was bitten by the travel bug long ago, and once spent an entire year circumnavigating the globe, an experience that informs his perspective and ambitions to this day.
erica-brugman
Producer
After starting her career on the creative side of advertising Erica has been working as a Producer at DRIVER Media. Having worked at both large and smaller agencies, she understands different agency dynamics and procedures. At DRIVER she has covered food to pharma to casinos, comedy to beautiful tabletop to docu.
Having experience that bridges the creative side of advertising and also having worked within production, she offers a solid understanding of the many pieces at play in a production. She enjoys uniting teams with the best partners and people to help realize a project’s full potential.
Erica graduated with top honors from the Wimbledon School of Art and The Arts Institute of Bournemouth in England. She moved to New York in 2006 and now lives in Brooklyn. Outside of work she enjoys taking pictures, cycling and listening to electronic music. She invariably always has some project and challenge on the go!
sydney-fisher
Line Producer
Sydney Fisher works as Production Manager and Line Producer. She’s been doing this type of work since she was eight years old; often putting on plays at her parent’s dinner parties. Lately she has been busy working on all types of projects from national commercials to short films.
Sydney enjoys the new challenge every project brings while also working intensely with a team to bring an idea, a story, to life. Sydney is a yogi and a traveler, a fan of spaghetti westerns and dedicated New Yorker. She successfully earned her BFA in film school at S.U.N.Y Purchase, and hopes to continue learning and working with fascinating people.
kathy-ditoro
Executive Producer, Minneapolis