Los Angeles, CA, August 17th, 2015: GO has added award-winning director Bob Purman to their roster for U.S. commercial representation. The Wisconsin-born director has delivered his cultivated authentic documentary style to projects for such top brands as CVS, Honda, Lay’s, Pedigree, Vonage and ACLU. Having previously collaborated with GO Managing Director Gary Rose at Moxie Pictures, Purman will reunite with Rose at GO after a two decade tenure with Moxie. He has earned numerous accolades for his documentary and commercial work including: two Emmy Awards for Direction and Cinematography, two Best of Show Awards from the Milwaukee Advertising Club, a Telly Award, and multiple local Addy Awards.
Notes GO Managing Director Gary Rose, “Bob’s filmmaking delivers warmth, sincerity, humor, and the emotions that truly encapsulate the essence of humanity. With each project, he brings a fresh cinematic style that reflects the nature of the story he is telling. His instinctive internal aesthetics, cinematic style, and understanding of what makes ‘real people’ tick makes him one of the finest filmmakers I have ever had the pleasure of working with.” Adds Purman, “I really enjoyed my time collaborating with Gary at Moxie. He has great instincts and I like the way he runs a company. I’m looking forward to working together again.”
After arming himself with his first camera purchased from saved paper route money at age 11, Purman was hooked on visual storytelling. He entered the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in pursuit of a career in photojournalism and quickly migrated to motion picture after his first film class. He built his commercial reel as a freelance director with RYP Filmworks and True North Productions and signed with Moxie Pictures in 1995. In his time with Moxie, Purman refined his penetrating and humanistic approach to interviews, utilizing a skeleton crew to put his subjects at ease and capture the genuine moments between the responses. This nimble method, combined with a two-camera setup, has resulted in a journalistic viewpoint toward his interviewees that delivers a refreshing authenticity for branded projects and documentary films alike.
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