Behind-the-scenes making of the Pepsi Superbowl Halftime Show. Both in front of and behind the camera, we meet the army of professionals who come together to create the live event with the largest audience in the world. Nadia was tapped to tell this story featuring Jesse Collins, Emmy-winning Grammys producer and the first Black Executive Producer of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the Weeknd, and thousands of craftspeople who bring the show to life.

Accolades: Winner Sundance Best Brand Film of the Year

Length: 1h33m

Distribution: Youtube, Showtime

Partners: Pepsi, The Weeknd, Roc Nation, Boardwalk Pictures

Adobe and Netflix sponsored a short-film competition to help open the doors for young filmmakers struggling to break into the industry. Nadia directed three short films featuring each of the winners: Johnny, Samba, and Keara. Nadia's films take us from pitch to post production, showing us what went into these personal stories and underscoring the richness that diversity brings into the film industry.

Accolades: D&AD Wood Pencil

Length: 3 x 30m

Distribution: Youtube

Partners: Adobe, Netflix, Sony Cameras

The past meets the present as we brought a 600 year old masterpiece to the global spotlight and documented the overwhelming range of emotion that this work, its beauty and its divine subject matter stirs in all who see it. There are only 16 known Leonardo da Vinci artworks in existence, and Salvator Mundi was the last masterpiece to come up for auction. This film was rooted in the desire to capture what made people stop and consider the significance, message, and meaning of the portrait of Jesus. Staged in a small, quiet gallery on public display at Christie's in New York City, Nadav documents the people who came to see the painting, capturing their astonishment and emotion while being so close and personal with the masterpiece.

Accolades: Cannes Gold Lion, One Show Silver Pencil, D&AD Graphite & Wood Pencils

Length: 4 minutes

Partners: Droga5, Christie’s

Nadav created an integrated series of short films and portraits featuring some of cinema’s greatest ‘evil’ guys – Benicio Del Toro, Malcolm McDowell, Walton Goggins, Ron Perlman, Mark Strong, Jack Gleeson, and John Hawkes – for GQ's film special issue. Taking inspiration from the game 'Hangman,' Nadav takes the viewer along as we catch the evil-doers in the act of something horrific.

Length: 7 x 1m to 1m30s films

Distribution: Youtube, GQ Magazine

Partners: GQ Magazine, Conde Nast

Ford came to Alex Gibney intent on telling stories of human transformation. Mustang Moments documents the intensely visceral feeling of driving a Mustang for the first time, in twelve films that cast individuals with one thing in common: having a dream. Alex and his verite crew kept the shoots personal while crafting narrative arcs that followed the subjects as they made their dreams real, from an opera performance, to a stand-up comedy show, a championship table tennis match, and more.

Length: 8 x 3m

Distribution: Youtube, Ford.com

Partners: GTB, Ford

Audi approached Nadia with the following core idea: We can make anything, but whatever we make, Let’s Make Sense. Regarded as a leader in sustainability, Stella McCartney was brought on to team up with Audi sustainability team behind the e-tron GT to talk about innovation in design and transforming the future of both the fashion and auto industries. “My film showcases creative leaders who have insatiable appetites for excellence and innovation, as well as commitment to sustainability. I wanted to reinforce the feeling of connection between Stella, the Audi team and the profound sensitivity they share.”

Accolades: Bronze Telly Award

Length: 2m50s

Distribution: Youtube, Audi Socials

Partners: Stella McCartney, Audi, thjnk

David was tapped to create an episodic series about the world of finance and the stock market. David brought on acclaimed actress and business school graduate, Elizabeth Banks, who he thought would be the ideal host as she has the comedic chops to carry the series but also the business acumen to riff and converse with executives and founders at companies as diverse as The New York Times, Sam Adams Brewery, Dunkin Donuts, and AMC entertainment. Each episode focused on a transformative moment that tapped their resilience to find creative solutions in an ever changing market.

Distribution: YouTube

Partners: State Street Financial, McCann, Elizabeth Banks

These films were funded by the Dutch Ministry to highlight the Netherlands' stature as a top exporter of creative services. Co-Founder of ByBorre textiles, Borre Akkersdijk is revolutionary regarded for his approach to sustainable textile production. In the second film, Nathalie van Sasse van Ysselt, a creative director who helped launch Sphere in Las Vegas, discusses how she relies on creative technology to focus on the “What” of a project, rather than the “How.” Johan not only highlights the Dutch creative scene in both films, but showcases it in a way that promoted its free and playful nature. They were shot using both film and digital cameras and finished with exquisite motion graphics and editing.

Distribution: Dutch Cinemas, YouTube

Partners: CreativeNL, ByBorre, The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate

When Hyundai decided to honor Peter Schreyer, a Hall of Famer for Automotive Design, they commissioned a film from Johan to showcase Schreyer’s vast influence. Johan learned that Peter’s favorite art style is “Dada,” a movement that ridiculed traditional notions of beauty and logic, embracing chaos, irony, and the absurd. Johan channeled the Dada thread into the film's design language.

Accolades: AICP MoMA Design award, Finalist at New York Festival Advertising Awards, Silver Lamp at ADCN 2022

Length: 3m30s

Distribution: Screened at Hyundai event, Korean cinemas, German cinemas, and German television. Part of the MoMA permanent design collection.

Partners: Hyundai, Innocean Berlin

Featuring supermodel Kristen McMenamy, this film explores power and transcending the boundaries of traditional beauty through light and darkness. The project was released alongside a print editorial. Together, the film and editorial capture a sense of transition as the model emerges from shadow and into light.

Distribution: Youtube, Under the Influence Magazine

Partners: Under the Influence Magazine, Kristen McMenamy

By interviewing a range of individuals from young kids to grown adults, the film exposes the corrosive impact power of three words so casually thrown around by society. The film explores the confidence crisis that girls experience as they enter puberty and often feel excluded for being "like a girl." The subjects arrived for a casting session while unaware of the social experiment in which they were asked to “run like a girl,” etc, exposing that the bias was embedded in everyone except the youngest children. #LikeAGirl was originally finished as 3 minute short. When met with viral views and reactions, a :60 was brought to the Super Bowl. The spot is one of the highest rated Super Bowl ads of all time.

Accolades: Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial, Cannes Grand Prix Lion, Cannes Glass Lion, D&AD Black Pencil, One Show Gold Pencil, ADC Gold Cube, AICP Winner, Andy Awards Gold, Ciclope Gold Award, Gold CLIO, Webby Awards, Eurobest Grand Prix

Length: 3m

Distribution: YouTube, broadcast

Partners: Procter & Gamble, Leo Burnett

Commissioned by the New York Times and acquired by HBO, Lauren profiled kids and their relationships to money. The 32 minute short film documents Los Angeles teenagers talking about how money shapes their world, identities, hopes, and dreams, underscoring the pressure placed on teens to fit in.

Accolades: Sundance Documentary Short Film competition. Audience Award for Best Short Film at AFI Festival.

Length: 32m

Distribution: New York Times, HBO

Partners: New York Times