Directing team Jacobs & Briere and director Todd Factor have joined Toronto commercial prodco newnew films’ roster

Kim Jacobs and Alain Briere are based in New York and have directed spots for clients such as Merrill Lynch, Samual Adams and Parco. Jacobs and Briere, who hails from Montreal, both come from an art design backgrounds.

Factor, great grandson of Russian impressionist painter Elissina Factorov, has worked with many big names in Hollywood, including Denzel Washington, John Madden, Tom Hanks and Spike Jonze. His work has been included among eight other directing talents in the 2002 Post Millennium New Directors Showcase.