{"id":962,"date":"2012-02-06T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/02\/06\/superbowl-xlvi-ads-directed-by-filmmakers\/"},"modified":"2012-02-06T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T02:47:00","slug":"superbowl-xlvi-ads-directed-by-filmmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/02\/06\/superbowl-xlvi-ads-directed-by-filmmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbowl XLVI Ads Directed by Filmmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As it turns out, many of the Superbowl XLVI ads were directed by filmmakers. Slashfilm.com<\/a> does a great job of highlighting them along with embedded Youtubes of the ads themselves. Here are a few of them, check out Slashfilm.com for the rest. You can also go to NFL’s Superbowl XLVI Commercials<\/a> page to see them all.<\/span> Please note that the titles and call numbers in <\/span>bold<\/span> are available for check out from the Media Services Home Use Collection.<\/span>

Craig Gillespie<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, director of Lars and the Real Girl – HU DVD 4598<\/span><\/em> and the 2011 Fright Night<\/span><\/em> remake, directed the Acura \u201cTransactions\u201d spot featuring Jerry Seinfeld<\/span><\/strong> and Jay Leno<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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David Gordon Green<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, director of Pineapple Express – HU DVD 7083<\/span>, Your Highness, The Sitter, Snow Angels, All the Real Girls, Eastbound & Down – HU DVD 7041 (Season 1), HU DVD 7042<\/span><\/span><\/em> (Season 2) <\/span>and George Washington<\/span><\/em>, Chrysler\u2019s \u201cIts Halftime in America\u201d spot featuring Clint Eastwood<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe Pytka<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, director of Space Jam – HU DVD 7990<\/span><\/em>, Let it Ride and many famous commercials and music videos, directed Pepsi Max\u2019s \u201cCheck-Out\u201d spot:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lance Acord<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, cinematographer of films such as <\/span>Buffalo \u201966 – HU DVD 5096<\/span>, Being John Malkovich \u2013 HU DVD 91<\/span>, Lost in Translation \u2013 HU DVD 741<\/span><\/span><\/em> and <\/span>Where the Wild Things Are \u2013 HU DVD 7208<\/span><\/em>, directed Volkswagen\u2019s \u201cThe Dog Strikes Back\u201d spot featuring <\/span>Star Wars<\/span><\/b><\/em>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As it turns out, many of the Superbowl XLVI ads were directed by filmmakers. Slashfilm.com does a great job of highlighting them along with embedded Youtubes of the ads themselves. Here are a few of them, check out Slashfilm.com for the rest. You can also go to NFL’s Superbowl XLVI Commercials page to see them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[136,345],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-filmmakers","tag-television-commercials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}