Mutt Film Welcomes Director Duo Mount Defiance to Roster

LA-based production company Mutt Film welcomes director duo Mount Defiance to their increasingly diverse roster of talent. Mutt will now exclusively represent the idea-driven duo across the USA for both commercial and brand opportunities. 

Known for their daring and playful approach to filmmaking, Mount Defiance creates subversive content across mediums to connect more authentically with modern audiences. The duo have written, directed, and collaborated on narrative and commercial projects worldwide and have worked in multiple capacities with some of the industry's largest brands, studios and A-List talent. They have created content for Unity, Nike, MLS, Essentia, Puma, and recently worked with the Emmy-nominated actor Anthony Carrigan from HBO’s Barry on HARD DISK, a short film now being developed for series television. 

The directors are at work on a number of scripts and larger projects including ‘The North American’, an expansive historical drama following the experience of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis; ‘Heizer’, the true life story of pioneering land artist Michael Heizer; the volcano disaster thriller, ‘Lookout,’ and ’Decay,’ a powerful story of urban houselessness in America. 

The duo’s latest campaign for fintech giant Chime, titled ‘Whoa’, was recognised as a Webby Awards honouree for writing and directing. The national network spot has reached almost 4M views online and remains the brand’s most successful commercial campaign to date. 

Beth George, EP at Mutt Film, comments: “Mount Defiance is a perfect fit for Mutt because they embody literally everything we embrace as a company in their innovative and unique approach to creative solutions. Mutt by definition is a mixture of many things and we like to find creative solutions that are outside the norm.”

Shannon Lords-Houghton, EP at Mutt Film comments: “We feel Mount Defiance reflects our growth in that they are capable of taking a project from conception to delivery. We feel that’s a great option to offer both agencies and clients. So many projects require cost and time efficiencies, this is an exciting thing to offer our clients.”

Mount Defiance add: “With this momentum it’s a great time to partner with Mutt Film. They understand that our dynamic approach to production and unique experience in commercial entertainment sets us up to make some really badass new work.”