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| ⚫ | '''Tod Scott Brody''' (October 23, 1956 – December 22, 2015) was an American film producer,<ref name="Willis2000">{{cite book|last=Willis|first=John|title=Screen World 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7JzuND1xFIC&pg=PT161|accessdate=25 September 2011|date=2000-02-01|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-1-55783-320-4|pages=161–}}</ref> editor, and still photographer who, during the 1980s, was an executive at both ] and ]. He was associated with ] and the producer ] during the 1990s, and was an executive producer on the film '']'', which starred ], ] (]-nomination for her role), ], and ]. | ||
| ⚫ | Some of Brody's additional credits include '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', as well as the TV shows '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. | ||
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| ==Advertising and commercial production== | |||
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| Prior to joining ] in Hollywood as head of post production, Brody worked in advertising and commercial production. After leaving university in 1976, he joined the staff at the ad agency ] in Stockholm as a studio still photographer, shooting everything from people to product photography. He returned to New York a year later where he worked at the in-house production company at ] on several accounts most notably, ], and then joined ] in Stockholm once again as a commercial producer working on the ] and ] accounts. | |||
| From 1979 through 1984, he worked at several well-known production companies in New York, producing commercials for a wide range of clients including ], ], ], ], The U.S. Postal Service, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ], as well as Music Videos for ], ], ], ], ], and ] "Number With Wings" which was nominated for Best Direction at the 1st ]. | |||
| == Fraudulence == | |||
| Tod Scott Brody, who as of 2008 lives in ], ], has been targeted with various allegations of extensive fraud. | |||
| ==Vampire Weekend== | |||
| On a blog called , actor ] chronicles one such series of incidences that allegedly occured in 1999-2002. | |||
| The cover of ]'s 2010 album '']'' is a Polaroid that Brody said he took during a casting session at Cherbuti Films in NYC during the summer of 1983.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/08/vampire-weekend-scandal-201008?currentPage=1|title=Vampire Weekend's Mutinous Muse|last=Flint|first=Jessica|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| In 2010, former model Ann Kirsten Kennis filed suit against Vampire Weekend and Brody, claiming misuse of the image which she said she believed to be a Polaroid taken by her mother. Her attorney later recanted that claim, saying they did not know what the origin of the photo was. Vampire Weekend then filed suit against Brody who later filed a countersuit against the band. After the initial filings and interrogatories, negotiations continued and ultimately, the suits were settled out of court when Vampire Weekend paid an undisclosed figure to Kennis. Brody ultimately was not a party to the cash settlement. | |||
| On April 29th 2008, Tod Scott Brody was the subject of the Danish TV-program '']'', which chronicled how Mr. Brody had given a number of well-known actresses in ] and ] the impression that he was casting them in a major film production apparently starring ] etc., but which turned out to be non-existent. The cases allegedly involved broken contracts, unpaid fees and countless lies such as bogus emails that appeared to be from various associates but turned out to have been written and sent by Tod Scott Brody himself. The program can be seen online at . | |||
| All litigation by all parties in the Vampire Weekend case was dismissed by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank of the United States District Court for the Central District of California on August 12, 2011, after the suit was settled out of court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/cacdce/2:2010cv06087/480188/72|title=ORDER DISMISSING CASE by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank, re REQUEST to Dismiss Complaint 71 for Ann Kirsten Kennis v. Vampire Weekend Inc et al :|website=Docs.justia.com|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> | |||
| In Danish newspaper '']'', February 12th 2008, Tod Scott Brody was interviewed about his allegedly upcoming film starring ], claiming that for the supporting cast he had "signed the best Danish actors available - it will be a 'who is who' of Danish cinema" <ref></ref>. | |||
| In the same paper, on May 2nd 2008, ] gave a detailed account of how she had indeed been signed by Tod Scott Brody to work on a film that however turned out not to exist, and how she gradually discovered that Mr. Brody's phone and residence were registered under different names, and that she was not being paid.<ref></ref>. | |||
| ==The Truth About Gry Bay's Involvement with The Old Cemetery:== | |||
| On April 30th Tod Brody was contacted by a reporter at Ekstra Bladet, Phillip Thomsen, who sent Mr. Brody the following e-mail: | |||
| Dear Tod | |||
| I would like to get in contact with you regarding a story about 'The Old Cemetery'. Danish actor Gry Bay appeared in national television last night claiming that you have tricked her into believing that the she had landed the major part in the movie and that you also tried to con other danish actors. Gry claims that she worked for you a month without getting payment. | |||
| Sincerely | |||
| Philip Thomsen | |||
| Journalist | |||
| Ekstra Bladet | |||
| Mr. Brody provided Mr. Thomsen with the following response regarding Gry Bay's involvement with The Old Cemetery, and her slander and defamation which continues in this article: | |||
| Ms. Bay's recollection of events as they actually occurred couldn't be further from the truth. There was no "trickery" involved with Ms. Bay or her involvement with The Old Cemetery. Ms. Bay read the script, wanted to be in the film, and signed a contract to play the lead role in the film. That was publicized on our website, on her website, on Myspace, and on imdb.com. | |||
| Her contract stipulated that the production had first priority to her services during pre-production. Ms. Bay used that clause to her advantage when she didn't want to make appearances for the producers of All About Anna, by informing them that she could not do any work for anyone else without obtaining my prior approval. However, when it served her purposes, she routinely performed work for other employers without our prior knowledge or approval, and she was warned on numerous occasion to stop doing so. She was inconsistent when asked about the other work she was performing, and when she finally informed the production that she had worked on eight occasions for a company called Inwear, without our approval, she was informed that the contract was being terminated for material breach. | |||
| Ms Bay did no work on the film per se during her short involvement which was less than a month, and ended back on February 25th when she was informed that her contract was terminated. She did two short publicity photo shoots, photos from which she's been using even though she does not have the right to, but we have not pursued her for the copyright violation. We asked her to do additional shoots, and when she informed us that she couldn't because she was working for Inwear, that's when the problems began and we asked her to detail the extent of her work for them. | |||
| Additionally, in order to get me to offer her the role, Ms. Bay lied to me about the extent of the sex acts she had performed in All About Anna. She assured me that she had not performed any "hard core" sex acts, and that she was upset because the producers had hired a body double and edited the film in such a manner that the viewer would think it was her. So I took her at her word. However, when the producer of All About Anna gave me a set of DVDs I could immediately see that Gry had mislead me, that it was indeed her having sex on camera, not a body double. Personally I have nothing against porn, or the actors who perform in porn films. However, I had made it clear to her at the outset that I could not use her in the film if she had performed those sex acts. And it became a problem when other Danish actors did not want to work with her. Out of respect and concern for Ms. Bay, I've never mentioned this problem to anyone before, but of course at this point she's forced me by her actions to defend myself. | |||
| Ms. Bay's contract includes paragraphs which outline in detail the proper venue and procedure for dispute resolution. Going on national television in Denmark and lying about events as they transpired, and slandering me is not the way to resolve anything. And depending upon the extent of the slander, there could eventually be lawsuits filed against Ms. Bay and perhaps even TV2. If Ms. Bay feels that the production is indebted to her, there is a proper way of seeking redress and what she feels is owed to her. | |||
| As for other Danish actors, I'm not sure what Ms. Bay alleges is a "con." I wrote a script and gave it to many Danish actors to read for different roles. And judging by the cast that was assembled for the film, it must have been a good script. I doubt all those actors would have wanted to perform in a poorly written bad film. This is the way Indie films are packaged and produced. If you can't get a bankable cast for your film, no one is going to finance it. | |||
| It's been no secret to anyone in the Danish film community that for the last six weeks the production was in peril due to my inability to attract a "name" American actress to play the American lead. If you ask around I'm sure you'll find out that I hid that from no one. I continually updated actors and their managers on my progress or lack thereof, and when it became apparent late last week that we would not be able to solve the problem without losing one of the Danish stars and having to recast that role, I made the decision to halt production. I simply ran out of time. | |||
| So I'm really not sure what accusations are being made against me. I never asked anyone for anything in Denmark. I would not even let an actor pay for a coffee for me. I spent tens of thousands of dollars in my time there, always paid for everything any time I met with anyone, and always treated everyone in a respectful manner. Ms. Bay has no one but herself to blame for her termination. This is the film business and projects don't always survive. It's the nature of things. I find it amusing that people act as if there's something dark and underhanded about the demise of my film as if it's the only film that ever got cancelled or delayed in Denmark. Just in the last few months, Bille August had the film he was supposed to shoot in Iceland delayed. Nicolas Bro became available for me because the film he was supposed to do in Australia was postponed, and Pernille Bech Christensen couldn't edit my film because Susanne Bier's film is back on again. During my career I've been attached to films which were on again, off again, and on again at all stages of production. I gave The Old Cemetery my all, but it was time to recognize that I wasn't going to succeed. And I had a responsibility to everyone involved to end things as soon as I realized that. | |||
| Oh, and by the way, this producer at TV2, Julie, lied to me in her feeble attempt to get me on the show. If she had been honest, and told me about Gry's accusations, I probably would have taken part, and they would have had a much better show. But they were hoping that I wouldn't find about the nature of the show so they could ambush me. I have no respect for yellow journalists who go on a witch hunt in an attempt to slander people without doing the proper research. And they should pay the price for that libel or slander. | |||
| I hope I've answered your questions and please feel free to quote me for your story as long as your translations are accurate and you don't quote me out of context. | |||
| == Awards == | == Awards == | ||
| In 1997, the producers and executive producers of '']'' received a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116999/awards|title=Awards for Marvin's Room|author=IMDb}}</ref> First presented in 1949, the Christopher Awards were established by Christopher founder Father James Keller to salute media that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit". | |||
| In 1997, Mr Brody receievd a ] as Executive Producer of ]. | |||
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Tod Scott Brody (October 23, 1956 – December 22, 2015) was an American film producer, editor, and still photographer who, during the 1980s, was an executive at both Cannon Films and MGM. He was associated with Miramax and the producer Scott Rudin during the 1990s, and was an executive producer on the film Marvin's Room, which starred Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton (Oscar-nomination for her role), Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro.
Some of Brody's additional credits include The First Wives Club, Wigstock: The Movie, The Natural, Inspector Gadget, Thir13en Ghosts, Manny & Lo, Flirting with Disaster, Raise the Red Lantern, Great Expectations, as well as the TV shows New York News, Sesame Street, Gullah Gullah Island, What Not to Wear, Helen of Troy, Vietnam War Story, and American Masters.
Advertising and commercial production
Prior to joining Cannon Films in Hollywood as head of post production, Brody worked in advertising and commercial production. After leaving university in 1976, he joined the staff at the ad agency Ted Bates AB in Stockholm as a studio still photographer, shooting everything from people to product photography. He returned to New York a year later where he worked at the in-house production company at Ogilvy & Mather on several accounts most notably, American Express, and then joined Ted Bates in Stockholm once again as a commercial producer working on the Marabou and Apotekarnes accounts.
From 1979 through 1984, he worked at several well-known production companies in New York, producing commercials for a wide range of clients including Volkswagen, Canon, Coppertone, Lincoln Mercury, The U.S. Postal Service, Chemical Bank, Barclay's Bank, Ship n' Shore, Fayva, Gillette, De Beers, Avon, Oil of Olay, WNBC News, L'eggs, 7-Up, Glaxo, Toni, Coleco, Wella Balsam, Lux, Duncan Hines, Post Fruit & Fiber, Weight Watchers, Windex, ABC Television, Fawcett Paperbacks, Keepsake Diamond Engagement Rings, Minute Rice, Goodyear, The American Cancer Society, and Puffs Tissues, as well as Music Videos for Pat Benatar, Kiss, Zebra, Rachel Sweet, Wire Train, and The Bongos "Number With Wings" which was nominated for Best Direction at the 1st MTV Music Awards.
Vampire Weekend
The cover of Vampire Weekend's 2010 album Contra is a Polaroid that Brody said he took during a casting session at Cherbuti Films in NYC during the summer of 1983.
In 2010, former model Ann Kirsten Kennis filed suit against Vampire Weekend and Brody, claiming misuse of the image which she said she believed to be a Polaroid taken by her mother. Her attorney later recanted that claim, saying they did not know what the origin of the photo was. Vampire Weekend then filed suit against Brody who later filed a countersuit against the band. After the initial filings and interrogatories, negotiations continued and ultimately, the suits were settled out of court when Vampire Weekend paid an undisclosed figure to Kennis. Brody ultimately was not a party to the cash settlement.
All litigation by all parties in the Vampire Weekend case was dismissed by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank of the United States District Court for the Central District of California on August 12, 2011, after the suit was settled out of court.
Awards
In 1997, the producers and executive producers of Marvin's Room received a Christopher Award. First presented in 1949, the Christopher Awards were established by Christopher founder Father James Keller to salute media that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".
References
- Willis, John (2000-02-01). Screen World 1997. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-1-55783-320-4. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Flint, Jessica. "Vampire Weekend's Mutinous Muse". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- "ORDER DISMISSING CASE by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank, re REQUEST to Dismiss Complaint 71 for Ann Kirsten Kennis v. Vampire Weekend Inc et al :". Docs.justia.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- IMDb. "Awards for Marvin's Room".