MAXWELL RIESBERG
MAXWELL RIESBERG

MAXWELL RIESBERG

MAXWELL RIESBERG

😈 Rascal.

😎 Consulting. Lending deep expertise as a builder of creative teams, producer, and storyteller.

🎾 Working on my tennis game. We should play.

Previously

🌴 Founded Paradise Creative, an advertising agency that specializes in theatrical trailers & digital campaigns for films and TV shows. Led the company from a two-person upstart into an industry powerhouse, cementing the agency’s status as a go-to partner for clients including Amazon Studios, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, and many others. In additional to generating millions of box office dollars & untold eyeballs on streaming, Garnered many notable awards, including seven wins at the prestigious Clio Awards. 🏆  Served as Chief Executive Officer of the agency, until engineering his exit in 2021.

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Awards

2021

  • WINNER, SILVER: Clio Awards Castle Rock “Now Leaving Castle Rock” Television/Streaming, Long Form Social Video
  • WINNER, SILVER: Clio Awards Blow the Man Down (Trailer) Television/Streaming, Trailer
  • WINNER, BRONZE: Clio Awards Solar Opposites “Epic Feed Breaker” Television/Streaming, Social Single Video
  • WINNER, BRONZE: Clio Awards Undone “Alive” Teaser Television/Streaming, Teaser
  • NOMINEE: Clio Awards The Peanut Butter Falcon Theatrical, AV Mixed Campaign Independent
  • NOMINEE: Golden Trailer Awards Blow the Man Down "Secrets" Trailer Best Independent Trailer
  • NOMINEE: Shorty Awards Solar Opposites Live: Animated Twitter Q&A Best in Entertainment
  • NOMINEE: Shorty Awards Solar Opposites Live: Animated Twitter Q&A Best in Influencer and Celebrity Twitter Campaign

2020

  • WINNER, GOLD: Promax Global Awards Castle Rock “Now Leaving Castle Rock” Best Interactive Promo
  • FINALIST: Shorty Awards Castle Rock “Now Leaving Castle Rock" Best Use of Streaming Video
  • FINALIST: Shorty Awards Castle Rock “Now Leaving Castle Rock” Best in Entertainment
  • NOMINEE: Webby Awards Castle Rock “Now Leaving Castle Rock” Best Use of Video, Social Media
  • NOMINEE: Promax Global Awards Amazon Prime Video Experience at SDCC Experiential or Stunt Promotion for a Consumer Event
  • NOMINEE: Promax Global Awards The Boys 360 Launch Campaign Multiplatform / 360 Campaign
  • NOMINEE: Promax Global Awards The Expanse 360 Launch Campaign Dramatic Program Campaign

2019

  • WINNER, SILVER: Clio Awards Bumblebee “Yellow Lightning” Best Home Entertainment, Social Media
  • NOMINEE: Golden Trailer Awards Bumblebee “Yellow Lightning” Best Home Entertainment, Family / Animation
  • HONOREE: Webby Awards Mission Impossible: Fallout Best Use of Video
  • WINNER, BRONZE: Clio Awards The Boys: Integrated Campaign Television / Streaming: Integrated Campaign
  • SHORT LIST: Clio Awards Lizzie “Forty Whacks” Theatrical, Spot

2018

  • WINNER, GOLD: Clio Awards A Quiet Place: Campaign Best Home Entertainment, Social Media

2017

  • NOMINEE: Golden Trailer Awards The Crown “Canvas” Best Most Innovative Advertising (for a TV Series / Streaming Series)
  • NOMINEE: Golden Trailer Awards The Crown “Canvas” Best TrailerByte for a TV Series / Streaming Series

🎬 Founded Lord Danger, a boutique commercial production company.  Developed an in-demand roster of bold commercial directors, sourcing their campaigns and managing their career trajectories.  Worked hand-in-hand as producer on his clients’ works, from conceptualization all the way through post-production. Lord Danger created music videos for some of biggest acts in music (Major Lazer, J. Cole, Steve Aoki, Big Sean, et al) as well as iconic commercials for house-name brands including 1-800-Contacts & Meow Mix.  Led as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the company, guiding the company to its acquisition in 2015. 

Yes, that’s Terry Crews as Major Lazer.
Yes, that’s Terry Crews as Major Lazer.

🎧 Founded Grand Statement, a ground-breaking hybrid record label & character creation studio, developing 3D avatar musicians. We created 8ubbles, a CG avatar dance music producer & DJ - the “Ren & Stimpy of Dance” - bringing unbridled absurdity and world-building / narrativization to an electronic artist. We produced a handful of great records, rocked iconic live performances, and created some really insane art.

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Fun Fact

I was 8ubbles, doing the ludicrous voice acting & wild motion capture performances & DJ sets myself.

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🍇 Co-Founded Currant. Currant makes vineyards investable via fractional shares.

⛓ Co-Founded Vybo, the secondary concert ticket market that uses the power of the blockchain to bring fans closer to artists.

🦁 Represented the United States at the Cannes Lions in the Young Lions competition. Served the country admirably, still awaiting a thank you call from then-President Obama.

😇 Investing in start-ups that I believe strongly in.

📞 Started my career as an assistant at Endeavor (later WME).

🏀 Graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (Finance).

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🦅 Bird up. Tweet me. @maxwellriesberg

📰 Here’s a bunch of press, if you’re into that kind of thing.

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Press

2024

  • BILLBOARD Zerb & Sofiya Nzau’s ‘Mwaki’ Music Video Has Arrived
  • FORBES AFRICA For the Record: An African Song Soaring Up Charts Filmed in Kenya

2021

  • HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ‘Tomorrow War’ Teaser: Chris Pratt Fights for the Future
  • INDIEWIRE ‘The Tomorrow War’ Teaser Trailer: Chris Pratt Gives Amazon Its $200 Million Summer Tentpole
  • VARIETY ‘The Tomorrow War’: Watch the First Teaser for Chris Pratt’s Time-Traveling Sci-Fi Film
  • HYPEBEAST Amazon 'The Tomorrow War' Chris Pratt Teaser
  • EMPIRE Chris Pratt Heads To Battle In The First Teaser For The Tomorrow War
  • BILLBOARD Meet Your New Favorite Muslim Female Punk Band in Peacock's 'We Are Lady Parts' Trailer
  • COLLIDER 'We Are Lady Parts' Teaser Introduces the Female-Fronted Punk Band of Peacock's Musical Comedy Series
  • SLASHFILM ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Teaser: A Muslim Female Punk Band Puts on a Show in Peacock Original Comedy
  • EATER LA Fans of Canter’s Deli will get a kick of out of this new EDM video

2020

  • RUN THE TRAP 8UBBLES Shares Hilarious, Must-Watch ‘Endless Vibe’ Music Video
  • SLASHFILM ‘Solar Opposites’ Red Band Trailer: The Minds Behind ‘Rick and Morty’ Take on the Family Sitcom
  • RUN THE TRAP Mysterious Artist 8UBBLES Drops “Electric Lies” Single + Hilarious Music Video
  • BLOODY DISGUSTING Red Band Trailer Teases Hulu’s Blood-Soaked “Solar Opposites”
  • COMING SOON Blow the Man Down Trailer Previews Amazon’s New Drama Film
  • RUN THE TRAP 8UBBLES Pops Into The Weekend With New Single, “Run it Baq” + Music Video
  • INDIEWIRE ‘Selah and the Spades’ Trailer: Amazon’s Sundance Drama Tackles the Intoxicating Nature of Power
  • DEADLINE ‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ Charms Its Way Into Theaters, ‘Fatima’ Makes Its Debut
  • SLASHFILM ‘Selah and The Spades’ Trailer: A Queen Bee Chooses Her ProtĂŠgĂŠ in Amazon’s Stylish Sundance Drama
  • VIRTUAL HUMANS Who is 8ubbles? @8ubblesmusic, explained

2019

  • COMING SOON New Castle Rock Season 2 Video Takes You On A Road Trip
  • BLOODY DISGUSTING 14 Minute Promo Video for “Castle Rock” Season 2 is LOADED With Fun Stephen King Easter Eggs
  • EMPIRE Shia LaBeouf's On A Road Trip In The Peanut Butter Falcon Trailer
  • HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Trailer
  • INDIEWIRE ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Trailer: Shia LaBeouf Goes on a Whiskey-Soaked Americana Adventure
  • VARIETY Amazon Drops Teaser for Animated Series ‘Undone’
  • THE WRAP Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s ‘Undone’ Trailer Will Have You Question the Very Nature of Your Reality
  • DEADLINE ‘Undone’ Teaser: Amazon’s Mind-Bending Trip Into Adult Sci-Fi Animation
  • INDIEWIRE ‘Undone’ First Trailer: ‘BoJack’ Team’s Newest Animated Show is a Rotoscoped Reality Break
  • SLASHFILM ‘Undone’ Trailer: Amazon Takes a Wild Animated Trip Through Time, Space and (Maybe) Reality
  • CNN The Pfeffermans go out on a high note in ‘Transparent’ musical finale trailer
  • ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT 'Transparent': Pfefferman Family Moves on From Maura's Death in 'Musicale Finale' Trailer
  • HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ‘Transparent’: Watch the Full Trailer for the Musical Series Finale
  • THE WRAP ‘Transparent’ Musical Series Finale Teaser: Maura Is Dead and Shelly Can’t ‘Act Respectfully’
  • SLASHFILM ‘Bumblebee’ VHS Trailer: Coming Soon to a VCR Near You! (But Not Really)
  • COMING SOON Bumblebee VHS Trailer Transformers April Fools' Day
  • INDIEWIRE American Woman’ Trailer: Sienna Miller Goes on a Decade-Long Journey in Crime Drama
  • DEADLINE ‘You Vs. Wild’ Trailer: Netflix’s Interactive Series Put Bear Grylls In Peril – Will You Save Him?
  • HIGHSNOBIETY Netflix Shares Trailer for Bear Grylls’ Interactive Series ‘You vs. Wild’

2018

  • COMING SOON Bumblebee VHS Trailer Transformers April Fools' Day
  • DEADLINE ‘Disjointed’ Part 2 Trailer: Ruth & Her Budtenders Are Back In Business
  • ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Kathy Bates stars in Netflix's Disjointed trailer
  • INDIEWIRE ‘Disjointed’ Trailer: Kathy Bates Lights Up Again in New Season of Netflix’s Stoner Comedy

2017

  • INDIEWIRE ‘Love’ Season 2 Trailer: Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs Give Love A Chance in Judd Apatow’s Netflix Comedy
  • VULTURE Netflix's Love Season 2 Trailer
  • INDIEWIRE ‘Disjointed’ Trailer: Kathy Bates Blazes in New Netflix Pot Dispensary Comedy
  • COMING SOON Love Season 2 Trailer & Key Art in Time for Valentine’s Day
  • ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Love season 2 trailer: Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust star
  • INDIEWIRE ‘Disjointed’ Teaser Trailer: Kathy Bates Is High on Netflix Pot Comedy

2016

  • DEADLINE ‘Tallulah’ Trailer: Kidnapping, Coming Of Age And Accidental Parenthood
  • COLLIDER Tallulah Trailer: Ellen Page Leads Netflix Original Movie
  • VULTURE Tallulah Trailer: Ellen Page Really Did Not Think Through the Consequences of Stealing Someone’s Baby
  • COMING SOON XOXO Trailer: Netflix Puts on a Major Rave
  • USA TODAY Trailer: Netflix brings you an EDM rom-com with Sarah Hyland
  • SLASHFILM XOXO Trailer: Sarah Hyland & More Head to an EDM Festival
  • INDIEWIRE ‘XOXO’ Trailer: Sarah Hyland Chases Dreams & Good Times In Netflix’s EDM Film

2015

  • LOS ANGELES TIMES Steve Aoki, Linkin Park face zombie plague in video for ‘Darker Than Blood’
  • ROLLING STONE See Steve Aoki Face the Apocalypse in Wild ‘Darker Than Blood’ Video Shoot
  • SPIN Steve Aoki is a Cyborg in Fancy, Dystopian ‘Neon Future’ Music Video

2014

  • HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Steve Aoki Spoofs ‘Breaking Bad’ in ‘Free the Madness’ Music Video
  • MASHABLE Things Escalate Rather Quickly In The New Wavves “That’s On Me” Music Video
  • AD AGE Steve Aoki Shows Off His Kooky Side In Hilarious Ad For Liquipel
  • FAST COMPANY Steve Aoki Goes Full Infomercial For Liquipel

2013

  • PITCHFORK Terry Crews Is Major Lazer in the "Scare Me" Video
  • CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND Terry Crews brings Major Lazer to life in video for "Scare Me"
  • SPIN Major Lazer Hires Old Spice Guy to Slay ‘Workaholics’ Dude in ‘Scare Me’ Video
  • BLOODY DISGUSTING Things Escalate Rather Quickly In The New Wavves “That’s On Me” Music Video

2012

  • BLOODY DISGUSTING Coming Soon: 'The Human Unipede'!
  • USA TODAY Young Lions Teams Chosen To Represent The U.S. At Cannes Lions 2012 Worldwide Competitions

🧠 I’m on Linkedin, albeit infrequently. @maxwellriesberg

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