Good Company (company)

Good Company
Industry Entertainment
Founded July 2012
Founders
  • Jonathan Lia
  • Ryan Heiferman
  • Brian Welsh
Headquarters 132 West 22nd Street, New York City, New York
Website goodco.tv

Good Company is an independent US production company founded in 2012 by Jonathan Lia, Brian Welsh and Ryan Heiferman in New York City with a satellite office in Los Angeles. The company has produced content of all forms, including commercials, music videos, films, and experiential.[1]

Good Company started 2012 with Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Ni**as in Paris” video, which was nominated for two VMA Awards, Best Video and Best Director.[2][3] Later that year they also produced Kanye West’s “Cruel Summer” 7-screen film, which premiered in Cannes in May but has yet to be officially released.[4]

Prior to Good Company, its founders compiled two D&AD awards,[5] two Grammy nominations,[6] one VMA winner,[7] and nominations and honors from VMA, Much Music, and National Board of Review. Jonathan Lia co-directed the Saturday Night Live hit "I'm On A Boat," and was nominated for a Grammy for producing Depeche Mode's "Wrong" Video.[8] Fellow co-founder Brian Welsh received a Latin Grammy nomination for producing Mana's "Lluvia al Corazon", which also won an MTV VMA. As independent producers, they produced commercials and music videos for Adidas, Toyota, Swatch, Beyonce, Madonna, Kanye West, Timbaland, Bjork and U2.[9]

Co-founder Jonathan Lia had already made his mark on the hip hop music video scene as a producer. In 2010 Jonathan Lia had produced Kanye West's 34 minute musical short film, "Runaway". The film functioned as a music video for Kanye West's fifth full length album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[10]It had earned two nominations at the 2011 BET Awards, for best music video, and best director.

References

  1. ↑ "GOODCOMPANY website"
  2. ↑ Breihan, Tom. "MTV VMA Nominations 2012", "Stereogum", New York, 31 July 2012. Retrieved on 1 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "GOODCOMPANY Vimeo"
  4. ↑ "Kanye West Debuts Short Film Cruel Summer at Cannes" 24 May 2012. Retrieved on 1 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "D&AD Award for Power", "D&AD", London, 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Mana Wins The Grammy For Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album", "Mana", 14 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Launch of Good Company", "TRUST", 14 December 2012. Retrieved on 1 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Lia IMDB"
  9. ↑ "Ryan Heiferman IMDB"
  10. ↑ "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". Wikipedia. 2017-07-15.
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