Academy Award-winning actor and critically acclaimed screenwriter, director and producer Tim Robbins will deliver the opening keynote speech on Monday, April 14 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.... »
Smoke & Mirrors New York, the VFX shop behind Feist's hit videos, Light Up the Night, and 1,2,3,4 is pleased to welcome Executive Producer Celest Gilbert into the fold.... »
Continuing to broaden the scope of its creative roster, bi-coastal production company The Joneses has signed award-winning director Allen Martinez for exclusive U.S. representation for commercials. Martinez, whose recent work includes spots for Coca-Cola out of TBWA Moscow, and Brahma Beer, an international spot for Advanta and McGarry Bowen, is known as a gifted storyteller with a seductive sense of humor. A lengthy acting background has also made him very skillful in directing talent. ... »
On the heels of a string of successful sites for clients such as Virgin America, 2k Games, Time Warner, Kiehl's, Nintendo, and Atlantic Records, full service Interactive Agency ROKKAN announces the opening of a new San Francisco office ... »
International Duplication Centre (IDC), a New York City-based digital post-production and new media facility, today announced that it has acquired Phoenix Productions and has formed a new fully integrated production, creative motion branding and post-production division, Air Station, headed by Chris Phoenix.... »
Brand New School (www.brandnewschool.com), the bicoastal directing collective, announced today the company signed Vadim Turchin as CG Supervisor for the New York office.... »
Umlaut is pleased to welcome Inome Callahan to its editorial team. Callahan joins Umlaut's existing roster, which includes Doug Brown, Jessica Congdon, Peter Johnson and Jean Kawahara.... »
New York-based design and production studio Click 3X expands their roster with three producers and two designers as part of their dedication to providing the bandwidth and resources to deliver visual solutions for commercials, feature films, television, music videos and broadcast clients. Their combined experience and talent will heighten the company's capabilities as a full-service provider of innovative, interactive visual solutions.... »
Multi-disciplinary creative studio Thornberg & Forester has added designer Kelli Miller to its roster of design and animation talent. Miller, who currently resides in Brooklyn, has developed a reputation as sought-after freelance talent since earning her MFA in 2006 in 2D at the storied Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, where such design icons as Ero Saarinen and The Eames once taught.... »
losthighwayfilms has signed directing duo Zack & J.C. for exclusive US spot representation. The directors, whose standout work in branded entertainment, commercials, and music videos has garnered a slew of awards and accolades, come over from @radical.media.... »
Buck, the bi-coastal design-driven creative company specializing in animation, visual effects and live action, recently signed Douglas Wilkinson as VFX Supervisor.... »
BOXX Technologies Inc., an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects (VFX) professionals, today announced the immediate availability of the company’s new RTX 8400 Series, specifically designed to handle intense digital intermediary (DI) and compositing workloads. The RTX 8400 is powered by Dual Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5400 Series processors and offers the freedom to play back 4K, 2K, High Definition (HD), Standard Definition (SD) and High-Definition Video (HDV) at full resolution in real-time.... »
Senior Colorist and industry veteran Steve Rodriguez has joined Riot/Los Angeles. The announcement was made by Michael Taylor, Riot's Managing Director.... »
