Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
A True Tale of Love and Loss: Elyse Kelly’s Emotional New Film for ACLU Arizona
In this hand-rendered and heart-felt mini-doc for ACLU Arizona, Washington DC director Elyse Kelly and the animation team at her studio Neon Zoo bring to light the issue of immigrant property confiscation at the southern US border. [Watch]
JAMM and Director Chris Balmond Get Furry for VIZIO in “Watch us” Spot
Culver City VFX studio JAMM bring their CG creature skills to this jaunty holiday spot for US smart TV brand VIZIO directed by Chris Balmond thru agency David&Goliath with Imaginary Forces crafting the new animated logo mnemonic. [Watch]
Elyse Kelly Launches Neon Zoo Studio with “The Greatest Poem” Short Film
Director Elyse Kelly, who’s Fired Up short film still resonates five years on, marks the launch of her studio by gathering 20 animators for a collaborative love letter to the diversity of America called “The Greatest Poem”. [Watch]
Barbra Streisand “Be Aware” Music Video by Elyse Kelly
Director Elyse Kelly brings a thoughtful approach and painterly touch to Barbra Streisand’s “Be Aware”, a song written and recorded in the 1970s to address homelessness and hunger and the first track on a new album of previously unreleased material. [Watch]
Ala Nunu Looks “Ahead” in New Animated Short Film
Ala Nunu Leszynska, who has appeared in Stash credited as an animator/art director on two films directed by Elyse Kelly (here and here), just released her short film “Ahead”, produced during her first year of the MA Animation program at Royal College of Art in London. [Watch]
Android Docuseries Explores What “Being Human Is”
Five tales of mobile technology creating real and positive change combine into an uplifting animated series for Android directed by Nico Carbonaro and Tuesday McGowan thru Oakland prodco Where the Buffalo Roam. [Watch]
