Cutters Studios Expands Roster With Editor Kate Owen
February 6, 2025
Director Colin Levy, who amassed credits on seven projects during his tenure at Pixar, leads the animation crew at LA’s Bipolar studio on this pair of feel-good films for pet food brand Hill’s thru Red Fuse and VMLY&R. [Watch]
In his series of shorts for Cake on FXX, California artist/director Joseph Bennett explores characters from America’s underclass in painstaking (and often painful) detail. Case in point: Jay, certified narcissist/vacuum sales wizard. [Watch]
The work of Slovakian director/animator David Stumpf inspires adjectives like witty, playful, and unpredictable – which have made him a popular choice lately for film festivals looking to grab attention in a distracted world. [Watch]
Nexus director Laurie Rowan takes his talent for designing and animating eccentric characters into the wilds of the British countryside to highlight the power and performance of the new HP ZBook Create. [Watch]
Glasgow design and motion studio Playdead elevates the technical explainer video to new heights in this elegant and carefully crafted film for the Luxembourg Space Agency in collaboration with NASA. [Watch]
Canadian director Chloé Robichaud and a remote crew of 45 designers, animators, and artists at SHED in Montreal pull all your available heartstrings in this gentle holiday spot for grocery retailer IGA thru Sid Lee. [Watch]
Artist Simon Stålenhag, whose paintings inspired the Amazon series “Tales from the Loop”, makes his directorial debut with this music video for songwriter/producer (and fellow Swede) Duvchi – with Stockholm’s Goodbye Kansas handling VFX. [Watch]
Nexus director Hannah Lau-Walker gathers an all-female animation and audio crew to support the launch of “Boobs”, a collaborative art book designed to honor women (and boobs) with profits going to breast cancer charities. [Watch]
Toronto animation studio Blame Your Brother wades deep into the tide of holiday spots with a soft touch and welcome message in this two-minute charmer for Colgate via Seattle prodco Anchor Point and Red Fuse Communications. [Watch]
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]
Powered by Charles Bukowski’s poem “Alone with Everybody” and rendered at 4K resolution in realtime at 60FPS, “No Way Home” by the Pakistan-based trio The Union is both a passion project and a glimpse into the future of video production. [Watch]
Yes, 2020 feels like a write-off in many ways but Stash 144 proves the planet’s designers, animators, and VFX artists faced the storm with unwavering resolve and new levels of innovation. [Watch]
Here’s a feel-good film to break up the flow of holiday ads: The graduation work of five students at Georges Méliès School in Paris, “Last Round” is a beautifully crafted (and multi-award-winning) look at siblings and self-sacrifice. [Watch]
Berlin-based Taiwanese animation director Cheng-Hsu Chung and Barcelona artist/illustrator Ricardo Cavolo combine their shared proclivity for the enigmatic into a mellow and tripped-out visual feast for British musical artist Chelou. [Watch]
