Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Studio Grackle, a virtual traditional animation studio founded by Spencer Wan, jumped onto the Stash radar this week with their debut project, a whiplash trailer for Hades, the action role-playing game from Supergiant Games. [Watch]
Director James Papper teams with Blinkink roster-mates Guy Field, Sophie Koko Gate, José Fatkinson, and Bridget Meyne to create a loveably eccentric spot for Camden Town’s QR code-driven, free beer giveaway thru Wieden+Kennedy, London. [Watch]
The Mathematic VFX crew in Paris stitch together a dizzying array of shots for Caviar director Henry Scholfield’s latest visual feast: a 60-second spot for the launch of Gojek ride-hailing and food delivery services in Vietnam. [Watch]
The battle between Epic Games and Apple over Fortnite and App Store payment policies has at least one upside: this 45-second animated takedown of Ridley Scott’s 1984 Super Bowl commercial casting a worm-infested apple as Big Brother. [Watch]
Director/animator Di Lu (who now works at Pixar) reveals the perils of character design critiques in her thesis film “Super Generic” completed during her time in the Computer Animation program at the Ringling College of Art and Design. [Watch]
The Gondry brothers’ lockdown project, a music video for UK rock band IDLES, finds Michel animating paper cutouts in his Los Angeles studio on his iPhone then sending the frames to Olivier in Paris for CG enhancement and post. [Watch]
London’s Builder’s Club launches the latest addition to Nike’s ISPA collection by applying the same playful design philosophy behind the products (Improvise, Scavenge, Protect, Adapt) to this untethered 80-second film. [Watch]
With the help of French animation force Supamonks, veteran Psyop directors Kylie Matulick and Todd Mueller illustrate the timeless quandary faced by all creatives when it comes to managing their ideas. [Watch]
Paris animation/VFX studio Machine Molle and Division director Arnaud Bresson create a riveting (and convincing) X-ray vision peek into the life and times of Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies. [Watch]
Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s 1987 novel Norwegian Wood and her own experience with mental illness, “Isle of Chair” represents the culmination of a four-year passion project for London-based animation director and illustrator Ivyy Chen. [Watch]
The Golden Wolf animation crew helps British comedian/actor/writer/director Asim Chaudhry make a powerful statement about racism in the UK with this music video for “Brown Skin (Drown Him)”. [Watch]
Director Oliver Davies and The Mill crew explore the idea that a soccer shirt is made of far more than fabric in this dynamic CG promo introducing the new Manchester United home jerseys for the 2020/21 season. [Watch]
Bruce the giraffe rocks out to Whitesnake in this over the top and impossible-to-ignore spot for Australian commercial radio network Triple M created by Melbourne animation/CG/VFX studio Cadre Pictures through local agency Thinkerbell. [Watch]
Even if your only experience with Swiss electronic duo Yello derives from John Hughes’ 1986 hit film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you’re going to appreciate their latest excursion into eccentricity courtesy of director/animator Dirk Koy. [Watch]
