Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Mixtape Club “The Snow Girl”
Inspired by their shared fascination with myths and stories, the directing duo of Chris Lenox Smith and Jesse Casey at Mixtape Club in NYC, teams with children’s author Adam Gidwitz and illustrator R Kikuo Johnson to update a Japanese folk tale. [Watch]
Psyop Short Film “Sisters”
David Chontos, a director and the head of CG at PSYOP LA, describes his latest short film as “part exercise of passion and part love letter – ‘Sisters’ is a fragment of some lost, tragic opera.” [Watch]
CNN Colorscope “Red”
Barcelona creative director and motion designer Abel Reverter takes on the colour red in the second film from CNN’s Colorscope series, admitting: “The bar was set super high after the amazing job Moth Studio made on the first piece.” [Watch]
MPC New York Adds Vadim Turchin as CG Supervisor
From the release: MPC has announced that they’re adding TV, film and advertising veteran Vadim Turchin to their growing roster of artists at their New York location as their new CG Supervisor. Under Vicky Osborn, Head of 3D, Turchin will be a senior member of the CG team, working with its producers on bids, working […] [Watch]
Luiz Stockler Introduces “John the Hairy Frog”
Beakus director/animator Luiz Stockler’s latest personal project features the humble and hand-drawn adventures of John, an auto-tuned hairy frog (aka Trichobatrachus robustus) an amphibian from Central Africa who sleeps with his socks on. [Watch]
JAMM Adds Veteran Flame Artist Mark Holden
From the release: Santa Monica-based visual effects boutique JAMM adds veteran flame artist Mark Holden to its roster. Holden comes to JAMM with over 20 years of experience in post production in London, and for the last six years, in Los Angeles. As a creative finishing artist working with agencies on both sides of the […] [Watch]
