Jake Dyson Signs to Common People Roster
January 29, 2025
The design and CG motion crew at NotReal (whose work we track here) unleash an appropriately maximalist demo film for VIZIO TVs promising “more color, brightness, contrast, detail, clarity… more everything”. [Watch]
Passion Pictures director Tom O’Meara combines his extensive stop-motion experience with CG characters to create a happy tactile warmth in this hybrid spot for Spanish telco Movistar thru agency VML Madrid. [Watch]
Paris prodco Jungler and Belgian director Renaud Lavency take on the delicate task of representing the harsh reality of disability discrimination in the work place with the hope provided by European charity LADAPT. [Watch]
Untold Studios, the London VFX crew whose CG creature cred is on full display here and here, team with Hungry Man director Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) on a Disney holiday hear-warmer “The Boy & The Octopus”. [Watch]
Leaning into the crucial role played by tactical data in Tencent’s first-person shooter Delta Force, ECD Oriol Puig and the Trizz team unleash two minutes of hardcore CG action punctuated with glitchy design. [Watch]
Wizz director Gary Levesque channels vintage Japanese TV vibes in this film for the Ranger AF3 shoe, a collab between Nike and Japanese fashion designer Nigö, merging lux sneaker fashion and anime nostalgia. [Watch]
Flux celebrates its 15th year with the launch of Flux Festival, an event centered on innovation in film, art, and emerging technology with a full day of talks, screenings, and performances Nov. 23rd in Los Angeles. [Watch]
Leveraging their passion for the automotive arts, ECD David Macey and the crew at INK Studio in London frame the new Mclaren MCL38 Formula One car as evolutionary hi-tech sculpture in this dramatic launch film. [Watch]
Kiwi vitamin and supplement brand Healtheries gets a shot of contagious cheerful energy in this spot delivered by director Roberts Kulenko and the team at Latvian animation studio Panic thru TBWA\New Zealand. [Watch]
The Passion Paris animation team and director Juan Pablo Machado help mark the 30th anniversary of the Ronald McDonald Foundation with this poignant, atmospheric, and beautifully drafted film created thru TBWA Paris. [Watch]
Aardman director Steve Harding-Hill returns to Mossy Bottom Farm to save Shaun the Sheep and a Christmas choir from the elements in this seasonal stop-motion treat for English luxury and lifestyle brand Barbour. [Watch]
Director Jake Wegesin and his animation studio Ambient Press (whose work we track here) just released his latest short film, an ambitious and deeply personal journey exploring themes of belonging and determination. [Watch]
Exploring the idea of natural rhythms vs. obsessive productivity, London-based director and 2D animator Emily Downe crafts a poetic and very topical short film with Theos, a Christian think tank based in the UK. [Watch]
The most recent collaboration between venerable Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin and the team at Paris studio I-réel, weaves a mix of CG and macro photography into a sweeping launch campaign for the new Freak S Nomad timepiece. [Watch]
