Multidisciplinary creative talent Ryan Dunn has joined the roster at New York-based creative design studio Charlex as a director/creative director.
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Ad industry veteran Thor Raxlen is firmly ensconced in his new LAIR (www.lair.tv), a live-action, visual effects, character animation, design and post finishing studio.
Rainmaker Entertainment (TSX:RNK) has signed Wilson Tang, whose credits include Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, Steven Spielberg's A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and Ang Lee's The Hulk, to a first-look producing deal for developing and directing animated digital features and content.
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that marketing and advertising industry veteran Eric Hirshberg has been named Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, effective September 7, 2010.
New York-based creative design studio Charlex has hired Meredith Machial as its new executive producer.
Robert Moggach, industry leader and go-to visual effects supervisor and artist for the Rupert Sanders directed Halo ODST video game trailer and other award-winning campaigns, is pleased to announce the launch of Dashing, a Toronto-based creative collective specializing in high-end moving, still and interactive imagery.
Smoke & Mirrors NY has launched Smoke & Mirrors Creative, a new conceptual art and design division headed by Co-Founder and Creative Director Sean Broughton, who will closely collaborate with newly signed Conceptual Artist Jacob Henderson to lead an amazing team of global artists.
The artists and producers from U.S. creative production studio Brand New School (BNS) are very proud to announce the debut of their latest project work, consisting of online commercials and an interactive installation for premium faucet brand Brizo featuring their new SmartTouch faucet.
Production company Mothership announced today that director Aladino Debert has joined its roster.
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of the Adobe Creative Suite 5 product family, the highly-anticipated release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow.
On April 12, Adobe announced a massive slate of new products, updates and packages centered around the latest versions of its flagship Photoshop, Flash and creative suite of products.
A new creative studio, Mothership, has launched in Los Angeles to create original transmedia content for advertising agencies and brands.
For the seventh year, AWN's Rick DeMott puts together a collection of the best commercials and music videos from the past year submitted by readers.
Creative Group, the industry’s premier full-service post-production facility, and Mantra Design, an award-winning creative content design and visual effects boutique, have transformed Jay-Z’s renowned Answer the Call 9/11 benefit concert into a stirring hour-long special airing on the Fuse music network. Together, the two studios delivered a complete post package for Fuse Presents Jay-Z Live from Madison Square Garden: Answer the Call, including video editing, audio mixing and 3D graphics.
Zoic Studios, renowned for its visual effects work in Commercials, Features and Episodic Television, has been growing its creative offerings, officially launching a talent-backed Design Group, which complements their recent expansions into Gaming and Integrated Media.
SPECIAL AGENT PRODUCTIONS has opened a new boutique animation studio in San Francisco offering a host of streamlined services to meet the production demands of the new economy and the digital age.
PBS, one of the most highly respected brands in media, is unveiling a new multiplatform brand package this fall.
Digital media production studio Vitamin has re-launched itself under new leadership and a new creative mandate.
NYC based visual effects/conceptual design company, Manic has signed Creative Director Fran Roberts as part of its continued growth as a leading creative brand. Fran's reputation and extensive capabilities in graphic design, computer-generated animation, photography and visual effects will provide Manic's clients with a creative visionary disciplined in a concept through production approach to all projects.
House of Imagination, 4Creative's eagerly awaited new brand film for Syfy, will be premiered in the US today as part of SCI FI's brand evolution to Syfy on Tuesday, July 7. Visual Effects and the interactive web campaign were carried out at MPC.
The two minute brand film was conceived, directed and produced by 4Creative, Channel 4's creative resource, who in the last month have picked up a Bafta, a D&AD pencil and two Cannes Lions.
Nexus has announced that Cedric Gairard is joining as exec producer. Gairard joins from the international Amsterdam-based agency, 180, where he was head of production and co-managed the day-to day running of the agency. During his 11 years at 180 he worked with clients such as Adidas, Sony and MTV and consolidated his reputation within the international creative community for his commitment to high quality creative work across a range of media.
Bob Weis, executive vice president, creative, Walt Disney Imagineering, will be the creative lead for the in-development Shanghai Disneyland Resort, reports LAUGHINGPLACE.com.
This will be Weis' first lead in a foreign park project, and was chosen over Scott Trowbridge, VP of WDI R&D. Weis will lead all creative and master planning activities for the Shanghai park, including hotels, retail, dining and entertainment development.
The park is currently awaiting approval from the Chinese government, but is scheduled to open in 2014.
Jim Bowhall returns to Crawford Post Production as creative director. Leading a team of artists, he collaborates with clients to develop storyboards and cultivate ideas while working on agency, corporate and broadcast projects. Jim is an award-winning editor, compositor, motion graphics designer and 3D animator. High-profile work includes The Coca-Cola Company, The Weather Channel, Krystal, GA Lottery, Yamaha, The National Geographic Channel and many others.
HIT Ent. today unveiled its new development slate.
The first property from HIT Ent. is MIKE THE KNIGHT, by LUNAR JIM creator Alexander Bar. Produced in CG animation, the 52 x 10 series centers around 10-year old Mike, whose mission to "Be a Knight, do it right" sees him set out to protect his kingdom and make Mum proud. Dragons, magic and humor form the backbone of this pre-school series, which has an emphasis on wanting to do the very best that you can.
