Entertainment brand consultancy and marketing innovations agency Troika has brought on board its sixth creative director, Kasumi Mihori. She will be reporting to Dan Pappalardo, founder and CEO.
With over 20 years of creative experience specializing in large scale, high profile branding initiatives, Emmy Award recipient Mihori joins Troika in Hollywood where she’ll relocate from Turner Studios in Atlanta. She has worked with almost every major network, broadcaster and media company including; Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, CBS, Fox, Warner Brothers Studio, CNN, ESPN, PBS, Disney Channel and Discovery. Her international work includes; British SKY Broadcasting (UK), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), and Fox International. She has turned out work for such agencies as DDB, Deutsch, TBWAChiatDay, Ogilvy, McCann Erickson, Saatchi & Saatchi, Team One, and BBDO.
Mihori received an Emmy Award for the 25th Anniversary title sequence of Wonderful World of Disney. Her creative work has been featured on major television networks, cable networks, popular television shows, commercials, social media and the Internet.
During Mihori’s two decades career her work has included; creative team management, client relations, elevation of brand integrity with a focus on ROI, strategy, change management, and audience engagement. She has a strong focus on creative direction, 360 degree marketing initiatives on multiple platforms and the directing of design, live-action, animation, post production and development of original music.
First-Time Feature Directors Make Major Splash At AFI Fest, Generate Oscar Buzz
Two first-time feature directors who are generating Oscar buzz this awards season were front and center this past weekend at AFI Fest in Hollywood. Rachel Morrison, who made history as the first woman nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar---on the strength of Mudbound in 2018--brought her feature directorial debut, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios), to the festival on Sunday (10/27), and shared insights into the film during a conversation session immediately following the screening. This came a day after William Goldenberg, an Oscar-winning editor for Argo in 2013, had his initial foray into feature directing, Unstoppable (Amazon MGM Studios), showcased at the AFI proceedings. He too spoke after the screening during a panel discussion. The Fire Inside--which made its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival--tells the story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (portrayed by Ryan Destiny), a Black boxer from Flint, Mich., who trained to become the first woman in U.S. history to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the sport. She achieved this feat--with the help of coach Jason Crutchfield (Brian Tyree Henry)--only to find that her victory at the Summer Games came with relatively little fanfare and no endorsement deals. So much for the hope that the historic accomplishment would be a ticket out of socioeconomic purgatory for Shields and her family. It seemed like yet another setback in a cycle of adversity throughout Shields’ life but she persevered, going on to win her second Gold Medal at the next Olympics and becoming a champion for gender equality and equitable pay for women in sports. Shields has served as a source of inspiration for woman athletes worldwide--as well as to the community of... Read More