3D designer/director Gosha (Georgiy Kuznetsov) has joined Method Studios as creative director in Los Angeles. He adds his talent to the company’s eclectic, bicoastal design team guided by executive creative director Jon Noorlander in NY, creating works for major brands and entertainment properties.
Gosha has designed and created standout moving imagery for spots, websites and marketing campaigns, and has created content for Apple, Facebook, Oreo, Campbell’s Soup, IBM, Lexus and other top brands. He was most recently design director at ManvsMachine. Prior to that he was a motion graphics designer and 3D artist at Hue and Cry and The Martin Agency.
Stuart Robinson, Method Studios’ MD and EVP, North American Advertising Production, said, “Gosha is a fine artist at heart but also totally versed in CG pipelines, look dev, lighting and animation. That mix of traditional design and VFX knowledge makes for fantastic client engagements and conversations; he not only sees the path from vision to execution, he has his own vision as well. Gosha’s work is fantastic, and his talents are a great fit for this team.”
Method’s design team in New York and Los Angeles has created work for Facebook, Apple, GE, Ford, Nike and other brands, title sequences for 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2, Netflix’s Godless, FX Network’s American Horror Story, original animated shorts and more.
Review: Director Ben Taylor’s “Joy”
Toward the end of Netflix's "Joy," the muffled cry of a newborn baby prompts a man and woman in a hospital to embrace out of pure bliss. They aren't the parents, but they had as much to do with the birth as the mom and dad.
This charming and winning movie charts the decade-long true story of how the world's first IVF baby was born in England in 1978 — a 5-pound, 12-ounce girl who paved the way for millions more. It's an upbeat, very English affair, mixing sober discussion of endometriosis with chocolate biscuits.
The couple embracing that day were pioneering scientist Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist. Together with surgeon Patrick Steptoe, the trio succeeded with in vitro fertilization, a method of treating infertility. Edwards would go on to win the Nobel Prize.
"Joy" has been birthed at a time when science is under threat in America — even IVF — so it's downright inspiring to see plucky, smart scientists working hard to change the world. "What we're doing, it matters," says Steptoe, played with quiet economy by Bill Nighy.
"Joy" is the personal stories of the three scientists — mostly through the eyes of Purdy, a polite lab-coated warrior. "If I hear a commotion, I'm not very good at staying out of it," she says. Perfectly played by Thomasin McKenzie, Purdy is both vulnerable and strong, learning through the process to be a better human. James Norton plays Edwards with charm, self-doubt and calm spirit.
Jack Thorne's script nicely explains the massive pressure the trio faced. IVF may have become common and uncontroversial over the last decades, but back in the late '70s it was experimental and shunned. The Anglican church called it a sin, the newspapers labeled it Frankenstein-ish and other... Read More