Prodigy Films, with shops in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S., has signed director Felicity Morgan-Rhind, formerly of Down Under-based Film Construction, where her Frank beverages’ spots “Gold Digger” and “Adulterers” earned Bronze Lion distinction at this year’s Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival….Guerilla FX, a New York-based independent production, design, effects and post finishing company under the aegis of creative director Thor Raxlen and exec producer Doug Robbins, has launched a digital division exclusively for the creation of interactive content…Senior editor Dayn Williams of Cut+Run, London, has come stateside as an “editor in residence” at Cut+Run, Santa Monica, until spring 2008. Williams has edited a number of projects in L.A. and is currently collaborating at the Santa Monica office with RSA director Jordan Scott on Nike via Wieden + Kennedy….
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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