Nancy Hwang, formerly a producer at TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles, has joined MassMarket, a New York-based visual effects boutique that is a sister shop to production house Psyop. She comes aboard MassMarket as a producer while Jeffrey Dates, who had most recently been freelancing, assumes a staff role as CG supervisor….Bicoastal Transistor Studios has signed director/designer/illustrator Chris Eyerman to serve as web art director for interactive. He formerly served as interactive art director at Crispin Porter+Bogusky….Directors Brian Belefant and Steven Hood have come aboard Large Films, Portland, Ore…..The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, directed by James Griffiths and produced by bicoastal/international Moxie Pictures, has been nominated for best short film honors in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards competition….Alex Bickel has joined Outside Editorial, New York, as editor/colorist. Already at his new roost, he has wrapped a round of projects for Jaguar, collaborating with Outside editor Neil Gust…Motion graphics and visual effects artist Phil Spitler has come on board Phoenix Editorial & Designs, San Francisco. The 15-year industry veteran, who had most recently been freelancing in Northern California, has worked with major ad agencies and blue-chip clients in both the United States and in his native England, where he was a founding partner of leading motion graphics studio Keyframe….Tim Gillingham has joined Minneapolis-headquartered ad agency Olson as executive creative director. Gillingham’s past roosts have included Arnold Worldwide, Boston, and Minneapolis shops Fallon and Carmichael Lynch….
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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