Director Jacques Steyn has joined Santa Monica, Calif.-based Aero Film. Steyn has been directing commercials and image films out of his own Radical Images based in Germany. His forte is high-end car work for Audi, Lamborghini, Volvo, Mercedes and Mitsubishi….Director Jack Wung, whose short films made their mark on the festival circuit, leading to his successfully diversifying into commercials and music videos, has come aboard bicoastal/international Instant Karma Films. He earlier earned distinction for being one of eight up-and-coming directors chosen by Saatchi & Saatchi N.Y. for the P&G Small Gifts project…Matt Howell has joined Modernista!, Boston, as director of digital production, where he will run the agency’s digital production capability internally and with its network of development partners. This includes the development of websites, software, mobile applications and other interactive brand engagements…..Broadway Video has added editor Dan Fisher, a specialist in broadcast promotions and other short form media. Fisher, who won a Promax World Gold Award earlier this year for his work on a campaign for the Sci Fi Channel series Who Wants to be a Superhero?, will collaborate with Broadway Sound editors Mike Garatty and Kevin McElligott in crafting promotional spots and campaigns for broadcast clients….A pair of New York houses–creative post boutique Bionic and branding specialist firm Flying Machine–have entered into a creative alliance. Via this association, Flying Machine’s Micha Riss will serve as creative director for Bionic on select campaigns and projects. Flying Machine gains access to Bionic’s visual and audio talent and resources….
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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