Director Vaughan Arnell has signed with Stink for worldwide representation (excluding France). He was formerly affiliated with Serious Pictures; his last jobs there being the Robbie Williams music video “Shame” and an M&S campaign for RKCR/Y&R, London. Arnell has been directing solo since 1996; prior to that he was half of the directing duo Vaughan+Anthea (with Anthea Benton) which turned out such lauded commercials as Stella Artois' “Red Shoes” and Levi's “Creek”….Director Robert Maya has joined Los Angeles-headquartered production house Form. He had earlier been repped in the U.S. by Hoytyboy Pictures…..DUCK Studios in Los Angeles has signed Milan, Italy-based hybrid creative collective/motion design studio abstract:groove for representation in the U.S…..Matt MacDonald has been promoted from creative director to executive creative director at JWT New York. He has been a driving force at JWT behind brands including Macy's, JetBlue, Smirnoff, De Beers, L.L.Bean and Pfizer. He was co-creator of Macy's new network TV Xmas special Yes, Virginia, which received critical acclaim as well as three Lions at Cannes. MacDonald was also instrumental in the creation of JetBlue's “The Flyer's Collection” campaign….Mark Coleran has joined San Francisco-based motion design and integrated media company Bonfire as design director. Coleran is a high-profile designer of Fantasy User Interfaces (FUIs) for feature film and will leverage that experience to bring FUIs into real-world production for Bonfire's roster of technology clients. He will work closely with Bonfire executive producer Julia Sonder-Patchin, executive creative director/partner Matt Silverman and creative directors Barry Musterteiger and Phil Spitler to oversee the development of interactive design and graphic user interfaces for Bonfire's consumer electronics clients. Before joining Bonfire, Coleran spent three years as director of human interaction & visual design at Gridiron Software in Ottawa, Canada, where he created the UI for the award-winning workflow application Flow. While he's done numerous broadcast titles and promos through companies in London such as Double Negative, it's his work designing computer interfaces for the big screen that have made him a go-to artist for major Hollywood productions. Coleran's credits include imaginative and futuristic computer interfaces for 27 movies, including Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, Children of Men, The Island and Mission Impossible 3. Bonfire is a sister company to S.F.-based Phoenix Editorial….
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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