Jelly New York has taken on representation of Cape Town-based Arcade Studio–a collective specializing in colorful storytelling through animation–for commercial projects across the U.S. Arcade Studio’s work spans global brands including Apple, Nickelodeon, Coca Cola, Google, Hyundai, Paypal, and UNICEF….
AFX Creative has brought Felix Urquiza on board as executive creative director. Urquiza brings nearly 20 years of experience to the Santa Monica, Calif.-based studio, working at shops like Method Studios, The Mill, and Team One, heading up the latter’s VFX/CG division TiltShift under the Team One/Publicis Groupe’s USA umbrella. In his new role at AFX, Urquiza will lead the creative team and develop new strategies to elevate its creative focus. In addition, he will be working closely with the studio’s managing director Nicole Fina to introduce new clients to AFX and expand its services beyond what it currently offers. Urquiza’s VFX expertise has been brought to bear on assorted projects for such brands as Activision, Nike, Bacardi, Samsung, Apple, Lexus, GM and Toyota, among others. He’s collaborated with agencies like Team One, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, BBDO, McCann, Omnicom, and Argonaut. Urquiza’s career highlights include working on his first-ever film, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, doing a shoot with Zack Snyder during the opening weekend of 300, working on XCOM: The Bureau (which he considers one of his favorite projects), and, being nominated twice for a VES (Visual Effects Society) Award….
In NBC’s “Brilliant Minds,” Zachary Quinto Plays Doctor–In A Role Inspired By Physician/Author Oliver Sacks
There's a great moment in the first episode of the new NBC medical drama "Brilliant Minds" when it becomes very clear that we're not dealing with a typical TV doctor.
Zachary Quinto is behind the wheel of a car barreling down a New York City parkway, packed with hospital interns, abruptly weaving in and out of lanes, when one of them asks, "Does anyone want to share a Klonopin?" — a drug sometimes used to treat panic disorders.
"Oh, glory to God, yes, please," says Quinto, reaching an arm into the back seat. The intern then breaks the pill in half and gives a sliver to the driver, who swallows it, as the other interns share stunned looks.
Quinto, playing the character Dr. Oliver Wolf, is clearly not portraying any dour, by-the-rules doctor here — he's playing a character inspired by Dr. Oliver Sacks, the path-breaking researcher and author who rose to fame in the 1970s and was once called the "poet laureate of medicine."
"He was someone who was tirelessly committed to the dignity of the human experience. And so I feel really grateful to be able to tell his story and to continue his legacy in a way that I hope our show is able to do," says Quinto.
He's a fern-loving doctor
"Brilliant Minds" takes Sack's personality — a motorcycle-riding, fern-loving advocate for mental health who died in 2015 at 82 — and puts him in the present day, where the creators theorize he would have no idea who Taylor Swift is or own a cell phone. The series debuts Monday on NBC, right after "The Voice."
"It's almost as if we're imagining what it would have been like if Oliver Sacks had been born at a different time," says Quinto. "We use the real life person as our North Star through everything we're doing and all the... Read More