Green Dot Films, Santa Monica, has brought the directing duo of jacobsbriere–Kim Jacobs and Alain Briere–aboard its roster. The helming team comes over from Hello! & Co….Philadelphia post house Shooters Post & Transfer is launching ShootersNYC, a New York City-based post house. The new venture will be led by Jeff Beckerman, most recently founder/creative director of BOND, which closed in August…..Craig Duncan joins Cutters, Inc. as the new exec producer of the company’s Chicago studios. Duncan’s main focus will be as the EP for Cutters Editorial, but he will bring his multi brand experience to the growth of Sol Design, Dictionary Films, Another Country and picnic. Duncan is no stranger to the leadership role of a multi-brand company, having previously held a similar post with Griot and Postique in Detroit. He most recently served as managing director of Red Car, Chicago. Cutters is headed by president Tim McGuire. Cindy Duffy has been upped from EP to director of post for the Cutters, Inc. brands….The Whitehouse Chicago has added editor Glorily Velez, formerly of Optimus, and promoted talent from within, elevating assistant editors Brian Gannon and Christine Wolf to full fledged editors…Wing, a marketing communications agency focused on the intersection of the U.S. Hispanic, Latin American and general markets, has hired Alejandro Falduti as senior producer. Falduti is based in N.Y. and will be responsible for leading production across all of Wing’s brands. He reports to Tania Salter, head of production. Falduti previously was with creative agency Santo where he was global producer, working on campaigns such as Coke’s World Cup 2010 and Vodaphone’s “Power To You” in Europe….
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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