The directing team of Marandi/Heath, consisting of Sara Marandi and Brendan Heath, has rejoined CoMPANY, the Los Angeles-based production house headed by executive producer Robin Benson. The Marandi/Heath duo first joined CoMPANY at its inception in 2006, then took off to work in Europe via Bandits in Paris and Tempomedia in Germany which continue to rep the directors for international work. Now Marandi/Heath–after working in the U.S. for a year through their own company, Imposter–has returned to CoMPANY….Director Sebastian Reed has signed with Little Minx….OLSON has hired Dennis Ryan as chief creative officer, a new position at the Minneapolis-headquartered agency. He formerly served as partner/CCO at Element 79, Chicago. Ryan earlier was an executive creative director at JWT Chicago and prior to that was at DDB Chicago….Vince Genovese, formerly director of broadcast production for McCann Worldgroup‘s L.A. and San Francisco offices, has come aboard San Francisco-based content creation and production company Rehab as a partner and director of production. Other Rehab partners are executive producer Nathan Brown and director Sean Leman….
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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