Director-animator Kirsten Lepore has signed with Caviar for spot representation. She is best known for her stop-motion animation, including the short Bottle which earned best animation honors at Slamdance, the Community Choice Award for Best Animation at the Vimeo Awards, the first student Annie Award in 2010, the Prix D’Or at the LES Film Festival, and top prizes at GIRAF6, Anim’est, and the Stop Motion Festival. Lepore’s 2008 animated film Sweet Dreams won the Special Jury Award at SXSW in ’09 and LACMA‘s Young Director Award in ’10. Her client list includes Facebook, MTV, Toyota, Nickelodeon, Nestle, Heinz, and Glamour Magazine, and her work has been featured on TV, the web, and various international film fests. Caviar will also manage Lepore for feature films and long-form content…..Bicoastal Saville Productions has further fortified its mixed media capabilities by inking a deal with German motion design label, Sehsucht. Founded by Martin Woelke and Ole Peters in ’00, Sehsucht (meaning visual addiction) employs over 30 creative designers and graphic artists in their Hamburg and Berlin studios, including former PSYOP director Mate Steinforth. Their work spans such clients as Google, Lamborghini, VW, Haagen-Dazs, and Sparkasse. Sehsucht has earned honors at the Clios, One Show, LIA, D&AD, Epica, Eurobest, NY Festival, BDA, ANDYs and Red Dot. The studio was also feted for its “Sounds of Summer” campaign for Mercedes-Benz, which won a Cannes Gold Lion….Jayan Films, Atlanta, has signed director Mark Claywell for the spot, corporate and original content markets. His credits include the documentary American Jihadist…..Atlanta-based Pogo Pictures added comedy director Ben Callner….
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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