Strange Beast Grows
Design-focused production company Strange Beast, London, has signed Parallel Teeth, a.k.a. Rob Wallace, for representation in the U.K. and Europe. Based in his native New Zealand, Wallace is a director, animator and illustrator whose talents span multiple disciplines, from 2D line drawings and stop motion, to 3D CG graphics and puppetry. His work has been screened at international film and animation festivals including Pictoplasma and File Anima+ and has been exhibited in group shows in the USA, Australia and Japan. In 2013 he was named a Young Gun by the Art Directors Club. Perhaps Parallel Teeth’s most impressive project to date is his 2013 music video for Ladi6’s track ‘Shine On’, which involved creating three distinct worlds inhabited by puppets.
Pet Gorilla born
Director Luc Schurgers and EP Dominic Bernacchi announced the official opening of their integrated production company Pet Gorilla. Based in Los Angeles, the house also sports creative directors Reza Rasoli and Bobby Lewis. The shop has actually been operating since the end of 2013 with work for HBO’s Game of Thrones, art installations for NBC, an online interactive program for The Shelter Pet Project, and the ongoing Skype ReRouted. Schurgers and Bernacchi previously worked together at MINIVEGAS….
