Steve Marino has been named to the newly created company position of executive creative director at Nitrous Ltd., a New York-based design/animation/live action/visual effects boutique headed by senior editor/owner Paul C. Rosen. Marino, who most recently was working internationally in Dubai, has a depth of experience that includes his having been a fixture at R/Greenberg Associates, N.Y., for five years, before jumping over to Click 3X where he designed, supervised and directed. He later launched his own design company at 89 Greene, N.Y., and went on to open Voodoo Design & Visual FX where he directed notable ad campaigns and music videos (working with such artists as The Beastie Boys, Michael Jackson, The Bouncing Souls), and then started Saucer Attack! Design & Visual FX, and Vignette Editorial….Steve Garfinkel has joined PostWorks, New York, as director of cinematography services. He will serve as the primary interface between cinematographers and the staff at the facility which provides a broad range of postproduction services for the television and motion picture industries. During the previous 13 years, Garfinkel was Eastern regional manager for the Entertainment Imaging Division of the Eastman Kodak Company. Garfinkel is also a cinematographer and a member of IATSE Local 600, The Cinematographers Guild, and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers….Avion Films, Toronto, has taken on exclusive representation in Canada for director George Hickenlooper. He is best known for his work on films as Factory Girl and Hearts of Darkness, and spots for ESPN, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, as well as the Speechless ads in support of the Writers Guild of America strike last year…..
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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