Hornet has signed director/animator Guilherme Marcondes whose 2006 short film Tyger–a mix of computer animation, illustration, live action, puppetry and photography–gained acclaim on the festival circuit.
One of the original animators at Lobo studio, a noted animation/design house in Brazil, Marcondes during his tenure there completed spots for such clients as Diesel, Panasonic, The Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. In 2004, he co-creative directed a short film, Lost Paradise, for Diesel’s summer campaign. Though originally intended for in-store displays, the project surpassed Diesel’s initial expectations and was later commissioned for TV.
After Lobo, Marcondes served as a director for MTV International, leading an extensive promotion campaign for the ’05 European Music Awards in Lisbon. The following year he moved to the U.S. to work as an art director at Motion Theory. Now he comes aboard New York studio Hornet, marking the first time he will be formally represented as a director. Through Hornet he is repped by indie firm Patricia Claire Co., New York, as well as through London-based Passion Pictures in Europe, via its partnership with both Hornet and Patricia Claire Co.
Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.
The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.
Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.
Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.
Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.
Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.
Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.
The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More