The Mill L.A. has brought on board Stephen Venning as executive producer/new business, Tim Davies as VFX supervisor/lead Flame artist, and LaRue Anderson as producer, telecine.
Venning comes over from The Mill London where he spent the past 10 years as an executive producer and played an instrumental role in growing that facility’s 3D department. There he also exec produced this year’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning Nike spot, “Write The Future” directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and produced by Independent Films, London, and bicoastal Anonymous Content for Wieden+Kennedy, London and Amsterdam. Over the years Venning has overseen projects for such global brands as Nike, Pepsi, Axe/Lynx, Mercedes and Sony. He was also part of the team behind the iconic Sony “Balls” commercial, Guinness’ “Tipping Point” and Mercedes-Benz’s “Clouds.”
Davies spent six years at the now defunct Asylum as VFX supervisor/lead Flame artist. He then did a stint as lead Flame artist for The Mill N.Y. where he supervised projects such as Bud Light’s Super Bowl spot “Dog Sitter” directed by Baker Smith of Harvest, which ranked No. 1 in USA Today‘s 2011 Super Bowl Ad Meter poll. After Asylum, Davies also wrapped some work via Method. Since joining The Mill L.A, Davies has been working on upcoming spots for Old Spice. Among Davies’ notable credits are serving as VFX supervisor on the lauded HBO integrated “Voyeur” campaign directed by Jake Scott of RSA for BBDO New York, and as VFX supervisor/lead compositor on a pair of Apple iPhone campaigns directed by David Fincher via Anonymous Content. Davies also contributed to many of Asylum’s feature film and design projects, including the main titles for National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and a key four-minute sequence in Terminator Salvation.
And Anderson is producing projects for The Mill L.A.’s new telecine division headed up by veteran colorist Adam Scott. Currently she is working on jobs directed by Stacy Wall, Peter Thwaites and Tom Hooper. Wall of production house Imperial Woodpecker won this year’s DGA Award for Best Commercial Director of 2010. Thwaites of Gorgeous Enterprises, London, and Anonymous Content earlier won the same DGA honor for calendar year 2008. And Hooper, who directs commercials vis Smuggler, earned this year’s DGA Award as Best Feature Director of 2010 on the strength of The King’s Speech.
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra โCassieโ 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 Pepsiโs โSelfieโ featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap womenโs 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 didnโt 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 Stalloneโs Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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