Director/photographer Dewey Nicks, formerly of Beverly Hills-based Villains, has joined superstudio, a Santa Monica boutique house headed by president/executive producer Dana Garman. Nicks, who was nominated for the DGA Award as best commercial director of 1999, largely on the strength of an Ameritrade campaign….Director Ramaa Mosley, who recently joined trio films, Los Angeles, has gotten off to a fast start at the shop with campaigns for Lee Jeans, Tide and Pillsbury….Mario de Toledo-Sader has come aboard bicoastal Transistor Films as East Coast creative director. His experience includes serving as a Paris-based freelance motion designer and director, and being on staff at renowned studio Lobo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, working for such clients as Coca-Cola, Diesel, Budweiser, General Motors, Ford, Cartoon Network, Motorola and Cinemax……Leah Welsh has joined Raleigh, N.C.-based commercial postproduction boutique Serious Robots as executive producer…
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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