Moon, the New York-based production house headed by veteran executive producer Tom Mooney, has taken on stateside representation for directors David Eustace, Dom Bridges, Double Act and Cris Mudge who are all on the roster of Mustard Film Company, London….Chicago-based editorial house Hootenanny has hired Don Avila as executive producer. He comes over from JWT Chicago where he served as the director of in-house editorial facility JWTwo. Hootenanny’s talent roster includes editors Graham Metzger, Liz Tate and Jerem Sloan, and the finishing staff of partner/Smoke artist Jim Annerino and visual effects artist John Montgomery. Annerino and Tate teamed to launch Hootenanny earlier this year….Kenny Segal has been promoted to composer/chief studio engineer at bicoastal music/sound design/audio identity house Elias Arts……Design collective Lobo, represented by international production company The Ebeling Group, has formally launched a New York office to better serve the American advertising community. The new Manhattan shop has direct access to the company’s flagship studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for a coordinated 360-degree effort and easy exchange of talents across time zones. Creative director Daniel Piwowarczyk will oversee the New York studio and Lobo’s founding partner Mateus de Paula Santos will divide his time between Sao Paulo and New York…..New York-based creative boutique Bionic has brought managing director Megan Sweeten and editors Brian Donnelly and Amanda Hughes on board. Sweeten comes to Bionic from Creative Bubble, New York, where she last served as general manager. Donnelly and Hughes had previously been at New York house Editional Effects….
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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