Director Lena Beug has signed with bicoastal/international Moxie Pictures for exclusive global spot representation. For the past year she had been handled in the U.S. and U.K. by bicoastal/international RSA. Beug broke into the commercialmaking arena via the former Reginald Pike in Toronto, earning inclusion into SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase in 2006….Bicoastal, design-driven live-action/animation/visual effects shop Buck has brought Bradley Munkowitz (a.k.a. GMUNK) on board as senior design director. A noted motion design industry artisan, GMUNK had been working independently prior to joining Buck. Earlier he had been at bicoastal Imaginary Forces….Director John Moore is again available for commercials via executive producer Tom Mooney’s New York-based spot production house Moon after wrapping the feature Max Payne, which topped the box office chart this past weekend….Howard Wulkan has joined Yessian Music as director of creative development. Based in New York, he will work in tandem with Yessian N.Y. managing director Marlene Bartos to create new business opportunities for the company, as well as to explore new music licensing prospects and branding and marketing initiatives in both the business to business and business to consumer arenas. Wulkan comes from a 16-year run in record labels and distribution, having worked for Universal Music, PolyGram and Warner Music Group’s Cordless Recordings. Yessian maintains shops in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles….Ed Colman, formerly owner/president of SuperDailies, has joined Burbank, Calif.-headquartered FotoKem, a provider of lab and postproduction services, as its new director of commercial services….
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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