FilmTecknarna, the storytelling and design studio with headquarters in Stockholm and offices in New York, has signed Jasmin Jodry, a film director and motion designer currently living and working in London. She is being handled by FilmTecknarna in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and Switzerland. Jodry is otherwise repped through Th1ng (commercials in the UK and Dubai), Love (music videos in UK) and Bullet (commercials in Asia). Jodry is known for creating surreal worlds and storytelling through complex motion graphics mixing live action, 3D and 2D animation. In addition to her commercial work, her portfolio includes experimental films, art installations and experiential projections. Prior to London, Jodry worked as a motion designer and animator in Hollywood for Imaginary Forces as well as in New York for Trollbäck and Company. Her work includes the title sequence design for Spider-Man and Monsoon Wedding…Los Angeles-based HELLO! has added French helmer Vincent Jerome for U.S. commercial, integrated and music video representation. His credits include beauty and fashion-themed ads and web films for the likes of Givenchy, LVMH, Vivienne Westwood, and Emporio Armani. His reach also extends to such clients as Opel, Nissan and Coca-Cola. His previous stateside affiliations include Serial Dreamer and Madison Park….L.A.-based creative studio DUCK has signed Tiny Inventions, the Brooklyn-based, husband-and-wife directing team of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata….A Very Small Office (AVSO, New York, has signed director Jason Harrington for exclusive representation in the U.S. Prior to joining AVSO, Harrington was directing via Believe Media…..
Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey Launch Production House 34North
Executive producers Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey have teamed to launch 34North. The shop opens with a roster which includes accomplished directors Jan Wentz, Ben Nakamura Whitehouse, David Edwards and Mario Feil, as well as such up-and-coming filmmakers as Glenn Stewart and Chris Fowles. Nakamura Whitehouse, Edwards, Feil and Fowles come over from CoMPANY Films, the production company for which Cicero served as an EP for the past nearly five years. Director Wentz had most recently been with production house Skunk while Stewart now gains his first U.S. representation. EP Clancey was freelance producing prior to the formation of 34North. He and Cicero have known each other for some 25 years, recently reconnecting on a job directed by Fowles. Cicero said that he and Clancey “want to keep a highly focused roster where talent management can be one on one--where we all share in the directors’ success together.” Clancey also brings an agency pedigree to the new venture. “I started at Campbell Ewald in accounts, no less,” said Clancey. “I saw firsthand how much work agencies put in before we even see a script. You have to respect that investment. These agency experiences really shaped my approach to production--it’s about empathy, listening between the lines, and ultimately making the process seamless.” 34North represents a meeting point--both literally and creatively. Named after the latitude of Malibu, Calif., where the idea for the company was born, it also embraces the power of storytelling. “34North118West was the first GPS-enabled narrative,” Cicero explained. “That blend of art and technology, to captivate an audience, mirrors what we do here--create compelling work, with talented people, harnessing state-of-the-art... Read More