Hervé de Crécy and Francois Alaux, formerly of directing/design trio H5, are working now as the directing duo Hervé & Francois. Repped by Little Minx in the U.S. and U.K., Hervé & Francois have already booked a Nokia job out of Wieden+Kennedy London….Noted freelance film editor Richard Mettler has joined Peepshow Post Productions, New York and London. His credits include Estee Lauder, Nintendo, Infiniti, Christian Lacroix, Macy’s and the Rugby World Cup….Curious Pictures has hired Pamela Mahan, former executive producer at McCann Erickson in Los Angeles, as staff production manager at the New York studio. Before McCann, Mahan was a staff production manager at PYTKA and has extensive experience on the production, agency, and client sides of the business….Commercial/reality director and youth culture website VIMBY.COM creative director Zosimo Maximo has been named chief creative officer of Karma Media Group (KMG), a newly formed division of L.A.-based Karma Kollective. Maximo brings on-line and broadcast expertise to KMG as the company expands its services to include multi-platform video production, web design and development, motion graphics, visual effects and post production. Through VIMBY, Maximo has executive produced and directed branded on-line content for Puma, Nike 6.0, Toyota, X-Box Live, MySpace, Universal Music Group, Interscope, Sony Music, Warner Brothers Music, Urb Magazine, Inked Magazine, and Flavorpill. Maximo is represented commercially by the umbrella company Karma Kollective….
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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