DNA had signed filmmaker Sanaa Hamri whose work spans features (Something New, Just Wright), TV (Glee, Shameless, Nashville, Desperate Housewives) commercials (Coors Light, Jenny Craig, AT&T) and music videos (for such performers as Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Rihanna Alcia Keys, Prince, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj). The Hamri-directed Minaj video “Super Bass” has been a viral sensation….
VFX studio Brewster Parsons has brought Jason Cohon on staff as sr. producer. Through his experiences as a hands-on producer for Asylum, Brand New School, Digital Domain, Mirada and SWAY Studio, he has produced groundbreaking live-action and VFX-intensive feature, television, commercial and experiential projects alongside leading industry innovators like directors Dante Ariola, Nicolai Fuglsig, Joseph Kosinski and Rupert Sanders. At Brewster Parsons, Cohon now joins CG/VFX supervisor TJ Burke, who has 24 feature film credits and has worked with Hydraulx and Industrial Light & Magic; VFX supervisor and lead Flame artist Louis Mackall, another former Hydraulx talent with credits spanning TV, film and music video projects; and VFX supervisor and lead Flame artist Andrew Eksner, another VFX talent previously with Digital Domain and Method. Over the past year, Brewster Parsons has opened a new finishing suite on its premises in Venice, Calif., and also forged strategic relationships with other leading facilities such as Ollin VFX in Mexico City, and Barcelona-based VFX shop Furia Digital. Over the past 18 months, both companies have contributed to Brewster Parsons projects for Royal Caribbean, and new opportunities are being explored….