Argentinean design laboratory Gizmo Animation has joined the directorial roster of L.A.-based DUCK Studios. With over 10 years of experience in 2D animation, 3D animation, motion graphics, and postproduction, Gizmo produces commercial content across TV, film, and printed media. Gizmo is headquartered in Buenos Aires and also has offices in Mexico and Madrid, delivering campaigns for Latin American and global clients. Some of Gizmo’s recent clients include Netflix, Disney, Beats by Dre, ESPN, Kraft, Bayer, Ford, Hasbro, Honda, and Nestlé. Specifically for Netflix, Gizmo produced a series of animated shorts that summarize and promote the plots of recent hit films including The Wolf of Wall Street and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire….
Logan & Sons, the live-action division of bicoastal content creation studio LOGAN, has signed director Christian Alexander Holm-Glad, introducing him to the U.S. market. Holm-Glad is perhaps best known for directing “Not Alone” for multi-award winning UK artist Calvin Harris and Madcon’s “Beggin” which was number one in several European countries. He first broke into the music video scene in 2012 lensing New York Festival Shortlist selection “Rhapsody” for the Norway-based Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. Holm-Glad was an original founder of independent studio Bulldozer Films. Following, he was on the roster at Teddy TV and after, he signed with Bacon for commercial work in Scandinavia. Recent projects of note include: Sushi & Nuclear, an American Documentary Film Festival selection following blogger and nuclear physicist Sunniva Rose on her journey in Japan; “Driving Safely Home for Christmas,” a heartwarming PSA for Norwegian Road Public Administration; Castrol’s “Blackout”; and Not All Men Are Men, a 2014 film that explored issues of violence against women….
