11 Dollar Bill (11DB), a full-service, award-winning postproduction company based in Chicago, has recently opened shop in Boulder, Colorado. Boasting full offline and online editorial, 4k color, high-end visual effects, motion graphics, 3D animation and VR/AR capabilities, 11DB is already partnering with brands, agencies and production companies throughout the region and beyond.
The new office is one block off Pearl Street in downtown Boulder and sits in the shadows of the beautiful Flatirons. Partner and CCO Christian Robins and managing director Lisa Effress oversee the facility.
“We feel perfectly at home in the creative culture of Boulder, and the geography allows us to service an entire swath of the U.S. that we’re guessing just might be craving an escape from the major cities for a few days or weeks to work on a project,” said Robins.
Robins has been part of the core team at 11 Dollar Bill for 16 years and recently relocated to Boulder from Chicago. He personally offers skills in design, editorial, motion graphics and creative consultation and is backed by a versatile team of locals and Chicagoans to serve any postproduction need.
Effress is a highly accomplished former agency executive producer whose experience extends to shops such as Crispin Porter + Bogusky, TBWAChiatDay, Agency Inside at Intel Corporation, and Peterson Milla Hooks. She is best known for producing work for brands such as Gatorade, GAP, Visa, Target, Windows Phone, Hulu, The Climate Reality Project and Microsoft. She is also co-founder of the branded content engine F. Yeah & Associates in Boulder.
“Creating content in the digital age is a challenge that requires new ways of thinking and understanding the many forms that content can take—and all that it can do. Our job is to be as much a part of the creative process from beginning to end as partners can imagine, and to offer a wide range of innovative solutions to make ideas reality,” explained Effress. “Brands need fresh, relevant content now more than ever before, and we are here to help them fill that pipeline in the most compelling ways possible.”
“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Cynthia Erivo, who is starring in the hit musical "Wicked," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world's third-oldest still operating, said Erivo will receive her Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast Feb. 5. Afterward, she will attend a performance of Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 176th production, "101 Damnations." Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series "Mad Men," is the 2025 Man of the Year. He will receive his Pudding Pot Jan. 31.
"We are holding space for Cynthia Erivo's arrival," Man and Woman of the Year Events Coordinator Hannah Frazer said in a statement. "We're sweeping out our broomstick closets and prepping some wicked smart humor as we eagerly await her in February. Before she flies off with her Pudding Pot, she'll have to work a little magic to earn it."
Along with starirng in the smash hit musical, the British entertainer is a two-time Oscar nominee and an Emmy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winner.
Erivo burst onto the scene with her brilliant performance in the Broadway revival of "The Color Purple." winning her the 2016 Tony for best actress in a musical. She performed songs from the play on the "Today" show, earning the Daytime Emmy for outstanding music performance in a daytime program. And the show's soundtrack won best musical theater album at the 2017 Grammys.
Last year, Erivo starred in and produced "Drift," which follows a young Liberian refugee who has escaped her war-torn country to a Greek island. In 2021, Erivo was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic series "Genius:... Read More