Creative marketing agency Bemis Balkind has promoted Jeffrey Almeida to the position of VP, Account Services. The announcement was made today by agency partners Peter Bemis and Aubrey Balkind.
About JEFFREY ALMEIDA
Jeffrey Almeida originally joined Bemis Balkind in 2008 as Account Executive. In that capacity, he was charged to help run the newly re-established Home Entertainment department and to oversee Account Services for clients including Universal, Fox, Paramount, Anchor Bay and DreamWorks. Some recent package design and print campaigns Almeida has helped to spearhead include those for The 50th Anniversary release of all 22 James Bond films, Madagascar 3, Black Swan, Kung Fu Panda 2, Barbarella, and 2011 Silver Key Art Award winner, A Man Called Horse.
Prior to joining Bemis Balkind, Almeida was a Senior Producer in the Motion Graphics department of Drissi Multimedia, overseeing the design of hundreds of DVD and HD DVD menus, including those for Ray, The Bourne Ultimatum, Scarface, Munich, American Gangster, The Notebook, Meet the Fockers, Seed of Chucky, Friday After Next, Hairspray and Brokeback Mountain, to name just a few. He was the winner of a Silver BDA North America Award for the DVD Menu Design of Dawn of the Dead for Universal.
Almeida began his career as a copywriter, working on DVD titles for New Line Cinema, including The Cell and Sugar and Spice. To this day, his first published tagline remains one of his favorites — written for the DVD release of Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky, the phrase “Being Evil Ain’t Easy” – remains on the package to this day, 12 years later. When possible, Almeida continues to contribute copy for many of his projects.
About BEMIS BALKIND
From traditional to new media, Bemis Balkind’s core mission has never wavered:
“Use the power of creativity to redefine and enhance the audience’s experience.” In addition to successfully marketing feature films, a number of the agency’s other assignments have involved launching new products and services, whether physical venues such as The Getty Center, new industries, like premium cable TV (HBO), 24-hour news (CNN), televised sports (ESPN), and online financial services for clients including Goldman Sachs.
From its inception, Bemis Balkind garnered widespread notice for its game-changing campaign promoting the classic film “Rosemary’s Baby.” Since then, the company has become a multi-award winning, and highly regarded creative agency, renowned for designing and executing major motion picture campaigns, including those for “Forrest Gump,” “Alien, “Superman,” “Fatal Attraction,” Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland 3D,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Black Swan,” “Bad Teacher,” “Shrek,” and many others.
Bemis Balkind is located at 6135 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, and phone is: 323/965-4800. The agency’s New York info is: 134 Spring Street #302, New York, NY 10012, phone 212/965-0099. For more information, please see www.bemisbalkind.com.
Contact:Media Contact: Dan Harary The Asbury PR Agency Beverly Hills, CA 310-859-1831 Contact Dan via email
“ฦvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of ฦvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? ฦvolutionย suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence,ย ฦvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating โin the blink of an eyeโ the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called โprogressโ may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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