1:  Top Spot of the Week: Droga5 NY, Directing Duo Illimité World Introduce Us To Team Amani In Short Film For Meta

Client Meta Agency Droga5 NY David Droga, creative chairman; Scott Bell, chief creative officer; Thom Glover, executive creative director; Ted Meyer, Jason Gold, creative directors; Ben Brown, Benjamin Hinamanu, sr. copywriters; Ben Muckensturm, sr. art director; Nate Scott, executive design director; Mark Yoon, group design director; Kenisha Rullan, designer; Mike Hasinoff, executive producer, film; Scotty Schuckies, sr. producer, film; Mel Calabro, producer, film; Matt Mintz, associate producer, film; Mike Ladman, sr. music supervisor; Brandy Ricker, music supervisor; Mara Techam, jr. music supervisor; Harry Roman-Torres, Diana Gonzalez, group brand strategy directors; Anthony Perez, brand strategy director; Ellie Frame, sr. brand strategist; Mariel Calara, associate brand strategist; Andy Littlewood, chief knowledge officer; Sean La’Brooy, sr. data strategist. Production Company Love Song  Illimité World (French for “Limitless World,” consisting of Aus Taylor and Marleaux Desiré); Daniel Wolfe, partner/exec producer; Diego Garcia, Shawn Peters, DPs. Kelly Bayett, managing partner/exec producer; Deannie O’Neil, exec producer; Paige Kauffman, head of production; Leah Donnenberg, producer; Alejandro Ramia, Kristina Ilyina, 1st assistant directors; Bee Diamondhead, stylist; Andrew Clark, production designer. Production Services Company (Kenya) Blue Sky Films Hemal Shah, exec producer. Production Services Company (South Africa) Monkey Films Clare van Zyl, owner/exec producer; Phillip Killingbeck, head of production. Editorial Marsheen Dominic Leung, Amber Saunders, editors; Matthew Blacklock, assistant editor; Harriet Cawley, exec producer. Color Company 3 Simon Bourne, colorist; Chris Anthony, sr. color producer. VFX The Mill Dan Williams, executive creative director; Carl Norton, creative director & 2D lead; Edward Shires, Dan Moore, Nuno Pereira, Adam Droy, 3D lead; Matt McDougal, Gustavo Ribeiro, Rafael Vormittag, Zoe  Cosh, 2D artists; Artur Drozdowicz, Arnab Bhattacharya, Aman Jain, Ben  Beckett, Callum Austin, Charles Vidaud, Giacomo Cavalletti, Hannah Bahyan, Joao Pires, Katie Bates, Kieran Russell, Kapil Rana, Luke Frampton, Sandeep Grover, Vaclav Cizkovsky, Thomas Craig, Shravan Srikanth, Dinesh B, Jyoti Prakash Panda, Thirumoorthi Sivakumar, Swathi M S, Roman Vrbovsky, Praveen Sharma, Pol Escale Cabre, Petroc Menuhin, Paul Autric, Paul Tempelman, 3D artists; Kwok Lam, Adam Roche, Barry Chapman, Can Y Sanalan, Freya Barnsley, Henrik Holmberg, Daphne Westelynck, design; Caitlin Donaldson, Rory Leighton, color assist; Clare Melia, exec producer; Nicola Simmons, producer; Tarun Misra, line producer; David Wishart, Gavin Marler, finish artists. Title Designs & Typography Fraser Muggeridge studio. Music Supervision Curation Music Sunny Kapoor, music supervisor. Recording Studio (Kenya) Hiventy Sound Design Barking Owl Gus Koven, sound designer; Kelly Bayett, creative director; Ashley Benton, exec producer. Music “Ffe basajja ba Kabaka” Bobcat Goldwav, remix Additional Sound Design & Mix King Lear Music & Sound Ed Downham, sound designer & mixer.

2:  The Best Work You May Never See: Theirworld, BBDO NY Issue Kids’ #LetMeLearn Plea Via Hologram 

Client Theirworld Justin Van Fleet, president; Ben Hewitt, sr. campaign advisor; Nicole Martin, head of media & partnerships; Darika Ahrens, head of digital communications; Cara Ghosal, content manager. Creative Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chairman, chief creative officer, BBDO Worldwide; Luiz Sanches, chief creative officer, BBDO North America; Matt McDonald, chief creative officer, BBDO New York; Matthew Low, Kristin Clark, creative directors; Ian Nettleton, sr. art director; Catherine Ngyugen, sr. copywriter; Genelle Salazar, sr. designer; Suzanne Barker, strategy partner, AMV BBDO; Alex Gianni, EVP, director of content production; James Young, head of digital operations; Danielle Amico, production operations director; Mike Woodall, sr. producer; Hayley Baldwin, sr. experiential producer; Harvey Lacsina, interactive producer. Production, VFX & Experiential Kaleida  Daniel Reynolds, lead producer; Adam Tremayne, creative director; Anna Komitska, Benjamin Lawrence, producers. Synthetic Facial Augmentation Pagi Studios Dogan Kurt, lead developer. Installation & Event Branding The Experiential Group Frank Moran, principal; Courtney McFarland, sr. producer; Ashley Massa, sr. associate producer. Postproduction Lumiere Studios Gavin Lester, creative director & lead compositor; Duncan Burch, technical director. Media Omnicom Media Group. Translations Mother Tongue

3:  Top Spot of the Week: Droga5 London, Director Tom Noakes Get “That Reading Feeling” For Amazon Books

Client Amazon Books Agency Droga5 London Shelley Smoler, chief creative officer; Matt Hubbard, creative director; Chris Russell, Ahmed Ellabib, creatives; Chris Chapman, head of design; Sophie Paton, Caroline Angell, Rob Steiner, producers; Olly West, assistant producer; Pete Heskett, strategy director; Clemency Beale-Collins, communications strategy director; Sara Barqawi, strategist. Production PRETTYBIRD UK Tom Noakes, director; Juliette Larthe, exec producer; Fiona Bamford-Phillips, head of production; Ted Thornton, exec producer; Cindy Burnay, producer; Tom Manaton, treatment creative direction; Benji Landman, stop motion/puppetry production; Lottie Lindsay-Beaven, stop motion/puppetry production assistant.    Virtual Films Scott Horan, managing director/exec producer; Joan Garcia, sr. producer; Dani Ojeda, producer; Dani Gonzalez, production manager; Olga Airas, production coordinator; Maria Puig, production designer.   Black Kite Studios Thomas Mangham, color; Hannah Ruddleston, VFX producer; Guillaume Weiss, VFX supervisor 2D; Fin Crowther, VFX supervisor 3D; Jonny Freeman, James Adamson, George Brunt, Andrew Curtis, Jack Stone, Venu Prasath, 2D VFX team; Andrew Bartholomew, Pawel Luszczak, Marcel Ruegenberg, James Hansell, Tsvetelin Krastev, 3D VFX team; Tito Fernandes, Jonny Freeman, VFX on-set supervisor.  Future Power Station Yibi Hu, animation director; Daryl Graham, lead animator; Janet Smith, animation producer; Adam Relf, character design; Krystian Piotr Garstkowiak, Alejandra Anguita, Daisy Evans, Husain Untoro, Hannah Privett, 2D animation/clean up/FX; Oian Tian, designer; Kevin O’Seha, previs.   Jimmy Grimes Puppetry Jimmy Grimes, Andy Bruskill, puppeteers; Laura Carrion Del Pozo, 1st assistant director; Chris Clarke, DP; Nick Roberts, SFX/prop standby; Jonny Freeman, VFX supervisor.    Isabel Garrett/StopMo Isabel Garrett, animation director; Daniel Morgan, DP; Nelly Michenaud, character design; Sculpt Double, puppets; Oliver Arnell Argles, set build; Anita Bruvere, Rachael Olga Lloyd, Daisy Colingridge, Lisa Ott, art dept. David McShane, Anita Bruvere, animators; Robin Jackson, rigger.   Studio AKA Marcus Armitage, director; Nikki Kefford-White producer; Nic Gill, editor; Marcus Armitage, animation & artworking; Darcy Woodbridge, animation. Music & Sound String & Tins Joe Wilkinson, Culum Simpson, Lawerence Kendrick, sound design & mix; Ioana Selaru, music composition; Olivia Endersby, audio producer.

4:  Untold Studios’ Director Ben Cronin, CGI Goose Take Flight On Emirates

Client Emirates Richard Billington, SVP brand & advertising/corporates communications; Yasmine Saade, global brand & content manager. Production Untold Studios, London & Los Angeles Ben Cronin, director; Josh Davies, exec producer/producer; Ben Burdock, production manager; Simon Richards, DP. Editorial Gorilla TV Matt Chodan, editor. VFX Untold Studios Sophie Harrison, exec producer; Lauren Oldfield, producer; Amir Bazazi, VFX supervisor; Alex Kulikov, compositing supervisor; Chloe Dawe, creature supervisor; Geraint (Gez) Wright, animation lead; Jack Harris, Alex Doyle, Lewis Pickston, Justin Braun, Christian Baker, VFX lead; Joe Kane, Shariq Altaf, Clement Petellaz, Vlad Pascanu, Matteo Antona, Kim Eja Felicia Petersen, Henry Affonso, Harry McCusker-Bland, Seung Ho Henrik Holmberg, VFX artists. Color Untold Studios Julien Alary, colorist.

5:  Top Spot of the Week: Jay Park, Namon, Director Kyu Ha Kim Show iPad Has “Bite” When It Comes To Webtoon Music Video Creation

Client Apple Agency TBWAMedia Arts Lab, Seoul Illustration Namon Production PlanIt Production Kyu Ha Kim, director

6:  David&Goliath, Director Philippe André Reach The Clouds In Kia Telluride X-Pro SUV

Client Kia Agency David&Goliath David Angelo, founder & creative chairman; Ben Purcell chief creative officer; Frauke Tiemann, executive creative director/art director; Mark Monteiro, executive creative director/copywriter; Chris Davis, associate creative director/copywriter; Evan Bross, associate creative director/art director; Paul Albanese, managing director of broadcast production; Christopher Coleman, group executive producer; Karena Dacker, sr. freelance producer; Peter Bassett, managing director, integrated production & technology services; Cara Nieto, executive art producer; Bruno Cunha, group strategy director; Kelly Slater, associate strategy director. Production REVERIE Content Philippe André, director; Adam Frisch, DP; Cathleen O’Conor Stern, Rich Pring, partners/exec producers; JD Davison, Bernard Rahill, line producers; Hayley Diaz, staff production manager; Payton Dunham, Michelle Del Mese, production supervisors; Jeff Yeats, 2nd unit director. Editorial Spinach Adam Bright, managing director/editor; Jonathan Carpio, exec producer; Christy Torres, sr. post producer; Jared Deaver, assistant editor. VFX Yours Truly KEVIN Tim Davies, executive creative director/partner; Mike Dalzell, head of CG; Matt Longwell, CG supervisor; Sue Troyan, sr. exec producer/partner; Jami Schakel, sr. producer; Connor Van Der Linde, VFX coordinator; Ben Smith, Dag Ivarsov, Rob Winfield, Robert Murdock, 2D artists; Carl Harders, Kathryn Dougan, Kerry Graham, Nico Sugleris, 3D artists. Color The Mill Daniel Devue, colorist; Jackson Winkler, Alex Zhao, color producers; Baptiste Carrara, Frederick Agyemang, color assist. Audio Margarita Mix Nathan Dubin, audio mixer/sound designer; Whitney Morris, Paula Arnett, exec producers. Music Mophonics Shelley Altman, head of production/partner; Steph Altman, ECD/partner; Colette Huemer, exec producer; Roberto Murgia, composer.

 

7:  The Best Work You May Never See: Impossible Objects, Director Joe Sill Navigate Virtual Production Path For “The Cloud Racer”

Virtual Production Company Impossible Objects Joe Sill, director & producer; Matisse Tolin, producer & writer; Jerad Anderson, producer; Luc Delamare, virtual production supervisor. Editorial & Color Correction Impossible Objects  Audio One Thousand Birds Jackie! Zhou, sound design & mix; Torin Geller, Myra Al-Rahim, additional sound design; Guin Frehling, Kira MacKnight, exec producers.

8:  Gillette Venus, Grey NY, Director Sacha Beeley, BANG Are Back Pushing Pubic Positivity

Client Procter & Gamble/Gillette Venus Agency Grey New York Javier Bonilla, global executive creative director; Rebecca Flinn, creative director, art; Bevan Mahaney, creative director, copy; Lauren Otis, associate creative director, copy; Sophia Moore, sr. art director; Claire Wyatt, sr. writer. Production Agency  Townhouse James McPherson, chief production officer; Keira Rosenthal, VP, executive integrated producer; Jasmine Reyes, associate integrated producer; Kurt Steinke, director of music production; Beliansh Assefa, associate music producer. Production Company Strange Beast Sacha Beeley, director; Zoe Muslim, exec producer; Louise Simpson, Nefeli Petika, producers; Nelly Michenaud, Harriet Gillian, Matt Lloyd, Matt Partridge, Ana Garcia Sebastia, animators; Eloise Garlick, Zohar Dvir, Lydia Reid, Daisy Mojave Holland, Laura Jayne Hodkin, animation assistants; Linus Kraemer, compositor. Postproduction GPS Ned Martin, executive post producer; Devon Edwards, post producer; Andrea Podaski, head of edit assist; Brandon Cotter, assistant editor. Music & Audio Post BANG Brian Jones, composer; Alec Setten, exec producer; Karen Lloyd, lead singer. Music Princess Nokia, co-writer & featured artist.

9:  ROOF Studio, Carmichael Lynch “Choose Go” For Animated Conoco Campaign

Client Conoco Agency Carmichael Lynch Marty Senn, chief creative officer; Milton Un, executive creative director, design; Michelle Lippman, sr. writer; Sarah Wolf, designer; Lisa Feldman, sr. executive content producer; James Sorbel, sr. content producer. Production ROOF Studio Guto Terni, Vinicius Costa, creative directors; Lucas Camargo, director; Marcus Lovato, head producer; Heber Conde, Wallan Oliveira, CGI tech director; Alexandre Eschenback, lead 3D; Paulo Crumbin, storyboard; Lucas Ribeiro, 3D layout; Alexander Martins, Alexandre Taveira, Alex Ruiz, Danilo Geradr, Douglas Giarletti, Geison Araujo, Leandro Wagner, Lucas Lira, Marcelo Souza, Miguel Alves Giffu, Ricardo Viana, 3D model; Danilo Pinheiro, André Rüegger, Caio Hidaka, Saul Almeida, rigging; Adam Pierre, Cristiano Porfirio, Josemar Queiroz, Marcelo Vaz, Marcos Moraes, Pedro Henrique, Placido Silva, William Silva. look development & light; Josemar Queiroz, groom; Francisco Catão, animation & supervision; Rodrigo Dutra, Marcio Kakuno, Anne Pagno, animation; Gabriel Marcondes. Alexandre Canário, Heber Conde, simulation; Jorge Pereira, composition; Fabio Mota, deliveries. Audio Post Sisterboss Jeff Marcovis, audio engineer; Annie Sparrows, audio exec producer; Jill Asp, audio producer.

10:  Top Spot of the Week: DIRECTV, TBWAChiatDay LA Mesh Pro Football With Reality TV In “The Wives’ House” 

Client DIRECTV Agency TBWAChiatDay LA Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Jason Karley, group creative director; Mark Winters, Ryan Buckley, creative directors; Josh Hill, sr. copywriter; Cheston Kwan, sr. art director; Jessica Nugent, copywriter; Rachel Findlay, art director; Andrew Bae, jr. art director; Bruno Regalo, chief design officer; Sydney Tomer, Ekaterina Cervantes, designers; Guia Iacomin, director of integrated production; Alicia Portner, sr. producer; Dena Moore, executive art producer; Jen Costello, chief strategy officer; Jesse Unger, group strategy director; Laura Gorder, associate strategy director; Hannah Schweitzer, strategist; Laura Mayer, sr. director of data; Josh Brinkmann, data strategist. Production Gifted Youth Jake Szymanski, Payman Benz, directors; Josh Morse, exec producer; Bernard Rahill, line producer; Carl Herse, DP; Kim Rees, production designer. Editorial The Den Katie Cali, editor; James Bird, assistant; Jennifer Mersis, exec producer; Vic Palumbo, managing director; Carolina Padilla, producer. VFX JAMM Jake Montgomery, VFX supervisor/lead Flame; Ryland Bowen, Patrick Munoz, Graziella Gandolfi, Marcus Woods, Paul Downes, Flame artists; Zachary Dimaria, CG supervisor; Steven Nelson, Sebastian Mayer, CG artists; Jon Lazar, production coordinator; Ashley Greyson, sr. producer; Asher Edwards, exec producer. Color JAMM Adam Scott, colorist; Carver Moore, color assist; Jon Lazar, color producer. Audio Post/SFX String & Tins Culum Simpson, Jim Stewart, sound designers; Foley Walkers, foley; Laura-Leigh Smith, Alina Miroshnichenko, audio producers. Music Walker Sara Matarazzo, managing director; Stephanie Pigott, sr. EP; Danielle Soury, sr. producer. Audio Mix Lime Studios Matt Miller, sound mixer; Ian Connie, mix assistant; Susie Boyajan, exec producer.