Framestore Expands Senior Design Talent Roster in London
July 15, 2026
The 2026 Emmy nominees for outstanding title design are all motion design veterans with a total of 18 previous nods between them: Ronnie Koff at Imaginary Forces (x2 in 2026), Mason Nicoll at Digital Kitchen (x2 in 2026), Hazel Baird at Elastic, and Aaron Becker at Filmograph.
Following on their standout titles for Yellowjackets, the Digital Kitchen team conjure more mystery and intrigue with this open they describe as a “forensic puzzle told through fire” for the Apple TV+ crime drama miniseries Smoke.
Client: Apple TV+
Production: Digital Kitchen
ECD: Mason Nicoll
Art Director/Cinematographer: Rachel Brickel
Art Director/Designer: Peter Pak
Motion Artist: Simon Chan
Designer: Ana Criado
Editor: Justin West
Senior Producer: Matthew Lynch
Managing Director: Ally Malloy
Music: Thom Yorke
Following their 2025 Emmy-nom for The Penguin titles, CD Aaron Becker and the motion crew at Filmograph reteam with HBO but shift to a campy mid-century illustration style in this open for supernatural horror series It: Welcome to Derry.
Client: HBO
Showrunner: Andy Muschietti
Production: Filmograph
CD: Aaron Becker
EP: Seth Kleinberg
Producer: Troy Miller
CG Lead: Lee Nelson
Designer/Animator: Joseph Ahn, Mike Lo, Hsien Lun Su
Additional Design: Li-Yu Chen, Orlando Zihao Li, Jenna Choi, Michael Daniels
Colorist: Jeremy Stuart
Imaginary Forces CD Ronnie Koff (hot off his Emmy nom for the Dark Matter titles) conjures a collision of Cold War cultures to open Paramount’s buddy espionage thriller Ponies, with theme music by Jung Jaeil (Parasite, Squid Game)
Client: Peacock
Production: Imaginary Forces
CD: Ronnie Koff
Art director: Kathy Liang
Designer/animator: Fernando Lazzari, Charles Khoury, Christoph Gabathuler, Jeffrey Su
Modeler: Min Shi
Editor: Lexi Gunvaldson
Senior producer: Nicky Maser
Associate producer: Megan Catoe
EP: Renée Robson
Music: Jung Jaeil
The last time Elastic CD Hazel Baird and studio Rough Collie teamed up we got the Emmy-nominated titles for Lessons in Chemistry. This latest collaboration with Apple TV+ sets a quirky tone for the sci-fi comedy Murderbot.
Client: Apple TV+
Showrunner: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Production: Elastic
CD: Hazel Baird
EP: Kate Berry
Producer: Mitchell Fraser
Head of Production: Paul Makowski
Managing Director: Eve Kornblum
Modeler: Joe Paniagua, Jose Limon
Storyboard Artist: Lance Slaton
Color Management: Andrew Young
Design/Animation: Rough Collie
Design: Mike Zeng, Ethem Cem
Music: Amanda Jones
It’s safe to say Ronnie Koff is on a roll. Nominated for Outstanding Title Design Emmys the last four years running, the Imaginary Forces CD just completed work on this intricate single-shot open for Amazon’s Young Sherlock.
Client: Amazon MGM Studios
Creator/showrunner: Matthew Parkhill
EP/director: Guy Ritchie
Production: Imaginary Forces
CD: Ronnie Koff
Designer: Elizabeth Steinberg
3D Modeler: Min Shi
3D Animator: Scott Bell, Henry Chang, Christoph Gabathuler, Charlie Proctor, Alex Rupert, Ty Cole, John Magbanua, Izik Roitman
Compositor: Eva Flodstrom
Editor: Lexi Gunvaldson
Producer: Jake Fritz
Associate Producer: Nic Luong
Executive Producer: Renée Robson
Mason Nicoll and the Digital Kitchen motion crew conjure an appropriately noir-inspired opening sequence blending pulpy crime imagery, dark cityscapes, and haunting visuals to set the tone for the gritty new Spider-Man series.
Client: Amazon Prime Video
Production: Digital Kitchen
ECD: Mason Nicoll
Art Director: Peter Pak
Designer: Arik Weiss
Editor: Andrew Julien
Music: Kirby “Saving Grace”
