Somesuch director Daniel Wolfe, editor Paul Watts, and The Mill VFX team craft the riveting origin story of Maurice Ashley, a chess-obsessed Brooklyn kid who became the game’s first black grandmaster. [Watch]
Nexus director Robertino Zambrano applies his signature illustrative style to footage of Kansas City Chiefs superstar QB Patrick Mahomes to elevate this spot for local Missouri Credit Union CommunityAmerica. [Watch]
Starting with Diffusion MRI imagery from a brain scan, director Shane Griffin and the Psyop CG crew create an intensely complex and anatomically accurate model of the brain and its neural interactions for The Mayo Clinic thru TBWA/Chiat Day. [Watch]
Riot Games’ free multiplayer first-person shooter Valorant, which launched in June with this trailer, just dropped this sweet piece of motion madness from We Are Royale (WAR) to intro a new weapon skin line called Glitchpop. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ stop motion maven Mark Waring, who counts Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” and Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” among his many credits, conjures a heartwarming tale of cooperation and trade for Standard Chartered bank thru TBWA/Singapore. [Watch]
Division director Francois Rousselet and the Mathematic animation team in Paris mix live-action with inky animation in this homage to Glen Keane’s Oscar-winning animated short “Dear Basketball” for Nike China thru Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. [Watch]
