Nexus Studios Signs WERE Director Collective to Commercial Roster
March 20, 2025
Mondlicht Studios Orchestrates a “Symphony” for BMW and Epic Games at GDC
Partnering with BMW and Epic Games, the design and CG crew at Mondlicht Studios in Germany put Unreal Engine thru its paces to add flashes of the surreal to this cinematic for the 2023 Game Developers Conference. [Watch]
Geoffroy Barbet-Massin and the Duracell Bunny Save Christmas
French director Geoffroy Barbet-Massin, who we last covered for his twist on traditional Japanese art for France TV’s coverage of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, flies off in a totally different direction in this CG holiday comedy for Duracell. [Watch]
Fashion Hits the Farm in The Mill’s Holiday Spot for TK Maxx
Proving effective holiday spots don’t always have to trigger your tear ducts, director Ulf Johansson and the creature animation teams at The Mill in London and Bangalore strut their stuff for UK department store chain TK Maxx. [Watch]
Marks & Spencer & Dom & Nic & The Mill & Dawn French & Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney
Newly adopted sons of Wales Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney join comedian Dawn French as she reprises her fairy role in the annual Marks & Spencer holiday outing via Outsider directors Dom&Nic with animated mittens and VFX by The Mill. [Watch]
François Rousselet and The Mill Paris Keep Jean Paul Gaultier and Yara Shahidi “Divine”
Division director François Rousselet and the VFX team at The Mill Paris build a fabulously over-the-top, gilded maritime adventure around American actress/producer Yara Shahidi for Jean Paul Gaultier’s Divine perfume. [Watch]
Aggressive Launches Collective of Directors Including Loop, Niceshit, Andrey Trevgoda, and Melody Maker
From the release: Creative studio Aggressive today announces its expansion into a bigger collective: Loop, Niceshit, Andrey Trevgoda, and Melody Maker, alongside the company’s founders Alex Topaller and Daniel Shapiro. [Watch]
