Revenant Welcomes CG Supervisor Drew Robertson and Supervising Producer Lindsay Weir
May 2, 2024
Passion Paris: Cofidis “Les motards, Préjugés, pourquoi?”
The latest in a wonderfully wacky animated campaign for French financial services provider Cofidis from Passion Paris director Jack Antoine Charlot asking a timeless question about bikers: “Prejudice, why?” [Watch]
Not To Scale Sign Chris Curtis
Former Passion Pictures director Chris Curtis moves his talent for mixed media to Not To Scale’s roster in London, New York and Amsterdam. [Watch]
Marco Brambilla + Artjail = “Celluloid” for Vera Wang
Director/video artist Marco Brambilla and Artjail CD/Flame maven Steve Mottershead literally dip into old school film techniques to create this textural ode to passion currently running on an eight-panel installation in the Vera Wang flagship store in Beverly Hills. [Watch]
Pixar Director Moves to Passion New York
Saschka Unseld, the director behind the Pixar short “The Blue Umbrella” and cinematographer on “Toy Story 3,” “Cars 2” and “Brave” joins Passion as CD in the New York office. [Watch]
Eoin Duffy’s “The Missing Scarf” with George Takei
Vancouver-based Irish director/animator/writer Eoin Duffy swept the film fest circuit and made the Academy Awards short list with “The Missing Scarf” a 2D/3D short he describes as an “animated dark-comedy, masquerading as a classic kid-friendly morality-tale.” Narrated with surprising passion by George Takei, [Watch]
Planktoon and Passion for Sidaction
Paris directing collective PLANKTOON (aka Sun, Alban, Fabrice, Alexandre and Sebastien) step outside their usual realm of fun/colorful 3D character work for this powerful monochrome fundraising appeal created for French AIDS charity Sidaction thru Passion Paris and Leo Burnett. If you have kids of any age, it’s hard not to get caught up in the drama of the vignettes. [Watch]
