Biscuit Filmworks Signs Director/Animator Florence Poppy Deary for Commercial Representation
April 16, 2025
Framestore Expands Global Design Roster with Addition of John Likens and Mariano Melman
From the release: Multi-award winning creative studio Framestore announces the expansion of its talent roster with the addition of Executive Creative Director John Likens in New York, and Senior Design Producer Mariano Melman, based in London. [Watch]
Kaiju & Carnage: Ruairi Robinson Deploys Kipling Poem for Anime Monster Invasion
Joyrider director Ruairi Robinson hijacks the text of Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 anti-war poem “Boots” to generate the music and drive the narrative for this exercise in AI filmmaking he says “was produced during a two-week, 16 hour-a-day fever dream.” [Watch]
Markos Kay Keeps Calm and Carries on in “Petal Drift”
London director/artist Markos Kay (whose organic motion experiments we’ve featured here), moves his work outdoors onto a multi-screen display in Cyprus positioned to be viewed from inside the patient rooms at a cancer hospital. [Watch]
Alberto Mielgo Drops Cinematic Short for Bungie’s Marathon
It’s tough to name a current director/animator more sought after or influential than Alberto Mielgo (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Love, Death & Robots, plus an Oscar) so he gets our full attention when new work drops. [Watch]
Veteran Creative Director JM Blay Closes Blay Studio
From the release: After suffering a severe knee injury six months ago, creative director and visual artist JM Blay has undergone surgery and emerged with a new perspective on both his recovery and his career. [Watch]
John Likens and Method Studios Destroy “Your Friends & Neighbors” for Apple TV+
Teaming up with showrunner Jonathan Tropper for a third series (after Warrior in 2019 and See in 2021), director John Likens and Method Studios set about shattering Jon Hamm’s world in the titles for Your Friends & Neighbors on Apple TV+. [Watch]
