Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024

Hornet has added mixed media directors Jack Wedge and Will Freudenheim, collectively known as Laser Days, to its roster for U.S representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos. This marks the first time that Laser Days has been repped in the U.S. commercial market.

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Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024

Hornet has signed director Bennett Johnson for commercial representation across North America. The addition of Johnson to Hornet’s growing roster of live action and multidisciplinary directors underscores the talent-driven studio’s expansion beyond animation. Johnson’s tour de force music video...

Friday, Jan. 26, 2024

Giant Artists, a longtime photography and visual talent management shop under the aegis of founder/agency director Jen Jenkins, has launched a live-action division. With offices in Los Angeles and New York and with client and brand collaborations worldwide, the...

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023

With a mix of 2D and 3D, Hornet tells the story of “Once Upon a Tree,” an Air Canada spot out of FCB Canada. Our protagonists are two button-cute nutcracker bears who, after a year of being tucked away together, find themselves on separate sides of the Xmas tree. Distraught at the thought of...

Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023

Hornet--a creative studio spanning motion design, animation and live action, with bases of operation in New York and Los Angeles--has expanded its West Coast presence with the signing of director Dan Marsh. 

A medium-agnostic director, Marsh fluidly moves between various filmmaking...

Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023

Hornet has signed director Edward Andrews, marking a further step in the New York-based creative studio’s expansion into live action director representation and production. This marks Andrews’ first representation deal in the U.S. market. He continues to be handled in the U.K. by Outsider Films...

Friday, Oct. 21, 2022

Hornet has brought Ashley Monaghan on board as executive producer focusing on business development and sales. With over 15 years of experience on the production side of advertising, Monaghan brings to Hornet a background in live action production, editing, VFX,...

Friday, Aug. 26, 2022

New York-based Hornet has hired Esteban Cuenca as EU development producer. Cuenca is an Argentina-born, Amsterdam-based creative executive with eight-plus years of experience in strategic marketing, content, and creative management. He will focus on developing...

Friday, Dec. 17, 2021

Belgian illustrator, character designer and animation director Renaud Lavency has been added to the directorial roster at Hornet. His style is a mix of evocative 2D illustration, bold and unexpected use of color, and cinematic storytelling. Lavency started out...

Friday, Nov. 5, 2021

After five years creating HBO Max’s Summer Camp Island, director Julia Pott is jumping back into the short-form content arena via the Hornet studio. An Emmy and GLAAD-nominated animated children’s TV series, Summer Camp Island follows best...

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