Friday, Sep. 7, 2018

Roy Skillicorn is back leading Backyard Productions, the company he founded and guided for 20+ years. He recently partnered with Kevin Allodi, president and CEO of Philo Media, which acquired Backyard in 2017. Allodi reached out to Skillicorn knowing that he ran...

Thursday, Jun. 21, 2018

Film and commercial director Ridley Scott presented the 28th Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase to an audience of 2,300 at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Curated by Scott in partnership with MPC, the Showcase featured seven individual filmmakers and five teams...

Monday, Dec. 4, 2017

MPC--a global visual effects and creative production studio known for its work in commercials, feature films, and immersive technology--has set its sr. leadership team in the U.S. for MPC Advertising. Justin Brukman has been appointed managing director of North America with Camila De Biaggi and...

Friday, Oct. 27, 2017

Brickyard VFX Santa Monica has brought Benji Davidson on board as VFX supervisor. Davidson’s world-class creative experience includes live action directing, creative directing and VFX supervision, and he is known for bringing highly imaginative concepts to life from storyboard to visual delivery...

Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017

MPC, a leading character and creature animation studio--as reflected in Oscar and BAFTA wins for The Jungle Book, and the lauded John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” TV, VR and social campaign--has launched MPC Life. The new venture is a character and creature group within the global MPC...

Friday, Mar. 24, 2017

UK Studio Outpost Provides VFX For Netflix’s iBoy
Bournemouth, UK-based VFX studio Outpost is the sole provider of VFX for the Wigwam Films/Neftlix project, iBoy, directed by Adam Randall and based on the Kevin Brooks novel.

The film, starring Bill Milner,...

Friday, Jan. 20, 2017

Bicoastal integrated production studio Humble and sister postproduction company Postal have secured indie firm Shortlist Mgmt, headed up by Charlie McBrearty and Vanessa McLean, for commercial representation on...

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016

MPC New York has added two new senior-level talents: Kathrin Lausch as head of new business development and Nick Haynes as VFX executive producer.

Lausch was most recently EP at the New York office of Ntropic. She brings two decades of experience as an EP to her new position at MPC,...

Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016

MPC New York is pleased to announce several significant new hires to its production ranks designed to strengthen its work in color grading, finishing, visual effects, live action and virtual reality.
 
Joining is Dani Zeitlin, who comes aboard as Executive Producer of Color. Most...

Tuesday, May. 17, 2016

Rob Hodgson has joined MPC LA as VFX creative director for its advertising division. An accomplished VFX supervisor and artist, Hodgson has amassed a body of work that includes Ang Lee’s Oscar and BAFTA award-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (for which Hodgson received a BAFTA...

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