Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the studio founded by Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, Matthew Senreich and Eric Towner, has named advertising veteran Steve Bastien to serve as head of its commercial division, Buddy Spots, which focuses on stop-motion, 2D, puppets and experiential installments.

Bastien, an ad exec with 20+ years’ experience, joins Stoopid Buddy Stoodios from Midnight Oil where he served as group account director. During his career, Bastien has overseen a wide range of accounts, including Disney, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, and Warner Bros.

Bastien will join producer Leigh Kelly in driving the Buddy Spots division forward. Buddy Spots’ body of work includes commercials for Carl’s Jr., Pepperidge Farms and Target. In 2019, the division won a Clio Award for "The Predator Holiday Special," which was created for 20th Century Fox.

Buddy Spots is currently in production on a number of projects, including one for Microsoft Xbox and a new spot for Pepperidge Farms.

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios is home to the longest running stop-motion show on television, the Emmy Award-winning Robot Chicken, as well as the Emmy-nominated SuperMansion with Bryan Cranston. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios is currently in production on season 2 of Crossing Swords, which premiered as part of the Hulu Originals slate earlier this year. The company’s multiple-building campus and state-of-the-art facility located in Burbank is active in live-action, puppetry, stop-motion, 2D and CG animation. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’ body of work spans the entertainment gamut, ranging from charming hand-crafted animation all the way to high-end live-action feature films.