1: Top Spot of the Week: Director Benjamin Sonntag Proclaims “Long Live the Horse” For Zoetis Equine
Client Zoetis Equine Agency Colle McVoy and 10 Thousand Design, Minneapolis Production Company Rakish, Los Angeles Benjamin Sonntag, director; Preston Garrett, Brad Johns, exec producers; Matthias Koenigwieser, DP; John Malina, line producer. Editorial Cut+Run Stacy Peterson, editor; Eytan Gutman, producer. Music SOUTH Music and Sound, Los Angeles Johanna Cranitch, composer; Dan Pritikin, Matt Drenik, Jon Darling, creative directors; Ann Haugen, exec producer; Ignacio Zas, producer. Audio Post SOUTH Music and Sound, Los Angeles Robin Holden, mixer
2: Director Wayne McClammy, Anomaly NY, Beacon Street “Flake the Musical” For Vroom
Client Vroom Agency Anomaly New York Production Hungry Man Wayne McClammy, director; Mino Jarjoura, managing partner; Rick Jarjoura, line producer; Matty Libatique, DP. Editorial The Den Christian Jordan, editor. VFX Parliament Enca Kaul, founder; Paul O’Shea, VFX supervisor. Music/Sound Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers; Leslie DiLullo, exec producer; Rommel Molina, sound designer Audio Post Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Rommel Molina, mixer; Lindsey Neyman, mix producer.
3: StyleWar Directing Collective, Mustache, Vinyl Mix “Work Without Limits” For monday.com
Client monday.com Agency Mustache Eric Druckenmiller, head of strategy; Brooke Edwards, head of integrated production; Liz Beeson, sr. integrated producer; Gretchen Siss, head of production; Alyson Shumeyko, sr. producer; Nicole Regan, Adam Lerman, associate creative directors; Will Bystrov, sr. creative director, postproduction; Leslie Risak, sr. post producer. Production SMUGGLER StyleWar, director; Patrick Milling-Smith, Brian Carmody, Allison Kunzman, exec producers; Gustav Geldenhuys, line producer; Rola Brzobohata, production supervisor; Karolina Olsanova, assistant production supervisor; Gosta Reiland, DP; Jiri Matura, production designer; Dasa Stefflova, stylist. Editorial General Editorial Noah Herzog, editor; Lisa Kropfl, exec producer. Music “Work It” by That Chicc & Barks IV, licensed courtesy of North Star Media. Sound Design Vinyl Mix, New York Weston Fonger, sound designer; Marlene Bartos, managing director; Angelina Powers, exec producer. Audio Post Vinyl Mix, New York, Weston Fonger, mixer; Marlene Bartos, managing director; Angelina Powers, exec producer.
4: W+K, Megaforce, KEVIN Team On “Printing Trees” For HP
Client HP Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Eric Baldwin, executive creative director; Christen Brestrup, Bertie Scrase, creative directors; Brad Trost, art director; Titania Tran, copywriter; Matt Hunnicutt, director of production; Lindsay Reed, sr. producer; Christina Kim, creative operations; Lis Moran, design producer; David Chathas, Beth Schuenemann, Katie Custis, designers; Henry Lambert, Lauren Ivory, strategic planning; Erica Nikolaidis, copy editing. Production Iconoclast Megaforce, director; Valerie Romer, exec producer; Lisa Cowan, line producer; Greig Fraser, DP. Editorial Final Cut Joe Guest, editor; Evan Bluestein, Leah Burton, assistant editors; Taylor S. Rousseau, post producer; Suzy Ramirez, post exec producer; Ana Orrach, head of production; Justin Burkman, managing director. VFX KEVIN Tim Davies, executive creative director/partner; Mike Dalzell, head of CG; sue Troyan, sr. exec producer/partner; Jami Schakel, sr. VFX producer; Louise Bloomfield, VFX coordinator; Pete Smith, VFX shoot supervisor; Ben Smith, Dag Ivarsoy, Rob Winfield, 2D artists; Nico Sugleris, Kathryn Dougan, Kerry Graham, Matt Longwell, Carl Harders, Dan Santoni, Edwin Chiu, Igor Stefanovic, Michael Edland, Tom Allen, Shiv Dholakia, CG artists. Color Emiliano Serantoni, colorist. Voiceover Talent Angela Grovey Music Walker Sara Matarazzo, sr. exec producer/founder; Stephanie Pigott, exec producer; Ben Salisbury, Suvi-Eeva Aikas, composers. Sound Design & Audio Post 750mph Sam Ashwell, audio mixer/sound designer; Martin Critchley, exec producer.
5: Droga5 NY, Liev Schreiber, Director Tom Noakes “Spiral in the Diner” For Mattress Firm
Client Mattress Firm Agency Droga5 NY Tim Gordon, Felix Richter, co-chief creative officers; Tara Lawall, executive creative director; Jonas Wittenmark, Tobias Carlson, creative directors; Eve Nova, art director; Juan Camillo Garza, copywriter; Justin Luu, sr. art director; Lorne Heller, sr. copywriter; Jesse Brihn, co-director of film & content; Jeremy Fox, Seth Tabor, executive producers, film; Cliff Lewis, head of art production; Caroline Fahey, art producer; Erin McCarthy, design director; Alex Vitela, sr. designer; Daniel Seong, designer; Gideon Olshansky, brand strategy director. Production PRETTYBIRD Tom Noakes, director; Ali Brown, president/exec producer; Matt Wersinger, producer; Moira Hurley, production supervisor; David Vaccari, casting director; Chayse Irvin, DP; Latisha Duarte, production designer; Chereish Cullison, stylist; Todd Kaufman, assistant director; Editorial Exile Pete Sciberras, Travis Moore, editors; Evan Fredriksen, assistant editor; Samantha Axelrod, producer; Sasha Hirschfeld, exec producer; Evyn Bruce, head of production. Color Company 3 Tim Masick, colorist; Ryan Moncrief, color assistant; Kevin Breheny, color producer. Postproduction/VFX Parliament Music Human, bicoastal Matthew O’Malley, Andrew Bloch, creative direction; Jonathan Russell, composer; James Dean Wells, Kanzo Perron, production. Sound Design/Audio Post Heard City, New York Phil Loeb, sound designer/audio mixer; Eric Warzecha, audio mixer; Virginia Wright, Ronnie Stapleton, Seth Brogdon, Chenoa Tarin, Zoltan Monori, assistant engineers; Gloria Pitagorsky, managing director/partner; Sasha Awn, Jackie James, exec producers; Liana Rosenberg, sr. producer; Nick Duvarney, producer; Dylan Stetson, assistant producer.
6: Director Antony Hoffman, Q Department Conduct “Special Ops” For WeatherTech
Client WeatherTech Agency Pinnacle Advertising, Chicago Steve Bougdanos, Mike Priebe, creative directors; Lisa Berg, producer. Production Joinery Antony Hoffman, director. Editorial Cutters Chris Moore, editor Music/Sound Q Department, New York original music & sound design Audio Post Another Country, Chicago Erik Widmark, mixer; Brett Rossiter, assistant mixer
7: Director Paul Briganti, VMLY&R, Butter Music and Sound Go ’90s Sitcom For QuikTrip
Client QuikTrip Agency VMLY&R, Kansas City, Mo. Debbi Vandeven, global chief creative officer; John Godsey, chief creative officer, North America; Noel Cottrell, chief creative officer; Scott Lichtenauer, group creative director; Jeff Schroer, Jeff Birnbaum, associate creative directors; Tyler Smith, head of production; Stacey Cooper, producer; Theresa Notartomaso, executive music producer; Kaylie Linder, music producer. Production Tool of North America Paul Briganti, director; Rob Sexton, exec producer; Taylor Bro, producer; Paul Martin, production designer; Val Klarich, key costumer. Postproduction Whitehouse Sam Pugliese-Kipley, editor; Dawn Guzowski Carbon, sr. producer; Briana Brackett, colorist. Music Butter Music and Sound Andrew Sherman, chief creative officer; Aaron Kotler, executive creative director; Renee Masse, exec producer; Alea Jimenez, production coordinator; Isaac Wang, composer; Kathryn Raio, vocalist. Sound Design Evolution Audio John Blank, sound designer. Audio Post Evolution Audio John Blank, mixer.
8: Animation Studio Future Deluxe, Squeak E. Clean Unpack The Rules of What’s Possible For Samsung
Client Samsung Agency Publicis Groupe/Leo Burnett/The Community/Le Truc Bastien Baumann, chief creative officer/co-founder, Le Truc; Josh Horn, SVP, executive creative director; Paz Molina, Chris Mendez, associate creative directors; Aubrey Estes, associate copywriter; Hannah Berling, associate art director; Ed Tsue, EVP, global chief strategy officer; John Connell, Lisha Kopper, strategy directors; Cheherazade Patel, VP, executive producer; Natalie Dahl, producer; Julie Lewandowski, production manager. Animation Future Deluxe Caleigh Illerbrun, head of production; Svet Lapcheva, exec producer; Ellis Garrod, producer; Ben & Marcus, creatives. Post/Finishing Framestore. Music/Sound Squeak E. Clean Studios, bicoastal & Chicago Chris Clark, executive creative producer; Julie Nichols, creative director; Matthew Compton, Nick Keenan, Zach Henderson, composers; Surachai Sutthisasanakul, sound designer; Ben Abud, assistant sound designer. Audio Post Squeak E. Clean Studios, bicoastal & Chicago Surachai Sutthisasanakul, mixer; Angelina Phengphong, sr. post producer.
9: Kimberly Stuckwisch Makes Spot Directing Debut With SkinnyPop :60 From 360i
Client SkinnyPop Agency 360i Devon Hong, executive creative director; Jen Lu, Eric Dennis, Fati Jahi, Mike Cuthell, creative directors; Brian Gartside, group design director; Andrea Rastogi, executive producer; Adrienne Darnell, sr. producer. Production Scheme Engine Kimberly Stuckwisch, director; Jannie McInnes, exec producer; Andrea Bernick, producer; Cristina Dunlap, DP; Griffin Stoddard, production designer; Monika Felice Smith, choreogrpaher; Damian Bao, casting; Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo, wardrobe; Nathaniel Dezan, hair; Miriam Nichterlein, makeup. Editorial PS260 Matt Posey, editor; Laura Patterson, exec producer. Color Company 3 Joseph Bicknell, colorist. Music Composition & Mix Heavy Duty Talent Keren Ashri, Josett Monk, Sarang Cho, Kyla Bullings
10: Director Tobias Fouracre Brings Stop-Motion Whimsy To VanMoof’s “Hard Times For Super Thieves” Spot
Client VanMoof Colin Cornwell, creative director; Andrew Smith, chief marketing officer; Kim Buttery, producer. Production Company Rowdy, London Tobias Fouracre, director/animator; Daisy Garside, producer; Malcolm Hadley, DP; Mark Waring, Andy Biddle, animators; Rosie Tonkin, uppet maintenance/stand by art dept; Beth Jupe, Andy Bell, puppet design & fabrication; Amanda Thomas, Anthony Fallows, Beck Smith, Graeme Hall, Paul Davies, Mark Thompson, puppet fabrication; Hayley McKinney, props; Solomon Yossel Simpson-Little, set design & construction; Thomas Harnett O'Meara, animatics edit; Gustaf Lindstrom, rig removal & compositing. (Toolbox: After Effects, Premiere, Dragonframe, DaVinci Resolve) Digital Intermediate Escape Hatch Studio Nick Watson, colorist. Sound Design/Audio Post String & Tins, London Jim Stewart, sound designer/mixer. Music "Village Idiot" by Cavendish