Matthias Hoene is a director at WTP Pictures, a creative production studio that produces commercials, feature films, documentaries, TV series and music videos. The company is based in Detroit and LA but shoots worldwide with filmmakers and creators working in Spain, New York, Mexico and more. The Berlin-bred Hoene directs spots and films.
Saw X is the latest installment in the Saw film series, one of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time, and it brings the franchise back to its original roots. Producer Oren Koules recently explained that Saw X actually takes place a few weeks after the first Saw ended,
Nora Dabdoub is a music producer and music supervisor at NYC’s MAS (Music and Strategy), a music company that works with brands to get the right music for their projects.
Dabdoub joined MAS in August from agency Dentsu Creative, where she was a music producer and supervisor. While there,
Lorraine Paul is an editor at NYC’s Blue Table Post, which offers editorial, color, sound and VFX for those working in entertainment and advertising.
Paul’s resume is filled with projects from the film, television and advertising industries. She has cut trailers, teasers, launch spots, episodics, sizzles, social content,
Sarah Kmet-Hunt is executive creative director at Bader Rutter, a full-service advertising and marketing agency with offices in Chicago and Milwaukee. For 50 years, its work has been primarily focused on the B2B space with clients ranging across agriculture, pet care, insurance, financial services and much more. Recently, they’ve had a massive expansion into the food and beverage segment.
Jazzy Kettenacker is an editor at St. Louis-based Bruton Stroube Outpost. They provide cinematography, editing, color grading and sound design. “We also have worked on a variety of projects such as commercials, documentaries, branded content, and narratives,” she explains. “And we have a coffee shop and whiskey fountain in-house.”
Talk about what goes into your role as editor.
Ross Wilkinson is a VFX supervisor at Framestore, a creative studio that offers a range of visual effects, production, direction and post production services. They are based in London but have offices around the globe.
We reached out to him to find out about his path and workflows…
Can you describe your role as a VFX supervisor?
Tamara Toppler is head digital matte painting (DMP) at BlueBolt, an independent visual effects studio based in central London. They specialize in producing photorealistic work using digital matte painting, compositing, 3D and VFX for the global film and television industry.
Past and current projects include Ridley Scott’s Napoleon,
Growing up on a farm in the large, open spaces of the Australian Outback has had a big influence on Creative Outpost’s new senior colorist, Mark Horrobin. It not only gives him inspiration in his work, but it drives the types of grading he likes to work on. “I like wide-open spaces,
Erica McEwan is a creative director at Painting Practice, a London- and Cardiff-based design studio for film and television. “We’re a nimble mix of artists and producers of concept design, previz, postviz, VAD, motion graphics and VFX design,” she explains. “We bring together all of these key ingredients for a holistic design overview on a show or film,
JD Smyth is an editor and partner at Final Cut, a film editing company established over 20 years ago by “our fearless founder and legendary editor Rick Russell. We play in the short-form/long-form and commercial sandbox,” says Smyth. Final Cut has offices in LA, London and New York, where Smyth is based.
LA-based cinematographer Jeff Powers’ work spans features, episodics, commercials and music videos. Recent credits include Heaven’s Gate for HBO Max, Muscles and Mayhem for Netflix and Slipnot’s video for Yen for Offsite Films.
Powers also shot the indie film Bucky F*cking Dent,
Tommy Button is an editor at NYC’s Boomshot, a bi-coastal production company whose website, according to Button, describes it as “a creative collective forged from the worlds of advertising, TV and sports.”
Button agrees with that description: “We are creators. We are collaborators. I think that is pretty spot on.
Mark Bartels is a senior sound designer and engineer at Bruton Stroube Outpost. Bruton Stroube is a St. Louis-based studio that has been producing national work for over 40 years. Outpost is its post arm, offering editing, motion graphics, color grading, VFX and sound design.
Bartels is a musician at heart who also happens to have a degree in music business.
David Calcano is chief creative officer/co-founder of LA’s Fantoons Animation, a creative studio that has created cross-platform content for Disney Channel, HBO Max, Nestlé and Microsoft Office 365, among others. Venezuelan immigrants Calcano and his wife, Linda Otero, co-founded Fantoons, which offers many services including every aspect of the animation workflow,
Troy Smith is a colorist at FotoKem’s Margarita Mix Hollywood. He calls it “a unique facility because it has a boutique feel with the resources and support of a large facility.”
In 2011, Margarita Mix built out the video side of its business offering online editorial and color grading,