commercial productions, directors & dops

Nov 2021

California: Alex Palumbo:

Filmmaker, photographer, and waterman: Alex is a natural born storyteller. Having a keen eye for detail and an uncanny ability to capture the most genuine moments as they unfold - he has been trusted to tell the stories of people, places, and moments both large and small over the years. 

Recently, Alex has relocated to Southern California where he has built out a team to tackle larger productions - while still being nimble enough to blend into communities and groups to tell the most authentic stories possible. 

Fashion and lifestyle shoots have been keeping him busy this spring as brands are gearing up for the summer advertising season. Next up, Alex and company are heading down to Baja in Mexico for a commercial spearfishing, camping, and motorcycle shoot.

If authentic storytelling is what you're after, Alex is who you want behind the lens.

Hamburg: Boris Mosner:

Passionate about the art of filmmaking, Boris Mosner has over 30 years of experience and expertise as a director and DOP. He enjoys challenging himself with each shot, looking to create new and innovative work that satisfies clients and audiences alike.

After starting his career as a lighting cameraman, Boris has shot everything from cars and beauty to food and drink. He has developed a unique visual style and has become a master of liquid, food, slow-motion, and special effects. His films often combine live-action with specialist cinematography to tell stories that capture the beauty and emotion of objects.

Boris has shot in 26 countries, working with a diverse list of clients, such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Audi, L’Oréal, P&G, and Mercedes. He is able to work freely and flexibly on all kinds of projects; from small creative jobs for local companies to worldwide campaigns for large agencies and clients. He loves working with people, in or out of the studio, and is always developing new techniques to take his films to the next level.

He is available to work both as a freelance director and DOP as well as part of a full production service through ProductEye Studio. You can contact Boris via email or on +49 172 4535111.

London: Carioca Studio:

Carioca Studio is a well-known image concept house highly acclaimed for their work, specialising in advertising imagery. From their central, fully enclosed studio in Bucharest, through a network of talented artists across Romania, Carioca can create their work safely and securely and share it internationally in the most extreme of situations.

Carioca has three in-house photographers and directors with artistic backgrounds and advertising experience. The company also has a team of 22 full-time employees organised into production, execution, post-production and CGI departments. All of Carioca’s work is created in-house.

Clients come from Canada, the USA, South America, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, Russia, Dubai, Qatar, China, India and Vietnam.

Carioca has won multiple awards including gold, silver and bronze at Cannes Lions, Epica and New York Festivals. The company has featured among Luerzer’s Archive's '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide' for a number of years and also features on the cover of the 2017 edition of '200 Best CGI Artists Worldwide'.

Carioca is represented by JSR Agency. See more of their work here and follow the agency on Instagram for the latest projects.

Texas: charlieuniformtango:

Founded in 1995 by co-owners Lola Lott and Jack Waldrip, charlieuniformtango has become an industry leader. Today, headed by owner/CEO James Rayburn, owner/senior editor Deedle LaCour, and owner/VFX artist Joey Waldrip, charlieuniformtango serves as a single source production solution.

The company directs, produces, shoots, edits, scores, mixes, animates, designs, and provides color services, FX, and finishing for commercials, short films, documentaries, music videos, and digital content for worldwide clients such as American Airlines, Abercrombie & Fitch, State Farm, Fiat, Geico, Jeep, Lexus, McDonald’s, Dr. Pepper, Chick Fil A, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and Universal Orlando.

Awards include National Addys, AICE Awards, ANDY’S and a Cannes Lion, with work featured in everything from the CA Annual to the AICP National Show. Close to 20 Superbowl spots produced for clients from Geico to FIAT to H.E.B. Long-form work shown at film festivals SXSW to Melbourne and Leeds. Headquarters in Dallas, Texas with a full-service studio in Austin. 

See more on their website or contact Fran Montoya, Head of Sales/Business Development or call +1 214-922-9222.

London: Edmund Fraser:

Edmund Fraser is a mixed media still and motion image maker thriving within the possibilities of the digital landscape.

He utilises unique, bold and above all, eye-catching work with a variety of techniques and collaborators within his studio. His aesthetic and attitude are colourful and energetic, blending both the most forward-thinking digital concepts with a handmade analogue feel. A sense of fun young open creativity always coming through into his final work and relationship with his subjects.

When not on commercial projects he is constantly developing his practice - whether traditional stills, new ways of looking at motion or interactive mediums. Lockdown enabled some amazing new possibilities from 70 camera 3D scanning rigs to drones illuminating subjects from above.
He has made great work for a variety of clients including Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Look, Refinery29, Creative Recreation, JD Sports, Google, Clinique, Lululemon, Nowness, Disney, New Balance and Universal.

See more here and follow on Instagram. Edmund is represented by JSR; you can follow them on Instagram.

Mexico: Encinta:

Encinta is the leading full production company in Guadalajara, Mexico with over a decade of experience.

"We cover all types of commercial, film, photo and sound services and offer a wide variety of in house directos, video post production suites, sound studio and our own camera rental company committed to the best results in production and a thorough and very complete team."

Spain - Colombia - Sweden: Minded Factory:

"We provide full production and location services for film, television, commercials and music video productions. We support out-of-town and overseas producers and production companies on their shoots across Spain, Colombia and Sweden.

Get to know our talents and their inspiring work captivating with their creativity in gripping storytelling commercials.

Our directors Simon Brand,Pedro Garciamejia, Joonas Kent and 3Dots have directed the last campaigns of Coca-Cola, DAZN, Puma and NVIDIA.

We are also delighted to present some of our new talents, such as Alex Nicholson, who has worked with San Miguel, Ben Braham with his incredible commercial for Mercedes, and Alejandro Gómez showing a very sensitive point of view with his spot for New Balance. We are also pleased to share with you a commercial by Juan Solanas, the world-renowned director of the film Upside Down."

The Caribbean: Peter Sagnia Films:

Peter Sagnia is a London, UK-born cinematographer / director and filmmaker now residing on the Caribbean Island of Sint Maarten with over 30 years experience in video production.

He studied television and video production in 1991 at Southgate College and has moved through the ranks in the industry.

He has worked with brands such as MaCallan, MasterClass, NBC, FOX, KFC, Pizza Hut and many more.

He collaborates with other media professionals including photographers, international branding firms, graphic designers, writers, making his company a full production house.

Zurich: Sarida Bossoni - Agency for Directors of Photography:

For more than 10 years, Sarida Bossoni has been Switzerland's agent representing a selection of highly talented directors of photography, each renowned for their signature work in all types of film productions.

After several years as an agency producer in different international advertising networks, she is well-acquainted with the process of filmmaking and the requirements of all parties involved.

Needless to say, her drive as an agent is her passion for high-quality creative films. A premise that will always lead to above average, if not excellent results.

The agency just launched a new website and they have new additions to the roster: Alessandra, Natascha, Sven and Fabian. Sarida is looking forward to new collaborations and joint projects with them.

Clients include Adidas, Audi, BMW, Bulgari, Cadillac, Chanel, Chloé, Chopard, Christian Dior, Coca-Cola, D&G, Ford, Giorgio Armani, Ikea, IWC, Lamborghini, Lancia, Martini, Max Factor, Mercedes, Michelin, Red Bull, Salvatore Ferragamo, Samsung, SBB, Skoda, Sony, Swatch, Swisscom, Toyota, Under Armour and Yves Saint Laurent, among others.

London: Simon Stock:

Simon Stock is a London-based, award-winning advertising photographer and director whose work takes him all over the world, photographing some of the most iconic brands. He is also an established commercials director.

He has directed commercials for Bentley, Discovery Channel, Natwest, Mercedes, Toyota, Volvo, Wild Aid, Norfolk Southern Railway, ITV, Rugby World Cup, Toby Carvery and Travelodge.

And commercial clients include Rolls-Royce, Alfa Romeo, Audi, American Airlines, BMW, BP, British Airways, Castrol, Deutsche Telekom, Disney, Dodge, Emirates Airlines, Fairy, Ford, HSBC, Hummer, Hyundai, Jaguar, Jeep, LondonTransport, Lucozade, Lufthansa, Microsoft, Milka, Nestlé, O2, Plusnet, P&O Cruises, Porsche, RBS, Range Rover, Renault, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Vodafone.

Simon is represented by JSR, see Simon’s work here and follow them on Instagram.

London: Sugar Blood:

Pedro Allevato is an award-winning director and motion artist based in London, UK. He has a long experience working with 2D and flat 3D animation, graphic design, visual storytelling with studios across New York, Vancouver and London.

Sugar Blood is his high-end design name / AKA / brand driven by good stories. It brings together his extensive experience with elegant design and obsession with beautiful movement. His unique style is defined by a seamless flirt between 2D, flat 3D animation and graphic design.

Sugar Blood has worked with a wide range of companies and projects, from advertisement, the music industry, films, fashion, and sports.

For the past 10 years, he has developed his skills further on, becoming a specialist in design direction, character animation and CGI film production.

Sugar Blood portfolio has led him to be commissioned by clients such as: Adidas, Gorillaz, Google, Apple, Peugeot, Ford, Rolls Royce, BBC, GSK, Kappa, Visa, Warner Music, Shell, UPS, The History Channel and agencies - to name a few: Buck, Mediacom, Possible, Beyond, Mightfine, BBC, Contra Agency, MPC, ITV, Ground Control.

Sugar Blood is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.

Italy: TAXFREEFILM:

TAXFREEFILM is an independent passion-driven production and creative studio based in Parma, Italy.

Founded in 2005 by Franco Tassi, who wittily gave birth to his creation, Taxfreefilm.

Franco, aka Frank, brilliantly worked as an art director for some of the most creative agencies in Milan during the nineties, creating some successful and award-winning campaigns such as Swatch “Times is what you make of it”, in 1997.

Buenos Aires: Tip Top Films:

Tip Top Films is a worldwide production service company for motion and still projects based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Although it is mainly known as a studio specialised in beauty and product shots, it has a vast experience in large scale production services. It has the tools, team and knowledge to manage any kind of audiovisual challenge.

Tip Top likes to address itself as an "artisan of the image", by working out problems through creativity and aesthetic to produce the most irresistible images.

It is a company that is able to create moments and emotions within any available format, adjusting itself to every need, providing the best technology, resources and ensuring the right interpretation of the creative message.

One more thing: Tip Top Films owns a High Speed Motion Control, the only one in the region!