Sabertooth Bites into Longform Content with Directing Duo DPO
VENICE, CA, June 22, 2009 - Integrated production company Sabertooth has signed directing collective Display Purposes Only: DPO (aka Conrad Jackson and Conor Colwell ) for exclusive US spot representation. Each an award-winning filmmaker in his own right, Jackson (pictured top) and Colwell (pictured bottom) have come together to develop new perspectives in visual storytelling. Their online piece “Skater Ollie” has garnered 2.2 Million hits on YouTube (to date), and recently was featured on MSN’s homepage, where it generated over 300,000 hits in a single day.
Jackson broke into the business as a writer while attending film school at Loyola Marymount
University, selling his senior thesis to ABC; the project landed in the primetime roster and ultimately made Jackson the youngest African American to create a prime-time show for ABC. Colwell’s creative history is rooted in visual effects and cinematography. He has shot everywhere from the deep jungles of the Philippines to the war-torn streets of Iraq, where he developed and DP’d “Brothers At War,” a film hailed by the AARP as “categorically the best war film, documentary or fictional, ever made.”
“Sabertooth is a content company, and the first conversation we have with an agency is about how to realize their vision,” said Creative Director/Founder David Cullipher, who launched the firm in 2008. “This process can originate with live action, CG or interactive, but in the end we’re here to bring awesome creative content solutions to the table.”
“These guys are tremendous at brainstorming creative ideas with agencies, and at bringing a boarded concept to life in a way that will grab attention across the web,” said John Busenberg, Executive Producer at Sabertooth. “Clients are continually pursuing the holy grail of a workable formula for web content that propagates itself virally. DPO infuses this conversation with an impressive mix of imagination and skill.”
“The shift to a free-flowing digital environment gives advertising a new beast to tame,” the directors stated. “Advertising must become so appealing that it is viewed as entertainment first, and as a commercial second.”
To demystify the process of creating effective viral content, DPO created a half-hour overview presentation for Sabertooth’s agency clients, “There’s so much demand for viral marketing, it’s great to be able to share with clients that there is both a science and strategy behind how best to position their work for success,” Cullipher said.
Busenberg points to projects such as Evolve “Magnet” as an example of DPO’s ability to craft sophisticated content while keeping their eye on audiences’ tastes. Composed from over 2400 stills, the piece is a meticulous blend of live action with a stop motion technique, gracefully narrating the passage of time and changing trends. “The camera never stops moving, even as the frame is constantly shifting – it’s a single shot that tells the story of 30 years inside of a minute,” he said. “It’s really a unique and visually compelling spot, and that’s quintissential DPO. They are independent, they are smart technical filmmakers, the end product is very polished, but there’s an inherent edgy rawness and disruptive intelligence to the work that really makes it distinct.”
“We have smiles from ear to ear,” the directors said of their decision to join Sabertooth. “We’re looking forward to creating progressive material and seizing all of the opportunities to learn from this group.” Referring to 2017 Pacific, the integrated production collective comprised of Sabertooth, Film Realite and Restless Films, they were equally sanguine. “This is an ideal environment in that it possesses the foresight needed to adapt traditional marketing and production methodologies to the evolving digital media landscape. With their support, we’re thrilled by the challenge to help define a new age in advertising and production strategies.”
About Sabertooth
Based in Venice, CA, Sabertooth is a collective of designers, directors, VFX and interactive artists dedicated to creating amazing work. We are medium agnostic, flowing between interactive, film, video, online, print and broadcast. Creatively restless, we continually seek new methods and techniques to improve ourselves and our work. We treat clients as partners, and believe that great work in any medium results from the dynamic creative collaboration that takes place between idea and execution.

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In addition to Neham, McCoy, Waugh, the Bandito Brothers roster includes Jacob Rosenberg, and directing teams Gentlemen and Teton Gravity. Bandito Brothers is represented by Unique of Little Gypsy for special projects and on the West Coast. Kitty Monaghan and Kelly Halpine of Monaghan+Halpine rep the company in the Midwest. Lori Youmans of Lori & Company reps Bandito in the East.
"I have joined forces with Bandito Brothers to push the boundaries further, dramatically and dangerously," said Berglund, who was introduced to the company through Rohrer. "I know Jeff from way back and value his experience and knowledge in the industry. As soon I met these guys, I was attracted to the team spirit that they work in and the diversity of what they can do. The work spans from humor to high action, they adapt easily to any situation, and have the ability to scale to any job."
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combination of visual artistry and soulful authenticity gives her spot work a powerful point of view, the visceral appeal evident in her projects for New Balance, Showtime, Neutrogena, Time Warner, HP, and others.
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collaboration among DJ's, musicians, celebrities, and music lovers to raise awareness and donations for 
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"Shelly and Cyn are such a great team. They're universally respected by everyone I know in this business." Zissimos said of Fools and Horses Owners/EPs Shelly Townsend and Cyn Guzman. "They create an enormous amount of confidence on jobs because they care about all the right stuff. There's a sincerity and passion about them that is really inspiring."
HOLLYWOOD, CA, March 20, 2009 - 

auto show car and share their 
for Presentation Works developed by Mediascape. First up was the Rockford Fosgate Visualizer. An audio demonstration system, the visualizer lets visitors pick any of five music genres to demonstrate the performance of an available premium sound system mounted on the display. The immersion is enhanced with the projection of a realtime music visualizer onto the round overhead canopy.
Finally, there was Mistubishi Drive@Earth, also a touch screen interface enabling touch-sensitive tag lines to display more details.
Google satellite map showing the 40 mile "Green Zone" radius that the Volt can reach on a single charge. Visitors at each kiosk can also enter their zip codes into the live Google database to roam around their personal Green Zone, as well as navigate to numerous videos and animations that present key features and benefits of the car as described by various project leaders.
Brian Hutchings, AlphaDogs Colorist, added that color correction for "Encounters at the End of the World" was all done in house at AlphaDogs using the Apple Final Cut Studio Color package. "AlphaDogs installed Color along with the optional Tangent operator panels which really gives the feel of the Da Vinci System I'm used to," he explained. "Color worked throughout the sessions without fault and allowed us to achieve the exact look required."
LOS ANGELES, CA, February 20, 2009 - Gentlemen, the directing duo comprised of Brett Snider and Billy Federighi (l to r), has signed with
LOS ANGELES, CA, February 20, 2009 - Italian directing duo Borgato & Berte has signed with
SANTA MONICA, CA, February 18, 2009 - "The Totally Rad Show," Revision3's movie, video game, TV and comic review show, aired its 100th episode on Tuesday, February 17. Complementing the program's milestone episode, the hosts will present a special two-year anniversary show in the upcoming episode 104.
"This was a very prestigious project from the outset and something we were delighted to have here at AlphaDogs," said company CEO & Founder Terence Curren. "Peter (Bogdanovich) came in to add some additional scenes to the DVD completed in the fall of 2007. These include Tom Petty in his early years with Mudcrutch and will be added as special features to the DVD package."
for Iraq, begins airing on Starz tonight, director Neil Abramson can't help but reflect on what's changed - and what has not - since the film screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. "The subject of minority kids from from small towns enlisting in the military has become even more pertinent in these tough economic times," says Abramson, who is repped for spots via
DETROIT, MI, January 30, 2009 - Louis Lyne has come aboard
commercial division, with a directorial roster comprised of Mike "Mouse" McCoy (pict., r.), Scott Waugh (pict., l.), Jacob Rosenberg, and directing team Teton Gravity. Bandito Brothers embarks on the new endeavor with three recently completed projects, for Ford, Mt. Dew, and the US Navy. 
"It's always a Catch-22, especially in times like these," notes Ron Cicero (pict., r.), CEO and Co-Founder of OpenPitch.com. "Agencies of all sizes need to land new business, but it's tough to take an already overworked staff and put them on pitch work. Both projects can suffer. OpenPitch allows agencies to not only grow a creative department on demand, but also mold it based on the pitch at hand. The site effectively breaks down the financial and geographical barriers to top creative talent."
LOS ANGELES, CA, January 26, 2009 - Creating a unique cover of the hit song, "All Right Now," PrimalScream Music has orchestrated a rare jam session that brings together the talents of Lucinda Williams' band Buick 6, alt/indie sensation Minibar, and blues/rock icon Michael Des Barres. The recording is part of a new campaign for 21st Century Insurance via MRM Worldwide/Princeton, airing now.
Director and Executive Music Producer
LA's Wiltern Theatre to see Buick 6 perform.
experience the full range of their sound and abilities," Dionne said. "They flipped." Dionne added that she likes to hear bands perform live to get a sense of what she can do with them in the studio.
Silverhead in the 70s and a member of Power Station, "Michael added that timeless element of classic rock and blues," said Dionne.
first-generation version of a very famous song."


gained added popularity via its appearance on the motion picture soundtrack of Sex and the City. "Often when I write my songs I have a visual for the video right then," Jem notes. "This video went through many different concepts, especially after the song was featured in the movie, but the first and foremost idea I had and loved, was that I would be a ballerina, then a cop, cutting from one to the next as the beat rolls on, so the theme of the song would be captured with a really fun backdrop - 'It's amazing all that you can do...' Plus I love to dress up in my videos!"



"My experiences on Goodyear really helped to prepare me for this," Damon said. "I recall projects for that client where we'd be working with three or four units at once, shooting stills at the same time." von Weyher noted that while GM has done multi-brand projects before, this was the first time multiple brands were shot concurrently. "In many ways it was a huge chess game making all of this work, delivering each brand its desired look," she commented. "Running footage is not just for dealer spots anymore, and this particular package was very significant because they are re-purposing footage cutting national spots out of it now."
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