Prod Co: BRAND YEW FRIENDS

Director: Carlos Stevens

Post/UNREAL/VFX: Juice

Carlos Stevens - Character animation DIRECTOR, storyteller

Carlos Stevens is a former Student Academy Awards nominee for his animated short film "Toumai." This achievement kick-started Carlos' career working on a variety of Cannes Gold Lion award-winning commercial campaigns, notably for Sprint and Sony. Additionally, he has directed and designed campaigns for X-Box, Netflix, Marvel, EA, Lexus, SyFy, UFC, Target and many others.

His short film titled "The Alchemist's Letter" received critical acclaim and festival recognition worldwide. Carlos previously held directorships at Laika Animation Studios, design powerhouse Elastic, and animation studios Logan and Superfad. He recently directed an episode for season 3 of the acclaimed series Love Death + Robots on Netflix. He is currently in pre-production at Warner Brothers Pictures Animation on his original film “Zero” and was an EP/showrunner on an animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series at Nickelodeon/Paramount.

JUICe - Unreal engine/VFX/Post production

A full-service visual effects, design & audio powerhouse.

Juice blends VFX, 2D/3D animation, Unreal Engine creations, original score, sound and visual design, brand identity, mixing, and postproduction to produce moving experiences in film, audio, and digital spaces. Our tight knit family of directors, composers, artists, and dreamers has helped transform and redefine work for NETFLIX & HBO, BMW & Mercedes, Coca-Cola & Nike, Virgin Mobile & Dolby, Sony Entertainment, CD Projekt RED, and the BBC. We’re suckers for how big ideas look and sound, and we’ve traded many a weekend for sweating out the details that make them come alive.

Cosmopolitan, shapeshifting, award-winning, Juice.

ABOUT BRAND YEW FRIENDS

Brand Yew Friends is a multi-disciplinary creative collective aiming to solve client’s problems while doing great work. We use our 20 years of experience in the design and animation industry to facilitate unique collaborations for agencies and brands. We are a solution-based team that can offer full-service capabilities for all budgets through one or multiple partners. There isnt a board we cant solve, a team we cant build, or a project we cant make.

Our capabilities include 2D/3D Design/Animation, Live Action, Photoreal CG, Unreal Engine and Volume Stage Production, VFX and Comp, Offline Editorial, Color & Finishing, and Audio Post.