Prod Co: BRAND YEW FRIENDS/Juice

Director: IN-HOUSE (See options below)

DESIGN/VFX/Post/AUDIO: Juice

JUICe - Motion Design & 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.

IN-HOUSE Director Options

Ergin Kuke - mUlti-hyphenate director & Creative director

Through the years he has been a child actor, bartender, literary translator, writer, teacher, publisher of a sociopolitical newspaper, war guide for the Washington Post, art director, visual effects supervisor and advertising creative director.
Arguably, his most useful work is his series of After Effects tutorials which have been cracked and downloaded worldwide; hopefully helping the next generation of artists.
He has been nominated for an Emmy, MTV music video award, was somehow awarded a cultural ambassador order from the president of Albania and his work is on permanent display at the Petersen Automotive Museum.
Shifting restlessly through the years from one discipline to the other has created a wide body of work across visual storytelling that spans live action, vfx, live event, theatrical and experiential, emerging tech and interactive.
He has a love for and a decent collection of paperback sci-fi, exploring far places on motorcycles and single malts. In the almost nonexistent time between work and trying to raise his children to be astronauts (so he can live vicariously), he handcrafts leather luggage in his garage, is currently hoping to finish his translation of Asimov’s Foundation and is trying to reimagine the blinker.

Eric Will - director & Creative director

Growing up in France, England and the US, Eric got a unique upbringing through constant travelling. One day he took a camera and spent months photographing India. In Berlin and London his interest in music and effects made him dive into music videos. That led to his directing of the first worldwide LG commercial with SFX Academy Award Neal Scanlan. Always interacting with exotic cultures, Eric’s work combines cinematic storytelling with human magic.

He engages audiences with a unique blend of characters and striking visuals. Recent credits go for Pepsi, Minute Maid, Chevrolet, Prince Soda and Cadillac. The film for Glowingheads won the 1999 German Visual Effect Price. His spot for Beko received the 2003 Silver Crystal Apple Award. Eucerin got the 2007 Silver Effie. Kosovo won the UK Media & Marketing Award 2010. MTC won two Gold awards at the 2011 Russian Advertising Awards. Nutrilite is shortlisted on the Cannes Lions 2017.

MICHAL MISINSKI - DIRECTOR, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, VFX Supervisor

Michal is a Polish-born, Warsaw-based, Director who combines cinematography and design skills to create innovative, immersive stories for the biggest brands and names around the world. 
Starting as a designer, it only took a few years to quickly move his interest into motion pictures which eventually led him to immerse himself in the narrative and VFX world. He began his professional career working on world-recognized projects for Ubisoft, IBM, Nike, BMW, Toyota, Porsche, Honda to name a few. 

I had the huge privilege to work on Ares: Our Greatest Adventure –– the science fiction blockbuster’s teaser, of the Oscar-nominated movie The Martian produced in collaboration with NASA, starring Matt Damon.

I worked on Liberator, Netflix TV series where I was responsible for developing the whole visual language. I also served as a second unit director for the entire series. 

Michal is a co-founder and partner at Juice – a full-service visual effects, design, and audio powerhouse. 

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.