MPC recently teamed up with Skunk directing team Ne-O via DDB NY to conjure an army of magical little blue-suited folks for a New York Lottery spot.

jumP LA editor Patrick Griffin, working with Smuggler Director Filip Engstrom and The Mill, tackles “Better, Stronger, Smarter,” a humorous and engaging spot introducing Mazda's new CX-5 crossover.

Absolute, BBH and Pretty Bird joined forces to deliver “A Bottle of Togetherness,” creating a world where dogs and cats can resolve their differences over a bottle of Britvic J2O.

Production company Studio AKA recently created a show open for ITV1’s “Royal Season.”

Branding and design Trollbäck + Company teamed up with TV Land for its fourth branding project and first logo reinvention in the network's 16-year history.

Production company Iron Claw is celebrating its recent Emmy win for Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction for the “Sunday Night Football” show open with Faith Hill for NBC Sports.

The Tiffen Company announced that its award-winning digital filter suite − Tiffen Dfx v3 − is now available for use on Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.4) and Motion 5 (5.0.3).

Ubisoft teamed up with Little Minx to create a live-action/CGI prequel film, “Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Alpha,” in anticipation of the upcoming release of the "Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon" video game.

Production company Hornet announced that it has signed 2011 BAFTA Award-winning director Mikey Please to its talent roster.

With a mission to connect high-end talent with awesome brands, iartists has launched in Los Angeles to represent directors, designers, animators, visual effects pros, storytellers and digital experts, working across platforms, devices and spaces.

Fabien Coupez has joined MassMarket as Senior Flame Artist and VFX Supervisor.

The world's best productions in the field of applied animation received their prizes in the Mercedes-Benz Museum at the Animated Com Award held at the 19th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.

ACME Filmworks directors David Wachtenheim and Robert Marianetti recently completed work on a campaign for Kraft’s Ritz Crackerfuls created by agency Euro RSCG Worldwide in New York.

Executive producer Leslie Sorrentino, formerly of Animal West and The Syndicate, has joined digital production and design studio Big Block. He brings with him his production team, Flame artist Gizmo Rivera and producer Cindy Chapman.

Studio Aka completed a dazzling trail sequence for the BBC as part of their Olympic Campaign 2012 coverage. The sequence depicts an impressionistic world rendered with nothing more than shimmering golden dots of light, and dramatically traversed by Olympic torchbearers.

QuietMan recently flexed its concept-to-completion bona fides with an animated/live-action hybrid spot promoting The Topps Company's Baby Bottle Pops candy.

For the new season of "Auction Kings," the popular reality TV series on Discovery Channel, creative agency Oishii Creative developed a dramatic show open and graphics package that captures the intrepid crew of Gallery 63 and the thrill of the buy and sale.

Adobe announced the immediate availability of Adobe Creative Suite 6 software. The CS6 product line includes powerful new releases of Photoshop, InDesign, lllustrator, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Professional and other products as well as four suite versions – Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium; Creative Suite 6 Design Standard; Creative Suite 6 Production Premium; and Creative Suite 6 Master Collection.

DUCK has sliced two birds with one stone, considerably escalating its presence in both the live-action and animation realms with the addition of versatile director Knife Party.

The winners of the 2012 CLIO Awards, one of the world's most recognized awards competitions honoring excellence in advertising, design and communications, were announced this week by Prometheus Global Media.