LAIKA/house President/EP Lourri Hammack has welcomed director Nicholas Weigel to the expanding director roster for the commercial studio.
"Nicholas brings a unique voice and wonderfully off-kilter vision to the studio. He is currently applying his skewed funny bone to a live action/animation campaign, which rolls out in November. He is a great addition to our talented group of directors and also gives us greater depth in original content creation," said Hammack.
Weigel previously worked with Psyop as an animation director on Coke's INSIDE THE HAPPINESS FACTORY and with The Mill on Orangina's NATURALLY JUICY project.
In addition, he developed and directed the award-winning MTV Puberty series while working at Hornet Inc. in New York. He also served as creative director of Nick Digital Lab, a full service animation production facility that produced work for Spike TV and Nickelodeon.
The move to Portland and LAIKA/house is a return to the West Coast for Weigel, who spent six years at W!LDBRAIN before moving to New York. While at the Bay-area studio, he directed award-winning spots for Ford Focus, Cartoon Network, Levi's, and helped develop the TV series HIGGLYTOWN HEROES on Playhouse Disney.
In his free time, Weigel designs for independent street wear apparel and toy boutiques and develops animated series content for TV.
