Mark Bisson joins forces with Spy Films, along with directors Robert Maya and David Harner.

“After running my own company Mad Films for the past 13 years, I have decided to refocus my time and energy in developing and building the careers of my directors, both locally and in the international markets. Spy Films will allow me to do just that. They are well positioned in Canada and have strong connections internationally.” – Mark Bisson

View David Harner REEL HERE

View Robert Maya REEL HERE

Arev Manoukian’s Nuit Blanche selected at Siggraph 2010.

Contending amongst other great films such as 2012, Avatar, and Pixar’s Up.. the Making of Nuit Blanche was among the winners at the prestigious computer animations conference.

See full details/winners HERE

See the ‘making of’ Nuit Blanche HERE

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Spy Films would like to welcome Alexis Victor to the team.

Having spent the last 8 years working in the film and animation industry for a wide variety of creative outfits; including animation legend Chuck Gammage, global phenomenon Bruce Mau Design and broadcast design powerhouse 4stroke.

Now she brings all this to SPY where she will continue to inspire and facilitate creative innovation.

We are thrilled to have Alexis join our production team where she has already started working with our directors and clients in developing new and imaginative opportunities in creative content.

Spy Films interactive duo Kirby McClure and Julia Grigorian a.k.a Radical Friend have just recently completed their first live installation piece at the Creators Project in New York.

The Creators Project Events series began this June in New York City with a series collection of curated artworks which will move across London, Sao Paulo, and Seoul, and culminates in Beijing with a huge 3-day Creators exposition in September.

View Radical Friend’s REEL HERE

Daniel Cox wins a Bronze Lions at Cannes 2010 for ‘Embrace Life’.

‘Embrace Life’ launched online on 26 January and built up 1.5 million views in it’s first 20 days.

‘I wanted to create a visual metaphor addressing how a single decision in a person’s day can greatly influence both their own and their loved ones’ lives,’ says director Daniel Cox.

View Daniel Cox’s REEL HERE

Arev Manoukian’s Nuit Blanche wins Golden Nica in the Computer/Animation/Film/VFX category.

Contenders in the category: Avatar, Pixar’s Up, Pixels and Logorama amongst others… Full-list HERE

View Nuit Blanche HERE

Wired shows deep love for Spy Films’ directors.

“After being blown away by Nuit Blanche, a visually impressive short by director Arev Manoukian, Wired.com checked out some of the other work coming from Spy talent. Spy Films is a Canadian production house known for delivering eye-popping imagery.”

“We represent directors who have a strong eye for storytelling and a wizard-like approach to their work.”

See Wired Article HERE

‘Embrace Life’ launched online on 26 January and built up 1.5 million views in it’s first 20 days.

‘I wanted to create a visual metaphor addressing how a single decision in a person’s day can greatly influence both their own and their loved ones’ lives,’ says director Daniel Cox. The film required an additional 93 thousand watts of lighting to create the right effect.

The New York Daily News used ‘Embrace Life’ as an example of the sort of advertising that should be showcased during the Super Bowl.

Daniel Cox joins Spy Films for exclusive Canadian representation.

View ‘Embrace Life’

Alex Roman defines himself as a light-sculptor director.

The Third & The Seventh is A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view, where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.

Alex Roman joins Spy for International Representation.

View Alex Roman’s REEL HERE

Spy director Neill Blomkamp and his film District 9, find 4 Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, Film Editing, Visual Effects,  and Adapted Screenplay.

Congratulations!

See below for the short that inspired the feature film District 9:

Alive In Joburg – Neill Blomkamp from Spy Films on Vimeo.