Crew972

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Crew972, established in April 2005, is an Israeli 3D animation studio that provides 3D animation services and develops and creates original animated entertainment.

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[edit] History

In 2004 IDT closed their major animation studio located in Israel. Following the sale of the activities to the American company Liberty Media, Crew972 - named after Israel's international dialing code - was formed in order to safeguard Israeli animation jobs in the future. [1]

[edit] Management

President and Co-Founder Alex Orrelle spend eight years in San Francisco, where he worked on Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles[2][3], Finding Nemo[4], Boundin'[5], and the Monsters, Inc. DVD[6]; and on Manex Entertainment/Warner Bros. The Matrix Reloaded[7]. During his studies, Alex made two award winning traditional animated short films and created and directed the CG short film Freeware, the 2001 winner of the Sundance On-Line Film Festival.[8] Alex holds a BA in Fine Arts.

Director Jean-Philippe Vine is an Illustrator and Set-Designer, who joined Aardman in 2004 to pursue a career in animation, starting work on Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit[9], and then as a Story artist and Director on Aardman's TV series Shaun the Sheep. He then joined Crew 972 to develop original projects for film and television. Jean-Philippe studied Theater Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

Business Development Manager and Co-Founder Michelle Orrelle has produced CD-ROM titles and online software in the U.S., Israel, and Australia at OZ.com, Scient, Macromedia, and the NSW Board of Studies. She also assisted Austrade with business development in San Francisco. Michelle hoslds a B.A. in Visual Arts, M.A. in Design, and M.B.A.

[edit] Works

[edit] Feature Film

[edit] Television and Promos

  • Over five hours of an animated television show for children for "Vipoland"[10], a production company in Germany
  • 3 minutes of high-end stereoscopic animation for the FIFA World Cup Tour sponsored by Coca-Cola [11]
  • Sci-Fi "If" Campaign (4x5 seconds)

[edit] Interactive DVD

  • 20 minutes for the Bratz Interactive DVD

[edit] Commercials

[edit] Games

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Making animation in "Hollywood on the Ayalon": Two years ago, the large animation studios in Bet Shemesh closed, leaving 170 animators out of work. Crew972 was born and has created three-dimensional advertisements for Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and PlayStatio...
  2. ^ http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_characters/33816-Incredibles.html
  3. ^ Israel's Mr. Incredible - ISRAEL21c
  4. ^ http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_characters/23325-Finding_Nemo.html
  5. ^ Animation World Magazine
  6. ^ Mike's New Car (2002) (V)
  7. ^ The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - Full cast and crew
  8. ^ 'Freeware' Wins Online Sundance | Article from AP Online | HighBeam Research
  9. ^ Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) - Cast and Credits - Yahoo! Movies
  10. ^ Vipo Land GmbH - Willkommen
  11. ^ http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=cat&category1=Places&newsitem_no=17042 AWN news