Optimus

10/20/2025

Kansas City Adventures 🎬🎞️

10/20/2025

Check out this new saucy spot for fall 🍁🥩

⁣Client: Kraft-Heinz
Director: Tyler Bowditch
Production: Drip Productions
⁣Agency: The Kitchen
Senior Producer: Dylan Thompson
Senior Art Director: Danny O'Donnell
Senior Copywriter: Matthew Payne
Creative Director: Andrew Bernardi
Associate Creative Director: Elijah Di Gangi

Post-Production: Optimus
Editor: Jenny Schaye
⁣Assistant ⁣Editor: Lauryn Smith
⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Colorist: Paul Galati⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Assistant Colorist: Colin Cubr⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Creative Director: Tyler Nelson ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Junior Designer: Annatafka Baez
EP: Tracy Spera
⁣EP/Managing Director: Brian Hrastar

09/23/2025

✨Optimus Film Fest ‘25✨⁣
⁣Oh, what a night at The Davis Theater! ⁣
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⁣Featuring:⁣
⁣💫Hemingway⁣
⁣💫Paper Flower⁣
⁣💫Eat Your Heart Out⁣
⁣💫Untapped: Closing America’s Opportunity Gap⁣

09/16/2025

What started with 64 Crayola colors and a blank page ended with a global chain of creativity. We invited artists and creators of all ages, from all around the world, to get inspired by one child's drawing. Together, they created something amazing: a shared masterpiece that shows how creativity connects us all.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDCHD-CZ40I

Client: Crayola
Director: John X. Carey
Director: Aqsa Altaf
Agency: Dentsu Creative
Group Creative Director: Allison Miller
Group Creative Director: Kelly Jenkins
Executive Creative Director: Brian Eden
Executive Producer: Todd Scheifele

Post-Production: Optimus
⁣Editor: Angelo Valencia
⁣Assistant Editor: Samantha Dunlap
Assistant Editor: Lauryn Smith
⁣Assistant Editor: Carly Bickett
⁣⁣⁣⁣Director of Finish: Glen Noren
VFX Finish Assistant: Grace Magar
Audio Engineer: Harrison Gill
Associate Producer: Helen Diep
⁣EP: Joanna Woods
⁣EP/Managing Director: Brian Hrastar

Senior Colorist: Kath Raisch

What started with 64 Crayola colors and a blank page ended with a global chain of creativity. We invited artists and creators of all ages, from all around th...

09/11/2025

🌻 Summertime Fun in MKE 🫶

09/09/2025

New NFL Season + New Work

Thank you to our friends over at General Mills and BB&Co for the incredible project and collaboration. Thank you, Ruganzu Howard, for perfection.

A fantasy footballer's dream.

🎞 CREDITS 🎞:
Agency: BB&Co
Brand: General Mills
Talent: Amon-Ra St.Brown, Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Chase
Director: Ruganzu Howard
Production: EPOCH.

Post-Production: Optimus
Editor: Tim Cahil
Assistant Editor: Chris Shepard
Colorist: Paul Galati
Assistant Colorist: Colin Cubr
Audio Engineer: Zach Scheitlin
⁣Audio Assistant: Harrison Gill
CD: Tyler Nelson
Director of Animation: Luis Mayorga
Junior Designer: Annatafka Baez
VFX Supervisor: Ryan Wood
EP: Tracy Spera
EP/Managing Director: Brian Hrastar

08/14/2025

Thank you to our amazing friends at Dentsu for an incredible night on the water filled with art, laughter, and fun!

08/13/2025

Welcome Home, Zach! Thank you to our friends at Screen Magazine for our incredible feature celebrating the return of our Senior Audio Engineer, Zach Scheitlin.⁣
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https://screenmag.com/optimus-welcomes-zach-scheitlin-home-as-senior-audio-engineer/

08/12/2025

The best pork speaks for itself.

Client: Smithfield Pork
Director: David Ma
⁣Featuring: Ben Schwartz
Agency: The Escape Pod
Production Company: Gravity Well Studio
Production Coordinator: Michelle Blahnik
Group Account Director: Angie Brenner
Senior Producer: Annelise Smith
Executive Creative Director: Ryan Dickey
Creative Director: Jimmy Schmidt

Post-Production: Optimus
Colorist: Paul Galati
⁣Assistant Colorist: Colin Cubr
⁣Senior Audio Engineer: Zach Scheiltlin
⁣Audio Assistant: Harrison Gill
On-Set VFX Supervisor: Luis Mayorga
VFX: Mike Ciacciarelli, Luis Mayorga, Ryan Wood & Glen Noren
Producer: Claire Smalley
⁣EP/Managing Director: Brian Hrastar

Freelance VFX: Jim Moss

08/11/2025

🎈Celebrating 29 years of Optimus with a good ol’fashioned Dock Party!🎈

07/28/2025

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⁣Once again, we had an incredibly engaging afternoon having Once again, we had an incredibly engaging afternoon having our friends Ogilvy⁣ and the apprentices from the Ogilvy School of Creativity over to learn about the production and post-production process. Thank you for such a fun day! ⁣
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07/18/2025

Meet Dr. Anton Hill, PhD! Here to teach you how to outsmart bugs with his pest handling degree and trusted Raid spray.

Client: Raid
Production: ArtClass Content US
Director: Black Coffee
⁣Agency: Ogilvy
Senior Producer: Justin Moreno
Art Director: Mila Ugryn
Associate Creative Director: Grace Duffy
Copywriter: Mary Paisley Belk
Creative Director: Mark Bruker

Post-Production: Optimus
Editor: Ariana De Simone
Assistant Editor: Hugo Escobar
Assistant Editor Support: Carly Bickett
Animation Director: Luis Mayorga
Colorist: Paul Galati
Color Assistant: Colin Cubr
Senior Audio Engineer: Zach Scheitlin
Audio Assistant: Harrison Gill
EP: Tracy Spera
EP/Managing Director: Brian Hrastar