Optimus

12/18/2025

Check out our Animation Director, Luis Mayorga, answer Five Questions with SCREEN!

https://screenmag.com/five-questions-with-screen-optimus-animation-director-luis-mayorga/
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12/16/2025

Congratulations to director Tony Franklin and our very own Tim Cahill for crafting the story of The Big Green House together. Cheers to 9+ international film festivals!

Director: Tony Franklin
⁣Post-Production: Optimus
Editor: Tim Cahill
Creative Director: Tyler Nelson
Colorist: Paul Galati
Color Assistant: Colin Cubr
VFX Supervisor; Ryan Wood
Songwriter: Paul Kyle, Ben Kyle

https://vimeo.com/894648325?&login=true

12/12/2025

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⁣Celebrating creativity, craft, and connection at the 2025 AICP Awards in Chicago ✨ From inspiring conversations to industry highlights, we’re honored to be part of a night where the best in commercial storytelling took center stage. Here’s to pushing boundaries in our work!

12/10/2025

Cheers to Think Media Studios on winning a Silver Clio Award and an IDEA Golden Matrix Award for Best Show Open for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ In the Paint. Our design team is proud to have collaborated on such an electric project.

11/26/2025

Grateful for our team, our community, and the chance to give back. 🤎⁣
⁣Thank you to everyone who donated at the Optimus Blood Drive. 🫶⁣
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11/25/2025

A big thank-you to this wonderfully engaged group of emerging creatives from IU Media LLC. We loved showing them how the work comes together behind the scenes — their curiosity and sharp questions made the tour a highlight of our week.

11/14/2025

Simply the best time at the Best of the Midwest!

We were so happy to lend our hands and hearts to 3 films this year.

Hand Job | Best Directors, Best Editing, Best Cinematography

Paper Flower | Best Actor

Protagonist Gene | Best Writing

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 🫶