Crew972
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Crew972, established in April 2005, is an Israel
i 3D animation studio that provides 3D animation services and develops and creates original animated entertainment.
Crew 972 is a limited liability company founded in Tel Aviv Israel in 2005 for the purpose of creating animated entertainment. The company provides animation services from concept to finished frames and has developed original properties to pitch level. It was co founded in 2005 by Alex and Michelle Orrelle. Crew972 - named after Israel's international dialing code
, Finding Nemo
, Boundin, and the Monsters, Inc.
DVD; and on Manex Entertainment/Warner Bros. The Matrix Reloaded
. 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
. Alex holds a BA in Fine Arts.
In 2009, Alex was offered the position of Animation Director on Yogi Bear (Dec 2010 release) for Warner Brothers Pictures.
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 holds a B.A. in Visual Arts, M.A. in Design, and M.B.A.
Dror Daliot (LLB, MBA) Head of Studio
Dror was General Manager of Tal Yefet fashion house, achieving triple revenue in only its second year. Prior to that he managed teams in the former Soviet Union for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ("Nativ" division), and ran cultural seminars. Dror interned at a top labor law office with former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Justice on Supreme Court macro-economic cases. His academic pursuits included the development of a mathematical model for refund policy at the University of Bar-Ilan. He has also written and co-hosted radio sketches for a popular radio station.
Menashe Morobuse Head of 3D
Menashe graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 2005. Due to his extensive knowledge in pipeline development and CG supervising, Menashe was appointed Head of TD for Animation Lab in 2006, only one year after graduating. Menashe has worked as Lead TD and CG supervisor in top Israeli advertisement productions and prominent post production companies, including Broadcast and JCS. Menashe has taught 3D arts at the Bezalel Academy, Minshar and the IDC.
Doron Meir Head of Animation
Doron is a skilled storyboard artist, character designer and animation director. With 15 years of 2D and CG animation experience, Doron’s achievements include the feature film (Asterix and the Vikings), computer games (Hitman), commercials and TV series.
Ron Ganbar (MA Feature Film) Head of 2D
Ron Ganbar has been working in cinematic and commercial compositing since 1995. With his talents stretched across the Mediterranean from London to Tel Aviv, he has acquired an impressive collection of film credits, including Sunshine (Fox Searchlight, 2007) and Fred Clause (Warner Brothers, 2007).
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i 3D animation studio that provides 3D animation services and develops and creates original animated entertainment.
History
Crew 972 is a limited liability company founded in Tel Aviv Israel in 2005 for the purpose of creating animated entertainment. The company provides animation services from concept to finished frames and has developed original properties to pitch level. It was co founded in 2005 by Alex and Michelle Orrelle. Crew972 - named after Israel's international dialing code
Management
President and Co-Founder Alex Orrelle spend eight years in San Francisco, where he worked on Disney/Pixar's The IncrediblesThe Incredibles
The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated action-comedy superhero film about a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons, and was produced by Pixar and distributed by...
, Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo is a 2003 American comi-drama animated film written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin who, along with a regal tang called Dory , searches for his abducted son Nemo...
, Boundin, and the Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett...
DVD; and on Manex Entertainment/Warner Bros. The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 American science fiction film and the second installment in The Matrix trilogy, written and directed by the Wachowskis. It premiered on May 7, 2003, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, and went on general release by Warner Bros. in North American theaters on May 15,...
. 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
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
. Alex holds a BA in Fine Arts.
In 2009, Alex was offered the position of Animation Director on Yogi Bear (Dec 2010 release) for Warner Brothers Pictures.
Business Development Manager and Co-Founder Michelle Orrelle has produced CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
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 holds a B.A. in Visual Arts, M.A. in Design, and M.B.A.
Dror Daliot (LLB, MBA) Head of Studio
Dror was General Manager of Tal Yefet fashion house, achieving triple revenue in only its second year. Prior to that he managed teams in the former Soviet Union for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ("Nativ" division), and ran cultural seminars. Dror interned at a top labor law office with former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Justice on Supreme Court macro-economic cases. His academic pursuits included the development of a mathematical model for refund policy at the University of Bar-Ilan. He has also written and co-hosted radio sketches for a popular radio station.
Menashe Morobuse Head of 3D
Menashe graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 2005. Due to his extensive knowledge in pipeline development and CG supervising, Menashe was appointed Head of TD for Animation Lab in 2006, only one year after graduating. Menashe has worked as Lead TD and CG supervisor in top Israeli advertisement productions and prominent post production companies, including Broadcast and JCS. Menashe has taught 3D arts at the Bezalel Academy, Minshar and the IDC.
Doron Meir Head of Animation
Doron is a skilled storyboard artist, character designer and animation director. With 15 years of 2D and CG animation experience, Doron’s achievements include the feature film (Asterix and the Vikings), computer games (Hitman), commercials and TV series.
Ron Ganbar (MA Feature Film) Head of 2D
Ron Ganbar has been working in cinematic and commercial compositing since 1995. With his talents stretched across the Mediterranean from London to Tel Aviv, he has acquired an impressive collection of film credits, including Sunshine (Fox Searchlight, 2007) and Fred Clause (Warner Brothers, 2007).
Works
- Cartoon Network "The Looney Tunes Show" Road Runner segments
- Cartoon Network "Nood" bumpers aired from July 14, 2008 May 28, 2010.
- "Adrenaline Lemmings" Animation Test (45 sec, HD Video and 3D animation hybrid) Proof of concept for a series of branded shorts developed for Disney Short Films. Crew 972 created a concept about four adrenaline junkie lemmings that get into trouble by performing extreme stunts in search of the highest high.
- "Pocketbot" Animation Test (34 sec, HD Video and 3D animation hybrid)
- VFX test made for Arad Productions for an upcoming feature project.
- "Irma's Car" (25 sec, 2D and 3D animation hybrid)
- Experimental short film, combining flash animation (Irma, the driver) of a 3D car, composited over a still illustrated background.
- "FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola" (3 min, Stereoscopic 3D animation)
- Made for the 2006 World Cup Soccer championship, this is a segment from a seven minute film which accompanied the trophy exhibition that traveled through 32 countries.
- "Order-Up!" Cinematic (3 min, 3D animation) Crew 972 animated 3 cinematic scenes and twenty in-game animation clips for Order-Up!, a Nintendo-Wii game developed by Super Villain Studios.
- "Danone Actimel" TV commercial (30 sec, 3D animation) Produced by Crew 972 for Y&R Israel, characters were animated in 3D and rendered to look like classic animation.
- "Bomb Monkey" (15 sec, 3D animation) Game developer Super Villain Studios hired Crew 972 to produce a logo sequence starring their logo character. The character, planes and bombs were animated in 3D, then rendered in an inky flat palette to resemble the graphic novel illustration style in the logo.
- "Perez 2" Character Animation (3D animation) Crew 972 was hired to animate 20 minutes of a feature film by Filmax (Madrid), which provided storyboards and 3D models.
- "Pet Rock Monster" Proof of Concept (16 sec, 2D animation) Animation test for a mobile game concept by Crew 972, involving music and virtual pets.
- "Slottsville" Gaming website Crew 972 was hired to design and animated 3D environments and 2D characters in a retro cartoon style.
- Fifa 2010 This two minute stereoscopic short made for the 2010 World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola.
- The Tempest Crew 972 produced animated “lava dogs” as visual effects on the motion picture The Tempest (Directed by Julie Taymor).
- 23 Minutes for a character animated feature film starring the voices of Sir Sean ConnerySean ConnerySir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
and Alan CummingAlan CummingAlan Cumming, OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in Emma, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy... - over five hours of an animated television show for children for "Vipoland"
- 3 minutes of high-end stereoscopic animation for the FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
Tour sponsored by Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke... - Sci-Fi "If" Campaign (4x5 seconds)
- 20 minutes for the BratzBratzBratz is an American line of fashion dolls and merchandise manufactured by MGA Entertainment. Four original 10" dolls were released in 2001 - Cloe, Jade, Sasha and Yasmin...
Interactive DVD - PepsiCoPepsiCoPepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...
for internet and television - Eyeball NYC "Bella Sara"
- CandyLab for Sony PSP
- Japanese TV (client Eyeball)
- Mountain DewMountain DewMountain Dew is a citrus-flavored carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in the 1940s by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman and was first marketed in Marion, VA, Knoxville and Johnson City, Tennessee. A revised formula was...
- Leo BurnettLeo BurnettLeo Burnett was an advertising executive who created the Jolly Green Giant, the Marlboro Man, Toucan Sam, Charlie the Tuna, Morris the Cat, the Pillsbury Doughboy, the 7up "Spot", and Tony the Tiger....
- Ogilvy and Mather
- Medal of Honor Airborne for Electronic ArtsElectronic ArtsElectronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
- Introduction Animation for Pro Evolution Soccer 6Pro Evolution Soccer 6Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is one of Konami's highly successful Pro Evolution Soccer franchise...