Smoke and Mirrors Inks Brian Benson

Smoke & Mirrors Inks Brian Benson

Smoke & Mirrors has further enhanced its world-class Flame team with the hiring of Brian Benson. With more than 16 years in the post-production industry, working on countless projects - ranging from highly creative and design-based to extremely technical with photo-real effects - for movie openings, film effects, music videos, broadcast promos and television commercials, Benson will be a significant asset to Smoke & Mirrors' NYC office. His extensive experience along the entire visual effects pipeline includes, but is not limited to, pitching, evaluating and breaking down boards, bidding, beauty retouch, match moving, compositing, CG integration, online editing, and VFX supervision both on and off set.

"Having Brian here gives us a massive technical edge and he compliments the team here perfectly," noted Smoke & Mirrors CCO Sean Broughton. "He is well known, well liked and well-respected, working in every genre and with pretty much every agency in town. We're very proud to add him to the roster."

Benson has collaborated with major agencies for big-time brands, including BBDO NY for Pepsi and Lowe Worldwide for GMC. His commercial clients have included Nike, Dunkin' Donuts, Burger King, Showtime, Canon, Mercedes, NASDAQ, Twix, Domino's Pizza, Dr Pepper, Hallmark Channel, Snickers, TNT, Revlon, Coca-Cola, Sprite, ESPN, HBO, Samsung, Disney/ABC, Animal Planet, Nickelodeon, eBay, Bank of America, Gillette, GE, Reebok, Tropicana, Coppertone, BellSouth, Pantene, E*TRADE, AT&T, Volkswagen, HP, Boost Mobile, Microsoft, Smirnoff, Verizon Wireless, Wendy's, and LG, among many others.

Benson has earned a Clio for work with AT&T, a BDA Gold for his TNT spots, a BDA Gold for his Nickelodeon campaign, and an IMA and BDA for his work with Showtime Networks.

Prior to joining Smoke & Mirrors, Benson worked as a freelancer for four years, collaborating with Method NY, Spontaneous, Framestore, Massmarket, Psyop, Pure, Charlex, Click 3X, Company 3, Brickyard, and ABC, among many others. Before joining the freelance ranks, Benson worked at Saucer Attack, Inc., PostWorks, NY, Black Logic, Tape House Editorial, and Telezign.

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