Nils Benson and Misha Klein Launch Gentle Giants Animation to Create State of the Art Stop Motion Animation

Nils Benson and Misha Klein Launch Gentle Giants Animation to Create State of the Art Stop Motion Animation. New independent stop motion animation company launches its first commercial for the Lipton Brisk Iced Tea consumer campaign Portland, Oregon March 2011. Award-winning creatives Nils Benson and Misha Klein have re-joined forces to launch Gentle Giants Animation. Misha & Nils formerly worked together at Mekanism, on the Super Bowl campaign for Brisk Tea, and at Laika, on the feature film Coraline. GGA is currently based in Portland, Oregon.

Gentle Giants Animation focuses on creating visually rich story telling for brands that are inspired by a weave of new and traditional approaches. With a combined 38 years in the film industry, Misha & Nils have developed their artistic eye for strong story telling. Both have won awards as directors bringing a unique blend of talents to the conversation of content and brand. Manifesting itself in the form of virtual or real word-of-mouth advocacy for a brand, Storytelling, (is) the most powerful tool a brand can have to drive growth. They have launched with an initial roster of clients that include, Pepsi.

The Lipton Brisk Iced Tea stop motion campaign has been a series of television commercials featuring stop motion animation, versions of famous celebrities such as " Bruce Lee, " Danny DeVito, " Bruce Willis, " Ozzy Osbourne, " Danny Trejo and " Eminem" Fans are encouraged to review the films online and submit their own brisk stories in 140 words or less. Two winners' stories will be animated and placed on the website. Now The first Brisk Stories contest winner “The Dentist” was produced in Portland Oregon by Gentle Giants Animation Company for Mekanism, the San Francisco/New York based production studio/agency housing film, animation and interactive content creators.

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