Filmmaking: President of the Future Episode 2

From 2005 to 2007, I worked with The Nursery, an edgy animation group composed of talented, young and irreverent artists — filmmakers, animators, illustrators — Our team created the clip above: episode 2 of a 2 part animation series about Dick Cheney as intergalactic president. Njoy the conclusion!

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Filmmaking: President of the Future Episode 1

From 2005 to 2007, I worked with The Nursery, an edgy animation group composed of talented, young and irreverent artists — filmmakers, animators, illustrators — Our team created the clip above: episode 1 of a 2 part animation series about Dick Cheney as intergalactic president. Njoy!

- Bendrix

Visionary: Michael Rubin author of “Droidmaker”

Visionary is the celebration of extraordinary individuals, innovations, ideas and events that offer progressive or foretelling insights.

Michael Rubin is the author of “Droid Maker” a book about the digital video revolution. Rubin states that Francis Ford Coppola, Steve Jobs, and George Lucas were the pioneers of the movie making: special effects, gaming avatars and video editing. The innovations that were created has given tools to everyday people to create motion picture stories in their own homes. This video was created at Macworld in 2006 when Podcasting and video-sharing were just arriving on the scene. The following is a tribute to the pioneers who paved the way for all of us to be able to create movies using the digital format.

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Working with China + Nike + RZA + Kobe

On December 13, 2007, I was recruited by W+K (Wieden+Kennedy) to help develop an online strategy and to produce video for the first stage of an ongoing national Nike+China campaign. I was flown to Shanghai, China to work on a 6 month project addressing this Nike ambition. The campaign was centered around NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and 400 boys from all over China. It was a 6 part reality television series, where 24 out of the 400 boys were selected to go to America to train with US coaches and Kobe. Out of the 24 boys 16 were selected to go to Beijing to play in a championship game.

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Bendrix works with WildAid+Olympic Athletes

In 2004 I got my first DVD project for WildAid, the international wildlife conservation organization launched its first U.S.-based public information campaign starring gold medal-winning Olympic athletes including Maurice Greene (100m gold medalist), Allen Johnson (110m Hurdles) Cathy Freeman (400m), Dwight Philips (Athens gold medal long jump), Hailie Gebreselassie (mid distance) and featuring a resonant message: “When we all come together, we can do anything.” Eric Steinhauser, Executive Vice President for J. Walter Thompson in New York was the lead Creative on the project. JWT called in favors to secure the highest possible production values from some of the best directors, special effects teams, and film crews, who all donated to this cause. I worked on the DVD distributed with this campaign.

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