The short film companion to Mac Miller's Balloonerism follows a group of school friends who are transfigured by the music of a chord organ and launched into a shadow world. Pursued by the turtle of time, they must plod through the underbelly of adulthood.
Mac Miller: Balloonerism
Type: Short Film / Album Video
Date: 2025
Client: Warner Music
Type: Short Film / Album Video
Date: 2025
Client: Warner Music
Commissioned by Miller McCormick
Executive Producers: Greg Bedard, Hana Shimizu, Michael Feder, Miller McCormick
Executive Producers: Remember Music, Warner Records, 4 StrikesWarner
Team: Tom Corson, Aaron Bay-Schuck, Jeff Sosnow, Akila Gray, TJ Landig
Producers: Heather Hardin, Stephanie Demeautis
Animation Director: Daniel Callaby
Editor: Minseok Kim
Opening Title Sequence: Jay Asava, Jin Jindawitchu
Titles Design: Bráulio Amado
Sound Design: E. Dan, Josh Berg
Pre Production
Story: Sam Mason, Roland Kennedy
Storyboards: Soren Bendt
Storyboard Editor: Joseph Comar
Color Key Artist: Eloi Morlet--Decarnin
Concept Design: Alejandro Diaz, Amalia Lage, Kelechukwu Nwakudu, Laurie Herma, Margherita Premuroso, Matthew Corsillo, Mike Altman, Natalie Labarre, Sami Healy, Simone Noronha, JP Rooney
Costume Design: Karina Ochoa De Baker
Design Intern: Paris Powell, Patrick Sholar
Graphic Design: Esther Yeseul, Lee Seongjin Yoon
Animation
Animators: Alexandre Daumail, Alexandre Dumez, Benoît de Geyer d'Orth, Chloé Fabre, Clément Pierre, Kevin Ducrot, Mikolaj Janiw, Nico Debon, Simon Diebold, Steeve Manangou
Animation Interns: Andrea Resera, Mariia Taranova
Rigging Supervisor: Luca Amorosi
Rigger: Marguax Huve
Previz Editors: Daniel Callaby, Milo Hustache-Mathieu
Previs Supervisor: Alex Gredzinski
Previs Artist: Alex Gredzinski, Chloé Fabre, Hugues Daumail, Milo Hustache-Mathieu, Simon Diebold
Character Lead: Frank Lee
Groom Lead: Jesus Fernandez
Character Effects: Natalie O'Leary
Character Modelling: Antoine Fromager, David Vardanian, Sam Mason, Julien Paris
Set Modeling Supervisor: Aymeric Rondol
Set Modelers: Alex Gredzinski, Elliot Lequertier, Luc Belliard, Frank Lee, Sam Mason
Additional Groom: Melissa Armangau, Sam Mason, Boris Watrin
Lighting Artists: Joseph Ibrahim, Christina Ku, Jonathan Lee, Laney Lai, Nicole Noe, Natalia Perez Melendez, Sam Mason, Saad Moosajee, Weichieh Yu
Lighting Lead: Rui Zhu
Development Lighting Supervisor: Michael Larue
Development Lighters: Andrea Laffont, Lucas Payet, Margo Lopez, Thomas Boileau
Look Development: Max Soreau, Frank Lee
Special Effects: Sam Mason, Rui Zhu, Joseph Chen, Stephen Hallquist
Pipeline: Natalie O'Leary, Rui Zhu, Joseph Chen
Pipeline Development: Nikita Shtarkman
3D Superviser: Richard Kim
Technical Lead: Joseph Chen
3D Generalist: Angeline Rivera
Production
Talent Coordinator: Jon Chun
Director of Production: Karen Lawler
Head of Creative Development: Kristin Labriola
Head of Production: Dez Stavracos
Cover Art: Alim Smith aka @yesterdaynite
Head of Digital: Theresa Aufner
Immersive Mixes: Brian Malouf
Re-Recording Mixer: Brian Berger
For Karen & Miller.
Mac Miller: “Colors and Shapes”
Type: Music Video
Date: 2021
Client: Warner Music
Type: Music Video
Date: 2021
Client: Warner Music
Commissioned by Miller McCormick
Production Co: Hornet
Head of Creative Development: Kristin Labriola
Executive Producer: Hana Shimizu
Producer: Hanna Smith-Ide
Associate Producer: Heather Hardin
Editor: Sam Stulin
Storyboard Artist: Camillo Clauser
Environment Designer: Chiara Benedetti
Character Design: Jeff Jank
Previs: Meg Oswalt
Rigging: George Smaragdis
Look Dev: Nicole Noel, Sam Mason
Modelling / Texturing: Nicole Noel, Douglas Silva, Ivan Joy, Laney Lai, Emily Mai, Neil Jackson
Groom: Giovani Kososki
Senior Animator: Daniel Callaby, Clement Pierre, Jim Bierton
Animator: Meg Oswalt, Monica Stevenson
A short film set to Joe Raposo’s song, “Little Things.” Written and co-directed by Mario Hugo.
Little Things
Type: Short Film
Date: 2016
Client: Personal
Type: Short Film
Date: 2016
Client: Personal
With support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Celtra. “Sinking Ship” is computer generated, created through 3D scanning, motion capture, and simulation.
D&AD Nominee
D&AD Nominee
YGT: “Sinking Ship”
Type: Music Video
Date: 2020
Client: YGT
Type: Music Video
Date: 2020
Client: YGT
A teaser for a film to come.
ZUMA
Type: Short Film
Date: 2012
Client: Personal
Type: Short Film
Date: 2012
Client: Personal