Hasta La Creative!

The Mill has named Angus Kneale as its first chief creative officer. Kneale, who was one of the founders of The Mill’s first U.S. studio in New York, first joined The Mill in London in 1997, moving to New York in 2002. He started his career as an animator at Video Lab in South Africa. The company has also promoted Ben Smith and Rama Allen to executive creative directors. Smith will be involved in overseeing all creative output from The Mill in New York and will focus on Mill+ projects with VFX artists, designers, editors and directors. Allen’s job will include making interactive and immersive experiences, and building initiatives like Mill Lab to show interdisciplinary innovations across The Mill globally.

Brooklyn-based production company Mssng Peces has signed Masa Kawamura, co-founder of Party Japan, to its directorial roster. Kawamura co-founded the Tokyo agency after spending several years as a creative director in agencies such as Wieden & Kennedy, BBH, and 180. His background is in coding and film directing. He was named one of the Creativity 50 in 2011. Also joining the roster is filmmaker and choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall. Her debut feature film, MA, which she wrote, directed and starred in, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. She has worked with Lena Dunham & Gaspar as a choreographer and has directed videos for fashion publications like Vogue, Vanity Fair and Glamour.

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