Hornet Inc. is a production company, located in New York City, that represents and produces the work of directors who work in an assortment of media. Ranging from live action, animation, mixed media, stop-motion, 2D, 3D and film; Hornet seeks great talent to develop and support their vision. Through this director-focused approach, Hornet has been able to assemble a talented and diverse team of directors, each contributing a unique style and vision.
In late 2006, Hornet Films was formed to support noncommercial, long form projects developed by Hornet directors. Represented by the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Hornet Films is content driven and focuses on supporting the ideas of their directors as they develop work for TV and film.
Hornet’s core support team of producers, designers, 3D artists and editors work out of our 5000 sq foot studio in SoHo, New York.
In 2011, the Hornet Workshop was created to feature the more crafty, handmade films from our directors.
The Hornet Workshop in DUMBO, Brooklyn is a 6,500 sq foot shooting and fabrication stage. Workshop is led by a talented crew of artists, fabricators, costume makers, puppeteers, puppet makers and animators that work together to tackle all our projects creatively and efficiently. With a core production team and skilled camera crew that we can call on for projects, and a fully stocked stage, Workshop can create just about anything.
PITTI UOMO: The prestigious fashion trade show held in Florence will be showcasing graphic designs by PetPunk along with 13 other artists. You can see several personal behind the scenes photos of Gediminas preparing for their installation here.
Shots: Shots gets personal with our new director, Julia Pott. Take a read and learn more about her past, present and where she's headed next!
Peter Sluszka's Claynation Interview for Land Rover wins a Bronze at the 2011 Cannes International Lions Festival. Congratulations Peter!
PetPunk participates in Spring: Icograda Design Week in Vilnius 2011. For this event PetPunk premiered two new masks pieces and installation works. See their project page for pictures from the exhibition.
Yves Geleyn's film Snow Angels for Chobani Yogurt is selected for the 15th annual Webby Awards as an Official Honoree in the Online Film & Video category. Snow Angels is also chosen as an Art/Technique contender in this year's New York Festivals International Advertising Awards to be held on May 4th & 5th.
Stash: Yves Geleyn's piece for Parisian cultural space La Gaîté Lyrique is chosen as one of Stash’s Best of Stash 2010 in the Corporate Video section.
Impose Online Magazine: Santa Maria delivers a hypnotic meditation on
stillness in motion for Old Time Stars by Epstein (a Roberto Carlos
Lange project). The music video is a track off the new album Sealess-See and
is featured in Impose Magazine.
See Peter de Sève and Aaron Stewart speak at a free event on Saturday, November 13th at Parsons on behalf of Pictoplasma.
Hornet's Decemberists' project will be opening the San Fransisco International Animation Festival. With animations by Hornet director's Guilherme Marcondes, Peter Sluszka & Santa Maria, director Guilherme Marcondes will be in attendance and speaking at the festival.
Pictoplasma: Pictoplasma showcases Aaron Stewart's first published book,
Little Aaron: Me and My Friends.
The New Yorker: Two of Hornet's directors in one issue of The New Yorker:
Peter de Sève's cover and Jason Patterson's llustration appear in the
September 13th editon.
Shots: Hornet director Yves Geleyn's work for the mixed media Parisian museum, La Gaîté Lyrique, is discussed in this month's issue of UK's Shots Magazine.
CreatNum: Hornet director Yves Geleyn is featured in France's culture and design magazine CreaNum. Discussed in the article is Yves' work for La Gaîté Lyrique and Pirates.
Congratulations Peter de Sève! de Sève just won his first Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Achievment on an Animated Television Series. The award is for character design for a show within a show on Sesame Street, called Abby's Flying Fairy School. Read more about it on his blog here.
New York Post: The New York Post discusses Peter Sluszka's animation in their write up about Youth in Revolt.
Creativity: Peter Sluszka's opening title sequence for Youth in Revolt has been selected as Creativity's Pick of the Day, Board's Top Spot and was placed in Shot's Contenders section.
Creativity: Creativity writes about Aaron Stewart and his character design for Spore Island, a new Facebook game.
Motionographer: Matt Lambert of Motionographer, gives an account of the process that went into Here Comes The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized, Hornet's collaboration with the Decemberists and Flux. Check out the article here.
Shots: Shots.net wrote a great article about Hornet's collaboration with Flux and the Decemberists: check out the article here. Also, excerpts from all four directors have been placed in their Contenders section.
Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Times' Alie Ward discusses the inspiration and development of Hornet directors' collaboration with The Decemberists for Here Come The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized.
Digup: Digup (digup.tv), an independent editorial project based in France, interviewed Hornet's directing duo Santa Maria. Shot on location in picturesque Paris, Santa Maria chase pigeons and take in the sites as they tell the story of how they met and decided to join forces. Their charismatic and energetic vibe is infectious as they begin their journey in the directing world.
Step Inside Design: Guilherme Marcondes is selected as one of Step Inside Design's 25 Emerging Talents for 2009.
Shots: Mixtape Club's My Morning Jacket video is highlighted in Shots magazine's Music Promo Review / Creative Showcase section.
People Magazine Online: Pillow Pillow Pillow gets a mention in People Magazine's Style Watch.
Creativity: Peter Sluszka's Crest spot is featured in Creativity magazine as one of their Top Spots.
New York Post: Director Aaron Stewart is 'Tooning in the Mets where SNY trio's never been more comical.
Creativity: Creativity covers the Illustration Today Symposium that was held at Parsons New School For Design in December. Speakers included Hornet directors Peter de Sève and Aaron Stewart.
Creativity: November's Creativity issue features Peter Sluszka as one of their 20 Directors To Know Now.
Boards: Peter Sluszka is featured in October's issue of Boards magazine as one of their Directors 2 Watch.
Boards: Model Robot's Barrio 19 spots for MTV are featured in Boards magazine, along with Bran Dougherty-Johnson's project Psst! Pass It On... presenting work by Aaron Stewart.
Boards: Aaron Stewart is in the Director's Chair of the February issue of Boards magazine.
Creativity: Sony PSP commercials featured in the Top Spots Visuals section of Creativity magazine.
Creativity: Stellastarr's Sweet Troubled Soul music video is mentioned in the Buzz section of Creativity.
CG: JJ& Maithy, Peter de Séve, and Peter Sluszka are featured in Hong Kong's CG Magazine.
Creative Review: A Ribbon and Walkie Talkie Man are featured in the Best of Book section of the Creative Review Annual.