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Makeup preparation video for Murale, a beauty retailer. Client: Totem. Creative Director: Peter Grimaldi, Art Director: Tomislava Franicevic, Producer/Director/Editor: Karim Zouak, Camera and Graphics: Eli Schwanz, V/O Talent: Sam Cook with Vox Talent. This video is online content for Sobey’s, the second largest national food retailer in Canada. It depicts how to prepare a layer cake. Client: Totem. Creative Director Peter Grimaldi, Producer/Director Karim Zouak, Art Director Ruth Alves, Talent Claudia Bianchi, DoP Kevin CW Wong, Audio Recordist Tyler Cook, PA Lauren McCuaig. This is a stop–motion piece that I wrote, directed, shot, animated and edited for Hangar Seven’s “Runway Magazine” series. Produced by Mira Bajagic, sound design and mix by Maxwell Scott, audio recording by Aaron Thompson, V/O and production assistance by James Hogan, research by Zak Klein, Executive Creative Director Matt […] Producer’s Reel This spot is part of the “Toast To The Top” campaign for Breville and Warburton’s collaboration on toasters that are extra wide and deep, thereby toasting “all the way to the top”. Agency Hangar Seven, Producer Emma Heald, Creative Director Stephen Godson, Director/Editor Karim Zouak, DoP Simon Rowling, 1st CamAssist/Operator Kieron Jansch, […] Animated promo for MTV LIVE. Directed/Produced by Karim Zouak. Voiced by Daryn Jones, Nicole Holness, Paul Lemieux and Sheena Snively. Animated by Sean Branigan with Laura Zheng. Composer PurePop. Sound recording and Mixer Corby Luke at Enginears. PA Jeremy Freedman. Won Silver at Promax 2011 – Best On-Air Consumer Tie-In […] This promo is part of an on-air campaign for the new talk show ‘Samt e nó’ produced by Manoto TV for Manoto 1, a channel broadcast in the UK, Middle East and North Africa. Creative Producer/Director/Writer Karim Zouak, Series Producer Roxy, Creative Director Andrew Keep, Cinematographer Kevin Early, Editor Jamie […] This product promo film for Breville depicts their 4–Slice Toaster. Now I’m addicted to toast, albeit perfectly toasted to the top. We also shot an identical film for the 2-Slice. Agency Hangar Seven, Producer Emma Heald, Creative Director Stephen Godson, Director/Editor Karim Zouak, DoP Simon Rowling, 1st CamAssist/Operator Kieron Jansch, […] These 4 spots — “Mounties”, “Lumberjacks”, “Hockey” and “Animals” — form the launch campaign for “Come Dine With Me” Series 8, Persian version for Manoto1, in Canada. Writer/Director/Producer: Karim Zouak. Creative Director: Andrew Keep. Additional credits available upon request. My commercial reel, featuring spots for Philips, Blackberry, Kids Help Phone, Scene Card, Mattel and Rethink Breast Cancer. I wrote, produced, directed, edited (except for Blackberry) and did the visual effects for all of this work. Stop motion animation I wrote, directed and animated for Hogbites with Bear Jam Productions. Brand partnership between Philips and MTV, promoting segments on MTV Live and offering a prize giveway to Vegas. Director/Producer/Writer/Editor Karim Zouak; PM/AD Eli Schwanz; DoP Johnny Chen (with special thanks to Kevin Wong, CSC); 1st AC Joe Dibenedetto; Gaffer Anya Shore; Key Grip Quintain Martin; Sound Recordist and Mixer Corby […] A promo for MTV and Xperia’s campaign featuring artists building musical instruments out of ordinary objects. Written/Directed/Produced/Edited/Composited by Karim Zouak, Camera by Eli Schwanz, Art Direction by Hazel Meyer, Art Assist Logan MacDonald, PA Angela Kon, V/O by Candace Leca. Featuring Angela Kon and Karim Zouak. Music composed by Pure […] A PSA for ‘Kids Help Phone’, to support the Walk for Kids Help Phone nationwide on May 1st. Broadcast on all Bell Media channels (CTV, MTV, MUCH, Bravo!, CP24, BNN, Space, &c) during the month of April. Featuring Degrassi stars Munro Chambers and Melinda Shankar. Written/Directed/Produced by Karim Zouak, AD/PM […] These idents are part of an on-air campaign for the new talk show ‘Samt e nó’ produced by Manoto TV for Manoto 1, a channel broadcast in the UK, Middle East and North Africa. Creative Producer/Director/Writer Karim Zouak, Series Producer Roxy, Creative Director Andrew Keep, Cinematographer Kevin Early, Editor Jamie […] Brand partnership between RIM and MTV, promoting a co-viewing app for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Director/Producer/Writer Karim Zouak; PM/AD/Editor Eli Schwanz; DoP Kevin Wong; 1st AC Johnny Chen; Gaffer Anya Shore; Key Grip Quintain Martin; Grips Rico Joyce and Cory Valentini; Sound Recordist and Mixer Corby Luke at Enginears; […] This spot is part of the “Toast To The Top” campaign for Breville and Warburton’s collaboration on toasters that are extra wide and deep, thereby toasting “all the way to the top”. Agency Hangar Seven, Producer Emma Heald, Creative Director Stephen Godson, Director/Editor Karim Zouak, DoP Simon Rowling, 1st CamAssist/Operator Kieron Jansch, […] PSA for Rethink Breast Cancer’s Boobyball 2010. Directed/Written/Produced/Edited by Karim Zouak. Talent Ky Williams, Jason Howlett, Aliya-Jasmine Sovani. Co-Producer Eli Schwanz. DoP Tim Wadleigh. Stylist Jessica Tjeng. Make-up/Hair Chantal Hubins. Sound Recordist Enginears. Mixer Elizabeth Martin. Composer Pure Pop. PA Jeremy Freedman.
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