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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 […] This reel contains various work from the last 5 years – commercials, TV series, promos, corporate work, documentaries, &c. This video for Granolavic granola is the first in a series that introduces the product to market. Video collaboration by Tomislava Franicevic and Karim Zouak, music by Au Revoir Simone. 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. 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. 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 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, […] Contest spot for Bioré and MTV. Directed/Written/Produced by Karim Zouak. Talent Michelle Argyris. DoP Kevin CW Wong. Camera Johnny Chen. AD Alejandro Valbuena. Stylist Jessica Tjeng. Make-up/Hair Whitney Sellors. Sound Recordist Enginears. Grip Quintain Martin. Gaffer Anya Shore. Composer Pure Pop. Mixer Elizabeth Martin. PAs Jeremy Freedman, Christine Sommerville, Stephen […] Brand partnership between Scene Card and MTV, promoting MTV Movie Night and offering a prize giveway of movie tickets to Scene Card members. Director/Producer/Writer/Editor Karim Zouak; AD Lindsay Angus; DoP Kevin Wong, CSC; 1st AC Johnny Chen; Gaffer Anya Shore; Key Grip Quintain Martin; Swing Cory Valentini; Locations Suzanne Manvell; […] 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 […] 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; […] 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 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, […] A PSA for Black History Month 2012. Produced by Karim Zouak and Sabena Kapil, written by Jean Paul, concept by Karim Zouak, performed by Jully Kim, Viktor Lukawski, Ryan Sisnett, Lindsay Baxter and Kwame Hills, makeup by Natasha Iwashkiw, PAs Tyler Hughes and Stephanie Korski, sound recordist Stuart Torrance, mixing […] 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, […] Part of an editorial campaign for real estate giant Knight Frank, exploring the people who work and live in the Marylebone area of London. Directed/written/edited by Karim Zouak, cinematography by Tom Bolwell of Deadly Films, produced by Bear Jam. 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.
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