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people SIMON 'KNIFE PARTY' ROBSON LA's Duck has increased its presence in the live- action and animation realms with the addition of Sydney, Australia-based director Knife Party — also known as Simon Robson. He will focus on spots, full-length features and special proj- ects. Recent work includes an animated spot for MasterCard and a trailer for the SBS series Immigration Nation. Live action work includes a spot for Australian telecom Telstra. ROBSON MORGAN BRADLEY, JERRY SUKYS Beast Chicago, a division of Deluxe, has pro- moted assistant editor Morgan Bradley to editor. Her recent clients include Walgreens, Blackberry, 100 Club of Chicago, March of Dimes and Bayer. Bradley is the first editor to be pro- moted at Beast Chicago (as well as the youngest on the staff). She began under the wing of senior creative editor Angelo Valencia. Beast Santa Monica has hired executive pro- SUKYS ducer Jerry Sukys, who joins after a seven- year run as executive producer at Cosmo Street Editorial, where he was responsible for production and cultivating client relationships. Some of his previous clients include Saatchi & Saatchi, Mendelsohn Zien, Publicis Hal Riner SF, Crispin Porter & Bogusky, David & Goliath, and 72 and Sunny. He has produced campaigns for Nike, BMW, Sprite, Ford, Acura, Chrysler and Burger King. BLAKE NICKLE Chicago production and post house Radar Stu- dios, which recently added VFX capabilities, has added senior post producer Blake Nickle to its staff. He has a background producing VFX for features, and for the past three years, Nickle produced various projects for LA's Rhythm & Hues, working on VFX for films like Moneyball, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and the upcoming Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee. NICKLE FABIEN COUPEZ Fabien Coupez has joined MassMarket, with offices in NY and LA, as senior Flame artist and VFX supervisor. Coupez comes to MassMarket with over 14 years of experience in visual effects, working on productions worldwide with compa- nies such as MacGuff Ligne, Wizz, Premiere Heure, Digital District and Film Delux. Clients included Prada (by Jean-Paul Goude), L'Oreal (by No Brain), Audi (by Sebastien Chantrel), BMW (by Nico POST MAGAZINE (ISSN 0891-5628) is published monthly by Post,LLC, a COP Communications company, 620 West Elk Avenue, Glendale, California 91204. Subscription rates: $63 for one year in the United States & Possessions; $94 for one year in Canada and Mexico; all other countries $133 for one year. For air-expedited service, include an additional $75 per order annually. Single copies (prepaid only): $16 in the United States; $32 in Canada and Mexico; $47 all other countries. 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