Wizz joins Blacklist for US representation and launches “Big Dig” for Yahoo! Mail.

Paris-based Wizz produces all types of visual communication work across many platforms including advertising, short and feature films, TV idents, mobile applications and digital campaigns. Their goal is creative collaboration with a wide array of talents including videographers, animators, designers, composers, photographers, illustrators and graphic artists – regardless of the techniques and machinations of their craft. This principle of mixing mediums enables Wizz to provide unique graphic production solutions, while allowing them to work in an environment that is adaptive and rich with creativity.

“Wizz has fresh voices and compelling work grounded in solid artistic and storytelling traditions,” says Adina Sales, Managing Director/ Executive Producer, Blacklist. “It's visually exciting work and we feel they are a perfect compliment to the rest of our line up. Wizz also adds a lot of depth to our roster by doubling the number of directors we offer, while housing those teams at a sophisticated and well run studio.”

"We're big fans of their work, and knew that it would resonate in the US market,” adds Andrew Linsk, Executive Producer, Blacklist. “From the first meeting with Wizz’s Amanda Stubbs and François Brun, we believed that this would be a successful partnership--- and that has indeed turned out to be the case, as we've been working with them virtually non stop since first signing them. In addition to the initial Yahoo Mail! work "Big Dig", Goodby has come back to us for a second round, this time a package of four spots, that will break in early May. We've also recently completed a cinema project wtih Wizz that will break very soon for Orville Redenbacher out of Venebles Bell, San Francisco; and are currently in production with them on a global Energizer campaign via TBWA\Chiat\Day, Los Angeles.”

Founded in 1999, Wizz was initially a post production and visual effects branch for their their sister company Quad Productions. Wizz's clientele has since expanded to incorporate other productions with advertising agencies or directly with clients. Wizz now consists of more than 30 full-time employees including two teams of production and post-production directors, and seven graphic artists, Flame artists and developers. Over the last three years, Wizz has represented and developed 15 directors. Apart from various advertising projects, Wizz has also produced a large number of short films and films that fall outside traditional commercial advertising categories. These films have allowed them to showcase their directorial style and talent and have also garnered various international awards.

“Blacklist’s Adina and Andrew have come to Paris twice to meet all our directors and have spent enough time with them to really get to know their personalities, their world and their desires,” says François Brun, Wizz Chief Creative Officer. “Working with Blacklist, every project is a real partnership. We feel very by supported them, and this strongly motivates our teams and our directors. This is exceptional for two production houses located exactly 3, 620 miles apart.”

Wizz Team:

WIZZ Co-Founder François Brun has been CEO for the last eight years, and holds a degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. For ten years he was a Senior Art Director in several Parisian advertising agencies. Then he worked in production before starting a TV program development company. In ʻ93 he participating in creating Quad, where he was associate producer for ten years.

Amanda Stubbs, Producer. She is Scottish with a Film & TV Master of Arts from the University of Glasgow, and started her career in the field of film festivals. Then she joined Partizan as a producer, where she worked for ten years in France and England developing the animation department Partizan Lab, before joining Wizz as producer and manager of international development.

Cyril Couve de Murville, Executive Producer. Graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and worked at the Assemblée Nationale as a parliamentary assistant, then as a television journalist. He has been a producer for eight years and has worked for various production companies such as Capa Enterprises and Dissidents.

Matthieu Poirier, Producer. Graduated from Université Paris 8, Art Communication et Cinéma department. He trained for two years in editing at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français. At the same time, he worked at Partizan Midi Minuit as a post-production assistant. Then he joined Quad and quickly became Director of Post-Production on Bruno Aveillanʼs films and supervisor over all the projects filmed at Quad, before becoming Producer for Wizz.

Olivier Domerc, Producer. Has both a Masters in Global Communications from CELSA (Sorbonne University) in Paris and a post-graduate on Musical brand identity at the Musical Studies Department of the Sorbonne. He worked for 11 years as a writer for the acclaimed TV show "Culture Pub" on the French channel M6. In 2005, he joined CAPA, one of the top TV/press agencies in France, as an editor in chief on the Weekly Movie Report for Canal+. He also wrote and developed several programs for television including "Ads of the year", the yearly report on the Lions Cannes Festival for Canal+. He has written documentaries on various topics, from TV series (MadMen and Hung for Serie Club) to waste management ("My trashcan is a treasure" for France 3). Lecturer in Advertising Strategies at the Sorbonne, teacher in Film at CREA, the advertising school in Geneva, he joined Wizz in November 2010 to develop the brand content department.

Blacklist is a New York based production company representing directors from around the world.  Our artists specialize in design, animation, and mixed media projects.  Our directors craft their work with love and careful consideration.  We aim to innovate, inspire, and delight.