I was invited by the amazing team at Hornet to create all character grooms for this Kroger spot. The tool used was Xgen.

Directors Yves Geleyn, Michael Thurmeier

Art Director Michael Knapp

Client Kroger

Production Co Hornet

Managing Partner Hana Shimizu

Head of Production Karen Lawler

Head of Creative Development Kristin Labriola

Executive Producer Alex Unick

Production Supervisor Dez Stavracos
Associate Producer Sean O’Loughlin

Senior Editor Anita Chao

Assistant Editor Cole Bannick

Production Coordinator Brandon Buikema
Talent Coordinator Lizzy Dolce

Pre Production

Storyboard Artists Tony Maki, Camillo Clauser, Stephanie Dere, Valerie Yan
Character Designer Margaux Zinsner

Environment Designer Tom Humber, Alex Levenson

Designer Hannah Kim, Valerie Yan
Titles Designer Alma Kim
CG

CG Supervisor John Kalaigian

CG Lead Natalia Perez Melendez
Rigging Chris Hill

Groom Giovanni Kososki, Rui Zhu

Modeling Alex Levenson, Adam Rosenzweig, Nick Wergin, Angeline Rivera, Constance Bensen
, Nelson Mai
Animator Meg Oswalt, Matt Parent, Nick Christie, Hee Jin Kim, Rob Somers, Matt Corsillo

Look Dev Super Dope, Dan Barker, Richard Kim, Rui Zhu, Joseph Chen, Angeline Rivera, Mohamed Sinbawy, Kwan Au, Alvin Bae
, Nelson Mai
Light & Rendering Natalia Perez Melendez, Nicole Noel, Kwan Au, Alvin Bae, Mohamed Sinbawy, Grace Hwang, Richard Kim, Angeline Rivera

Senior Compositor Matt Defranco

Compositor Peter Fink, Phil Massimino, Marco Maldera, Herculano Fernandes, Greg Gilpatrick, Rocky Lin

Matte Painter Tristan Menard

Toolkit Support Nicholas Dimas

Agency DDB NY
Chief Creative Officer Mat Bisher
Executive Creative Director Paulo Junger
Group Creative Director Cassandra Anderson
Creative Directors Mussashi Shintaku & Vinicius Fernandes
Associate Creative Director Rafael Oliveira
Head of Production Teri Altman
Director of Business Affair Kelly McCann
Senior Producer Bree Hopenwasser
Executive Director, Business Leadership Jeff Prince
Group Business Director Natascha Vega
Account Supervisor Emma Matthys
Account Executive Olivia Jacobson
Group Strategy Director Baxter Holland
Associate Strategy Director Kashmira Karnik
Senior Project Manager Camille Coklow
Project Manager Georgina MacDonald
President Darla Price

Client Kroger
Chief Marketing Officer Stuart Aiken
Vice President, Head of Marketing Tom Duncan
Senior Director, Brand Marketing Emily Hartmann
Senior Brand Manager Karrie Pukstas
Brand Manger Lindsey Hasis
Brand Specialist Julia Wood
Project Manager Adrianna Masden