Director: Julia Ngeow
Editorial: Bandit
Production: Jenita Spirtovic, Jorie Kopy
Because women get it e.l.f.ing done, we worked with e.l.f. and the women of NASA (yep, that NASA) to talk about their experience working on the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s infamous moon. And while space is cool and all, these women might be even cooler (yeah, yeah, yeah, insert joke about Europa’s icy moon here).
Director: Chris Sojka
DP: Eric Robbins
Editor: Scotty Nolan
Producer: Isaac LeFevre
Shot at: Madlabs
What if we told you winged eyeliner and a red lip go more than just skin deep? That’s why in celebration of hispanic heritage month, we partnered with Dr. Catherine S. Ramirez, an expert in Gender and Ethnic studies, to tell the powerful story of the Pachuca sub-culture movement that inspired our e.l.f. x Manuel Turizo “Ojos, Labios, Cara” music video. And if you ask us, we think the secret to the perfect wing is knowing its history. And some e.l.f. eyeliner, obviously.
Director: Chris Sojka
CD/DP: Eric Robbins
Production: Jenita Spirtovic, Isaac LeFevre, Jorie Kopy
Production Design: Josh Petersen
Editor: Jordan Lister
Color: Kyle Hoekstra
VFX: Dan Bartolucci, Brian Calyore, Dried Mango Studio
VFX Supervision: Edwin Rivera, Marc Beroza
No GRWM is complete without the right playlist – whether music or video. So we worked with e.l.f. Cosmetics to produce the very first music video from GRWMusic Album. Naturally, we had to shoot it in a zero gravity airplane, no big deal. Check out “Hairpin” by the talented Charlotte Rose Benjamin, on Spotify now. Also take a peek at the Behind The Scenes below!
Director: Bobby Webster
Creative: Ray Smiling
Creative: Laura Wasson
EP: Jenita Spirtovic
Producer: Bettina Micheli
Producer: Isaac LeFevre
Set: Sam Bader
Wardrobe: Tiffani Williams
Editorial: Curt Saeui
Director: Kata Farkas
DP: Allison Davis
Editor: Allison Davis
Producer: Jenita Spirtovic
Starfish aren’t typically coffee drinkers, but who can resist La Colombe’s creamy dreamy Draft Latte? (Hint: Not us). We were approached by the La Colombe team to create fresh visuals for their brand new Taste Your Dreams campaign and handled the project from creative concept to execution and post. Another dreamy project in the can!
Director: Meg Gámez
EP: Jenita Spirtovic
Creative: Laura ‘Jumpsuit’ Wasson & Jake Wilhelmsen
LA Production: Oualid Mouaness, Christine Miller
DP: Josh Saideman
Editorial: Digital Sword
Color: Company3
Sound Mix: Racket Sound
There’s a musical motif that underpins the whole narrative of Netflix’s hit show La Casa De Papel, ‘Bella Ciao’. It’s a 19th century Italian protest folk song that became an anthem of the anti-fascist resistance in italy during WWII. In the show the song sums op the motivation of El Profesor; Resistance.
We brought this feeling of resistance to life again with Becky G with a healthy dose of celebration to mark the fifth and final season of the series.
Shooters: Wenting Deng (Adrienne), Simon Harris (Jamie), Matthew Alvero (all others)
Editors: Luke Rathborne (Adrienne), Simon Harris (Jamie), Matthew Alvero (All others)
Animator: Zack Antell
Producer: Jenita Spirtovic
Madwell creatives: ACD Micky, CW Charity, Designers Ryan Kurz and Conor, Development Kirby and Mike
Illustrator: Zipeng Zhu
Starfish is beaming with pride to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Harry’s on their annual Stride With Pride campaign. Starfish celebrated the stories and journeys of artists, activists and leaders within the LGBTQIA+ community in the US and abroad, through a series of interview videos and animations highlighting the places that shaped their Pride journeys and stories.
Client: Bankrobber
Editor: Cody Joel
Animation: Scotty Nolan
Artwork: Sajjad Musa
Music: The Temptations ‘Ball of Confusion’ A Bankrobber Remix
Our Sibling agency, Bankrobber, put together a remix of this psychedelic soul classic that, 50 years later, eerily reflects both the growing unrest and the painful uncertainty of our times. We worked closely with Bankrobber and our team of creatives to put together this visual presentation of our times and the time of the original song’s release. Round and around and around we go.
Client: Industry Standard
Agency: Starfish
Photographer: Chris Talamo
Producer: Jenita Spirtovic
In the era of fast fashion, Industry Standard sticks to a simple recipe of quality fabrics, flattering fits, and fair prices. The aspirational American-made brand needed assets that made their clothes look as light and comfy as they feel.
Starfish devised a clean, no-frills creative direction for the shoot, setting Industry Standard’s classic cuts against stark, brutalist modern backgrounds. The result is a suite of shots that make the clothes sing and capture that feeling of putting on your favorite jeans.
Client: The Glenlivet
Agency: Madwell
Photographer: Chris Talamo
The Glenlivet is one of the oldest scotch brands out there, but even they were losing ground to the booming bourbon (scotch’s more accessible, mixable cousin).
Starfish set out to help them recapture the interest of the craft brew crowd through a modern lifestyle shoot and appetizing cocktail shots captured with a custom lighting style capable of showing off the storied scotch’s true colors.