Nascar 'Always Forward'

Nascar always forward commercial

WINNER of 'BEST COMMERCIAL' at the 2023 International Motor Film Awards

What an honour to be part of making this film to mark the 75th anniversary of Nascar. Diving into its history and reimagining some of the most famous moments was very special and I got to do it alongside some of my closest friends and legends in the industry.

All my thanks to the many lovely people listed below who worked on this.

CLIENT
NASCAR @nascar
Chief Marketing Officer: Pete Jung
VP, Fan Engagement: David Zane
Senior Director, Brand Marketing: Patrick Morris

AGENCY
77 Ventures Creative @77venturescreative
Chief Creative Officer: Galen Bernard @galenbernard
Creative Director: Doug Hanshaw @dougslamshaw
Executive Producer: Kim Daniels @kimstagram_100
EVP, Account Management/Operations: Meredith Weiss

PRODUCTION CREW
Production Company: Imperial Woodpecker @imperial.woodpecker
Director: Mark Jenkinson @therealmarky
Managing Partner / Executive Producer: Doug Halbert
Senior Executive Producer: Charlie Cocuzza
Producer: Robby Mooring @flopsyco
Production Supervisor: Tavo Munoz
DP: Macgregor @macgregor.works
1st AD: Monty Greenlee
2nd AD: Ray Fuentes
Camera Car Driver: Matt Moss @mossnow
Crane Operator: Rob Rubin @robbyrubin
B Camera: Andres Orbezo
Chief Lighting Technician: Nizar Najm @ocneezy
Key Grip: Steve Dorman @steve.dorman
Production Designer: Jay Hougaard @jasonhougaard
Assist Art Dir: Melissa McClintock
Set Decorator: Shell Johnson
Prop Master: Christopher Miller
Key Costumer: Lee Ann Jarvis @laj1974
Assist Costumer: Sarah Wong, Jenna Ritter, Bandera Jones
Key Makeup: Claudia Orozco @claudiaorozco_
2nd Makeup: Jenna Keller
Storyboards: Keith Morange @keith_morange
Picture cars: Phil Flori
1st AC Daniel Ferrell
2nd AC Joel Martin
DIT: Eric Yu
VTR: Rodrigo Pires
Sound: Gary Gossett, Alister Mann
Camera: Panavision Hollywood @panavisionofficial

STUNTS / PRECISION DRIVERS
Stunt Coordinator / Precision Driver: Rhys Millen @rhysmillenracing
Precision Driver: Sam Hubinette @samuel_hubinette
Precision Driver: Tanner Foust @tannerfoust

CASTING
AHC Casting @ahccasting
Casting Directors: Alyson Horn @alysonhorncasting , Maya Adrabi @mayashoots , Lindsay Bronson @lindsaybronson

TALENT
Andrew Lindh , Antione Grant @antionegrant , Josh Herren @thewildherren , Grace Jenkins, Jason Bernardo @jasonpbernardo , Skip Pipo @skip_pipo , Bud Galloway @thegbud , Will MacNeil @willmacandcheese

EDITORIAL
Whitehouse Post @whitehousepost
Editor: Adam Marshall @adamhartmarshall
Edit Assist: Paul Rummerfield
Producer: Melanie Klein

AUDIO POST PRODUCTION: Source Sound Inc.
Supervising Sound Designer & Mix: Charles Deenen
Senior Producer: Daniel Lepervanche
Sound Designers: James Evans, Dominik Ragancik
Sound Editors: Landen Belardes, Matt Severin

MUSIC: @bleue.tv
Music Composer: @aurelienrubod
String Conductor: @michaelstroudinsky
Strings: @parallaxorchestra Violin 1: @zahra_benyounes Violin 2: @willharvey1 Viola: @richjonesviola Cello: @fraserbowles Bass: @zarek_zarek_zarek
Strings Recording Engineer: @mixedbymoebius
Recorded at @lightship95

VFX
The Mill @millchannel
VFX Supervisor: Toya Drechsler @snapshotshop Rafael Ghencev @rafaelghencev , Morten Vinther @onepumpkinpie
EP: Matthew Loranger @matthewloranger
Creative Director: Chris Bernier @chrisbernier.tv
Senior Producer: Justin Matzen @stackzen
Associate Producer: Ramya Shankar @ramz_17
Production Managers: Sourabh Dharmpurikar, Rushikesh Shelar, Atindriya Dasgupta
Production Coordinators: Paola Malo, Ankita Mitra, Kunal Panjwani, Mohit Bhomia
Colourist Philip Hambi @philiplouishambi
Executive Producer, Colour: Edwin Elkington
Colour Assist: Caitlin Donaldson
Resource Manager, Colour: Jemma Beaumont

2D Lead artists: Andre Vidal @andrevidal_vfx, Tara Holland @tarahollnd, Vi Nguyen, Matt McDonald, Heather Keister, Rajesh Kaushik @r_k_kaushik 3D Lead Artists: Rafael Ghencev, Arup Barik
2D Compositors: Jose Arauz, Felipe Passarini, Lucia Hill Barroso, Katelyn Veneman, T'Naige Wallace, Varshini Kumar, Nanda Kumar Perumal Pillai, Adwait Atul Page, Akhil A S, Gangadharam Raja, Nitin Rupsing Patil, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, Ragesh Ramachandran, Ramesh Petwal, Camillo Gutierrez
CG: Shaktivrat Khanvilkar, Sarjana Datta, Shahid Hussain, Kapil Rana, Amalraj P, Jigna Chandulal Saparia, Nishika Bansal, Pratik Bhade, Praveen Sharma, Ravi Kulwantsingh Ubhi, Sunny Ankit Minj, Yashwant Singh, Badin Wongsawat, Quinn Thompson, George Saavedra, Goran Ognjanovic, Jessica Castillo, Lohit Chintala, Dhruba Sinha, S Anashwara, Nisham Khan, Alex Smith, Sergei Volkov, Lauren Shields, Luca Maccarelli, Marc Angele, Alores Li, Venna Leelanadhareddy, Rajesh Patra, Pintoo Kumar, Ravi Kant Nirala, Setty Ashok Chakravarthy, Stacie Fina Dsouza, Surya Chetan, Trinath Sarkar, Gowri Sankar Velusamy D, Jyothika S, Madivadanatamilparidy Ramamoorthy, Gleaces Juvilian, Manik Suvedi, Joon-ho Bang, Matt Roach
Designers: Kris Sharabinskaia, Chris Rodriguez

Special Thanks to Tricia Zaremba