The Cortez Brothers welcomes Marcos Cline-Márquez to our company as an executive producer; he'll be corralling our hottest, freshest and all-around coolest new talent. As the headcount in our Marina del Rey office expands, so too do our forays into South America. We'll be shooting in Colombia again, plus traveling to the Dominican Republic to take...

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Quick (and much deserved) congratulations to our director Carlos V. Gutierrez. Proving we've got him listed as promising New Talent for a reason, his script "Black and Blue" has just been named as a Thriller finalist in the Fade In Screenplay Conte...

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It's one of those seasons where we're so busy working that we haven't had time for proper updates, but this is the gist of it... We've shot a LOT of stuff, analyzed a LOT of scripts, worked with a LOT of directors and DPs and producers and agencies and writers and creatives and other sundry (yet fascinating) characters. We've been in, shot in, and/or...

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Revit Rendering Fundamentals

Here is a link to the other presentation I did:Apologies this file is rather large due to all the embedded images (37MB approx.)Again, I love to hear feedback both good and bad. It gives me incentive to keep updating this page...EDIT: Webserver no longer allows me to have files this large. Please see link to P...

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Families the Basics - including management

Well its about time I updated my blog. For those that couldn't attend the recent Revit Technology Conference I thought I would post links to my powerpoints should you wish to check them out.This is the talk I did about Families.Generally it investigates how to setup standards in your office in order to maintain control of your library and develop consistency...

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In a quck nutshell, here goes: In creative and professional news, director Ted Melfi's spot for the Los Angeles Film Festival was short-listed at Cannes; Quim Lorente took a Gran LAUS award from a prestigious art fund in Spain for a high-def video presentation. Martin Romanella won a silver at San Sebastian for his quirky and much-beloved "Juicio"...

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Revit Technology Conference 2008

Its that time of year again!Revit Technology Conference 2008 is on in June. I will be speaking as well as a host of other people. I strongly recommend you attend as its going to be 3 full on days of intensive training.Hope you can make it.Info can be found here http://www.rugsyd.com.au/rtc2008/rtc2008_events....

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The last few weeks have been exceptionally busy (as in, what does “weekend” mean?) for us... Director Fernando Arrioja shot five Budweiser spots for LatinWorks in Los Angeles, proving that cold beer and L.A. weather are a perfect mix. The Cortez Brothers' family friend LuÍs Gerard shot a Banco Popular spot for Group Films in Long Beach, bringing...

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The Cortez Brothers is pleased to announce we've somehow managed to get one foot in several continents these last two months... Director Angel Gracia did a Verizon shoot in Mexico City with Global Hue, a Toyota spot in Dubai and a Falabella campaign for Group Films here in L.A. The Falabella shoot involved animatronic gorillas, which needs to be...

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Join Geometry Secrets

This is an interesting little trick that I've taken for granted for some time now and didn't realise a lot of people weren't aware of it.If two adjacent walls are within say 25mm of each other and you use join geometry between the two walls (they don't even need to touch) the two walls inherit the openings of the other.This is very handy when you are...

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January, 2008 means the start of multiple productions in multiple cities. Simón Bross did a three-day Tecate shoot in Mexico with New York-based agency Adrenalina, the newest and only Hispanic member of the MDC Partners network. A little more south of the border, Karina Taira shot an entire General Market campaign for Nivea in Buenos Aires, Argentina;...

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2008 brings new offices, new jobs and new faces. We've settled in at our new spot in Marina del Rey, radically increasing our size and scope. If you happen to be in the area, stop by -- we boast a nice retro/Art Deco Cuban flair and some really great artwork from the Caribbean. Not to mention a lounge area for our newest directors, whose names and...

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