Brain Zoo Studios Wins Silver Davey Award For Animation in Lego Star Wars Commercials
Animation House Wins Second Year In a Row For Work in Interactive Entertainment
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November 20, 2006
Van Nuys, CA -- Brain Zoo Studios announced today that their work on the Lego Star Wars commercials garnered them a Davey victory for the second year in a row. The Lego Star Wars commercials, produced by Brain Zoo Studios and Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners for the LucasArts game Lego Star Wars, garnered Brain Zoo a Silver Award for Animation. The Davey Awards are conducted by the International Academy of Visual Arts to honor outstanding media creative, with membership in the organization representing such major companies as HBO, MTV, Yahoo!, WIRED, ADWEEK and BRANDWEEK.
The win marks the second year in a row Brain Zoo has taken an award for animation. Mohammad Davoudian, president of Brain Zoo Studios stated, "We had such a great time working on this project that it wasn't like work for us. It's nice to see positive results from something that we enjoyed immensely. We are huge Star Wars fans, so we were excited to dive in and make this the best project we could."
The winning commercial features a light saber battle between Lego Darth Vadar and Lego Luke Skywalker. The commercial's aim was a spoof on the original scene in Star Wars the movie and has received praise from critics and industry insiders. Brain Zoo Studios recent projects include Sony's Untold Legends trailer and Konami's Steel Horizons.
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