kris dangla

'twas a delight to remind Seattle-ites to skip the drama of driving and ride Sound Transit. Many thanks to my friends at Copacino+Fujikado and Sound Transit.

This was truly a dream assignment, from the amazing folks at Rover, to the phenomenally talented Giant Ant animation team, to the sticky ear worm music by Rob Scherzer and son, and audio by Quiet Coyote. But it always starts with the idea and I KNEW this one was gonna be great. Ad Age agrees, “ Rover made the most adorably hilarious pet-sitting ad from the pet’s point of view.” Enjoy these 11 individual moments of pet parent LUV.

6 weeks from creative development to airdate. Whew! Casting the TNF comedy crew was a career highlight, plus working with the incredibly talented and funny director Dan Opsal and the phenomenal Hungry Man team. We never would have pulled it off without the magic of Buzzy Cancilla.

Yup, that was shot practically with a real chair lift dangling from a fork lift in front of Kerry Park in Seattle, with hurricane force winds on the November shoot days, because, why not, right? Safety was the number one priority and everyone had a great time, so don’t worry, okay.

Word got out…..and we had the privilege to work with many different teams at Amazon to tout all the cool Echo device offerings. Big shout out to N-Tropic who made all the productions a huge success, time and time again.

Assignment: make cybersecurity relatable. Thanks to our amazing partners at Catch & Release we were able to depict a wide range of folks through curated UGC assets. No live action required!

Astro, a new-to-world personal robot with Alexa enabled features, was a particularly challenging project because of the highly confidential nature of the project prior to release. In partnership with production partner, N-Tropic, we successfully worked in secrecy throughout the entire production, which is no small feat. The Astro team was so happy with the results they came back for multiple rounds of feature focused videos and still photography supervision.

Superstar QBs, plus NFL rights management…throw in a dash of Covid production spice and you have all the elements for a most complex production. Luckily we had the production pros partnering with Hungry Man!

Shot over 2 days in one location (thanks to our remarkable partners N-Tropic) and working with the Amazon Smarthome team plus their partners: Philips, Hamilton Beach, Wyze and iRobot, we streamlined reviews and approvals so all the stakeholders could influence the final videos.

This was an interesting casting challenge, find real pet owners and their pets who both have compelling personalities. The result speaks for itself.

Many, many, many years of producing the national TV campaigns for Holland America Line. Not a bad gig, travel the world in carefully curated video assets, paired with gorgeous on-ship shots. I get wander-lust after every viewing.

Personifying complex and unnecessary jargon was no small task. After an exhaustive nationwide casting call, we found our gems in the Arnold twins and created the memorable dynamic duo Jibber and Jabber. This national campaign was a career highlight. Great client, great creative, great production, great result.

MLB and UGC make for some fun TMO spots.

Patient stories are at the heart of everything for Seattle Children’s Hospital and Research Institute. It was an honor to tell the stories of these two young women and highlight the work of the incredible scientists and healers.

Welcome To Your Corner Washington campaign was filmed over several days in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. 

Thoroughbred race horses running through the 14 Hands vineyards, infuse the grapes with excitement.  Join the party.

Shot over 10 days, in November, with a cast of 50+ and oh yes, please don’t show any Seattle rain. Great news, the production gods were on our side. A  love letter to Seattle.

The creative team wants to build what? A 10x20 foot typographic structure that became a Creative Arts award winner. The structure traveled Washington state to inspire Cougs and non-Cougs alike.