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Nice Shoes Welcomes Managing Director Kristen Martini


Kristen Martini

Nice Shoes is pleased to announce the addition of postproduction and advertising agency veteran Kristen Martini as their managing director. Martini brings a deep understanding of the relationship between production, project management and finance to Nice Shoes, along with knowledge of the challenges producers and creatives face daily.     ...more >>

Nice Shoes Steps Out With Chico's


Exhume

Nice Shoes has worked with many of the fashion scene's brightest lights, including Calvin Klein and Thierry Mugler. Most recently, Nice Shoes VFX artists Rich Schreck, Jason Farber, and Vin Roma teamed up for a new Chico's spot, Step Out.    ...more >>

Nice Shoes Presents Award to Rising Directors at Indie Memphis


Verses

For the second consecutive year, Nice Shoes presented the Nice Shoes Award at Indie Memphis. The award was presented by Nice Shoes Colorist/Partner Lez Rudge to writer-director Mark Jackson, for his film Without. A $25,000 value, the Nice Shoes Award is aimed at launching the winning director's next project to a more competitive level by providing color grading and finishing services at the NYC-based studio.    ...more >>

 

Poetry Slam Case Study


Brian Bowman

Evolving our Verses film series from 3D stereo to reality, Nice Shoes hosted a live Poetry Slam complete with reactive projections controlled by the iPad. Building on the stylings of Rico Frederick, the main talent in our film Heartbreaker, Nice Shoes developed visual content as a live backdrop for Rico and his spoken word team.   ...more >>

Elastic Spaces Case Study

Elastic Spaces is an original piece Nice Shoes created for the Motion conference. We used the opportunity to investigate algorithmic design based on the phenomenon of the moving image.    ...more >>

Nice Shoes Halloween Party

This much is true: our friends have big imaginations. Here they are, on display, at our recent Halloween party:

Halloween Party Pics: Part One
Halloween Party Pics: Part Two

Big congrats to the winners of our annual costume contest Misha Kozlov, Bridgette Spalding, and Andrea Marino Zavareei. See what they wore here.

Contact


Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Pandolfino
dp@niceshoes.com

Managing Director
Kristen Martini
kmartini@niceshoes.com

Senior Producer
Pat Portela
pat@niceshoes.com

Creative Director
Brian Bowman
bbowman@niceshoes.com


Creative Director
Aron Baxter
aron@niceshoes.com


352 Park Ave. South, 16th FL., New York, New York 10010
TEL: 212.683.1704

About Nice Shoes

NYC-based Nice Shoes is a full service, artist-driven design, animation, visual effects and color grading studio specializing in high-end commercials, web content, film, TV and music videos. Since its inception in 1996, the studio has prided itself on consistently reinvesting in its talent, technical backbone, and client experience to set the standard of excellence both creatively and technically. Key company principals include: CEO/Partner Dominic Pandolfino, Colorists/Partners Chris Ryan and Lez Rudge, VFX Artist/Partner Rich Schreck, MD Kristen Martini, CDs Brian Bowman and Aron Baxter, CIO Bob Keske, Senior Producer Pat Portela, and Brand Director Justin Pandolfino.