David&Goliath gets a Fighter Pilot for Kia

Cristina Blanaru Ads, Creativity

David&Goliath signs the latest spot in its campaign for the new Kia Optima, the ad, featuring NBA Star, Blake Griffin, is entitled “Fighter Pilot.”‎

In this campaign, Blake is a big name actor who is cast in the lead roles for a few big budget action movies. During the filming, he is always looking for ways to improvise and add that special Blake “magic.” This often means replacing the scripted mode of transport with the Kia Optima as, in Blake’s eyes, it has a way of making the movie better, regardless of its setting or time period.

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“Fighter Pilot” is part of a larger campaign around the 2015 Kia Optima featuring three TV spots, the first of which – the Western-themed spot titled “Showdown” – launched in December.

David&Goliath

Founder & Chairman: David Angelo
Chief Creative Officer: Colin Jeffery
Creative Director: Driscoll Reid
Creative Director: Chris Hutchinson
Digital Creative Director: Chris Robertson
Associate Creative Director: Basil Douglas Cowieson
Associate Creative Director: Greg Buri
Art Director: Marc Wilson
President: Brian Dunbar
Group Account Director: Brook Dore
Account Director: Mike O’Malley
Director of Digital: Josh Crick
Director of Digital Technology: Robert Boucher
Digital Account Director: Jeanann Grubbs
Account Executive: Kylie Lemasters
Digital Account Executive: Sarah Kirsch
Assistant Account Executive: Lauren Kelley
Director of Broadcast Production: Paul Albanese
Executive Producer: Curt O’Brien
Executive Producer: Christopher Coleman
Digital Producer: Anna Cobban
Director of Art Production: Andrea Mariash
Project Manager: Kemit Ray
Director Business Affairs: Rodney Pizarro
Associate Business Affairs Manager: Camara Price
Associate Business Affairs Manager: Ann Shelton
Product Information Manager: Russ Wortman

Production Company: Imperial Woodpecker
Director: Stacy Wall
Executive Producer/Managing Partner: Doug Halbert
Executive Producer: Charlie Cocuzza
Producer: Candace Tomarken

Editorial: Spinach
Editor: Grant Surmi
Producer: Jonathan Carpio
Asst. Editor: Ben Reesing

Visual Effects: The Mill
Executive Producer: Jo Arghiris
Executive Color Producer: Thatcher Peterson
Producer: Will Lemmon
Color Producer: Natalie Westerfield
Creative Director: Robert Sethi
Production Coordinator: Benjamin Sposato
Colorist: David Ludlam
2D Lead: Andy Dill
3D Lead: Robert Chapman
2D artists: Nicholas Tayler, Gareth Parr, Trent Shumway, Lisa Ryan, Narbeh Mardirossian
3D artist: Kelvin Liang, Joshua Frankel, Mike Di Nocco, Matt Neapolitan, Katie Yancey.
Concept Artist: Lynn Yang
Matte Painter: Thom Price, Andy Wheater, Rasha Shalaby,

Music/Sound Design: Barking Owl
Executive Producer/Creative Director: Kelly Bayett
Sound Designer: Michael Anastasi

Digital Production Company: Wildlife LA
Executive Producer: Brandon Del Nero
Creative Director: Jake Friedman
Creative Director: Scott Friedman

Photographer: Chris Hornbecker