THE FOUNDRY APPOINTS LUCY COOPER AS NEW MARKETING MANAGER
Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, (www.thefoundry.co.uk) has appointed Lucy Cooper as its new Marketing Manager. Cooper, who will be predominantly based at The Foundry’s headquarters in Soho, London, will be responsible for worldwide marketing of the company’s acclaimed range of visual effects compositing, image-processing and creative plug-in products.
Cooper has a strong track record in marketing in film and television post production, and physical special effects. Most recently she headed the marketing department at Artem Ltd, one of Europe’s largest physical special effects companies, working on feature film projects such as Hot Fuzz, Doomsday and Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm, as well as commercials including Sony Bravia “Play Doh” and the current BT “Gremlins” spot starring tycoon Peter Jones (Dragon’s Den/American Inventor).
Prior to that Cooper held marketing posts at BBC MediaArc (now Red Bee Media), BBC Resources, Tele-Cine (part of Todd AO) and Scottish Television. She replaces Nicki Morris, who has taken the new role of Regional Sales Manager at The Foundry.
The Foundry’s portfolio includes a trio of Academy Award® winning products: Nuke, the high-end compositing system; Furnace, the collection of powerful image-processing plug-ins, which boost workflow and productivity; and Keylight, the advanced keying application. The Foundry’s products also include Tinder plug-ins for creative and environmental visual effects; Forge, a command-line dust and dirt-busting application; plus Anvil colour manipulation tools. The company is currently developing Ocula, a unique collection of plug-ins for 3D stereoscopic post production.
Bill Collis, CEO at The Foundry, commented: “The Foundry is well-known for being customer-focused and customer-driven. Lucy has a lot of experience in this arena and, as we move ahead with new product developments, we look forward to the fresh perspectives she will bring to our business.”
Cooper commented: “The Foundry has an enviable reputation for innovation and continues to break new ground with products such as Nuke, Furnace and Ocula. I am really looking forward to working with the team, and marketing the company’s continually expanding portfolio of award-winning products to the global market.”
For more information visit www.thefoundry.co.uk.
The Foundry is a world-leading innovator of visual effects and image processing technologies that boost productivity in motion picture and video post production. On February 10th 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded a Sci-Tech Award® to The Foundry’s development team for the Furnace image processing suite. The company now holds a trio of Academy Award® winning products including the high-end compositing system Nuke, and keying application Keylight.
The Foundry’s products support a wide range of host platforms including After Effects, Autodesk® Media and Entertainment Systems, Avid DS, Baselight, Film Master, Fusion, Nuke, Scratch and Shake. The company has also driven OpenFX, an open standard for visual effects plug-ins, now broadly adopted by host and plug-in developers such as Autodesk®, Assimilate, FilmLight, Digital Vision, eyeon Software Inc, Grass Valley, Soluciones Graficas por Ordenador (S.G.O.), Photron and others. Customers include: Digital Domain, The Moving Picture Company, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros and Weta Digital Ltd.
The Foundry is headquartered in London, and has offices in Los Angeles. For more information please visit The Foundry’s website at www.thefoundry.co.uk.
