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February ‘26
THE LINE © MMXXVI
Nike Football
The campaign celebrates the launch of the new edition of Vinicius Junior's player edition football boots. Can’t believe we got to do something for Vini Jr!
/ Behind the line
Director
Juancho Crespo
/ overview
We’re thrilled to share our first project for Nike! Brilliantly led by the ever-inspiring Juancho Crespo. Our brief was to capture his fearless spirit, grit and raw speed, inspired by neo-noir cinema, souped-up cars, street racing and classic movie posters.
/ Behind the line
The Crew
● Creative Director / Art Director / Head of Art / Juancho Crespo ● Producer / Adriana Piasek-Wanski ● Animation Lead / Head of Animation / Kwok Fung Lam ● Production Coordinator / Naomi McGing / Tabby Kearny ● Managing Director | Commercials & Branded Content / Laura Breaden ● Executive Creative Director / Tim McCourt ● Executive Producer / Tan Jones ● Head of CG / 3D Layout / Pete Addington ● Head of Compositing / Freddie Lewis-Wall ● Head of Production / Nick Miller ● Talent & Scheduling Coordinator / Modelling / Jesus Ovejero ● Audio / Box Of Toys ● Concepts / Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos / Sam Gilbey / JP Sandoval / Théo Carme / Antoine Perez ● Character Design / Sam Gilbey ● FX Animation / Christophe Madeleine / Matthieu Petit ● Background Paint / Paul Sabado / Ajey Sadashiv Lele / Igor Piwowarczyk / Jocelin Carmes / Elliott Cigognetti ● 3D Scanning / Matrix Scans ● Compositing / Clarisse Valeix ● Production Assistant / Amy Wilkinson ● Head of Operations / Anna Degenaar / Kallista Omotosho ● Studio Coordinator / Sophia Owen-Moulding ● Marketing Manager / Ella Johnston