Biographies

Christopher Gwynne, President, Rooster Founder and Big Bird. It was during a 2003 photo-documentary trip to Bangkok that the idea of creating Rooster took seed in Chris’ mind. Impressed by the production quality of the commercials he saw in the Asian market, Chris felt he could elevate the art form by bringing in creative talent from Hollywood and letting their imagination run wild in a new environment.

With over 17 years of experience in post-production, he’s worked for some of the most respected names in the industry, representing some the world’s biggest brands, in many different capacities, from technical director, to project management, to creative direction and live action director.

With dual American and Swiss citizenship, Chris was born in Greece and grew up in Latin America, Europe and Japan, before moving to the New York area for high school. Chris is the quintessential “citizen of the world.” A Boston University Film School graduate with a degree in Communications concentrating in film, photography and art history he's been a computer graphics fanatic since discovering Space Invaders in Tokyo in 1979. If he wasn’t running his own post-production design studio, he’d be shooting photos for National Geographic.

Chris has been a CG Supervisor in Los Angeles since the TV series South Park in 1997 and has gone on to work on features such as Matrix Revolutions, Hellboy, Elektra, Superman Returns and Ironman as well as participate in ground breaking commercial work as a designer/animator at studios such as Imaginary Forces, Logan, Buck, Stardust, Picture Mill and Prologue Films. He previously ran Light Intertainment with a staff of 35 servicing clients such as Disney, MGM, Paramount and Universal.

Christian Hogue our creative partner from Lost In Space based out of London and Bangkok has been the force behind the award winning Honda Civic launch film and countless other well known projects. Please check out Lost in Space's latest creative adventures at lostinspace.com

Peter Wu, Producer. Coming from a traditional advertising background, Peter brings 5 years of experience with Saatchi & Saatchi as a copywriter for their Toyota account. Prior to that, he was a feature editor for a car magazine based in Los Angeles, California. And in 2002, he was a founding partner in Phibious, Cambodia, a boutique advertising agency in Phnom Penh that has since grown into a full-service agency. He has degrees in Journalism and East Asian Studies from Indiana University.

Brian Castleforte, Motion Design and Animation. Think of a few of the world’s largest brands and chances are Brian’s worked with them. His work has earned him awards and a great deal of respect within the industry, so much so that he’s been in-demand amongst the most-respected post-production houses in Los Angeles, such as Imaginary Forces, Picture Mill, Brand New School and Kaleidescope.

Goutam Mitra, Design Partner, Brand Manager. A graduate of Art Center, Goutam has always navigated the arena where product, marketing and design meet. As the creative director for Launch, he led the company to the music and internet entertainment property it is now. He subsequently handled the GM account at Modem Media and and has a keen fascination for high level brand development.