Thursday, October 21, 2010

"The Darkside" accepted into the L.A. Comedy Festival!!!

The comedy short "The Darkside," which spoofs the film "The Blindside," and was produced in part by MRB Productions, has been accepted into the Los Angeles Comedy Festival!  "The Darkside" aired during the 2010 ESPY Awards on ESPN.  The Los Angeles Comedy Festival is the largest Comedy Festival in the United States that features Live Comedy Acts, Films, TV Pilots, Music Videos and a Screenplay Competition.  Congratulations to Director Mark Teitelman, Maggievision Productions, and MRB Productions for the excellent work! 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

2010 NBA Draft opening has won Best Sound Design at the Sportel Golden Podium Awards!

Congratulations to director Sammy Silver, ESPN, and MRB Productions for winning Best Sound Design at the Sportel Golden Podium Awards for the 2010 NBA Draft opening sequence!  The Georges Bertellotti Golden Podium Awards Gala, which honor the year’s best sports slow motion sequences and images, took place last night in Monaco.  The spot was directed by Sammy Silver and produced by MRB Productions for ESPN, and the NBA!

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MRB Productions was founded in 2001 by producer Matthew Brady. MRB produces content across all media channels and specializes in independent features, television shows, sports promos and commercials. Early on, the company found instant success with short comedic features for ESPN and ABC. MRB Productions’ success continued with the NFL Draft Open on ESPN and Super Bowl XXVIII Open with Arnold Schwarzenegger. MRB Productions has been recognized with multiple accolades including awards and nominations for the NBA Finals Open on ABC, and most recently a nomination for the NFL network opening sequence with the world famous Pilobolus Dancers. MRB produces the pre-tapes for the ESPY awards and spots with celebrities including Barack Obama, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake and LeBron James. In addition to their sports openings, MRB produced two seasons of VH1’s hit show Free Radio. Last year, MRB produced X Games 3D: The Movie, the company’s first theatrical documentary since Kiefer Sutherland’s I Trust You To Kill Me.