latam & the caribbean Jan 2019

Red Creek is one of the top two production companies in Latin America, providing services in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico and New York City.

A streamlined bidding process enables the most demanding clients to compare alternatives around the entire hemisphere and find the best combination of locations, resources and cost - all in record time and with the lowest overhead.

The client roster includes the likes of Amazon, Apple, Google, Hermès, Nike, Range Rover, Audi and others, big and small.

Red Creek delivers all of the Americas to film-makers, photographers and producers with one single call.

Caribbean Production Company is the premier full service photo and video production company based in the Caribbean, with 20 years of extensive on-location shoot experience on tropical islands. Here is an overview of a few productions performed over the years. 

The company has produced numerous media projects, from still photography - editorial, magazine, fashion catalogues and advertising photo shoots - to commercial video productions, music videos, TV documentaries, TV dramas, feature films, movies, television series, social media images and motion pictures.

Professional international and Caribbean crews support all media industry productions - for big or small budgets - with creative input and special attention to detail. Service includes recommendations, location-scouting, fixers estimates, budget management, accommodation, logistics, customs, permits, technical equipment, casting, art department and production management.

Clients include 032c, Vogue, Red, Elle, GQ, Glamour Magazine, ARD-Germany, BBC, Channel 4, SKY TV, National Geographic, NBC television networks, Wall to wall Shed media/Warner Brothers, KEO films, Condé Nast, Accessorize, Royal Caribbean Cruises, DJI, Digicel, JD-Williams, Macy’s, Avon, Rihanna film commissioned by Barbados Tourism, Calypso Lemonade social media advertising for Tombras branding agency/USA.

APU Productions has grown to become one of the leading production service companies in Peru. Having started with TV shows, feature films and documentaries, APU has moved into the photo shoot and commercial production industries.

With offices in Lima, APU is able to offer a wide array of locations. Peru may well be one of the world’s most geographically diverse countries. A vast coastline, mountains, sand deserts, lakes, waterfalls, valleys, ancient ruins, and the Amazon jungle are just some of the locations available.

Having access to an experienced bilingual crew, APU can deliver every time - even the most challenging tasks.

For the 15th consecutive year, BeauDeze Inc. has two operational headquarters: One in the Dominican Republic and one in Quebec.

Recognised officially as a member of the Dominican Republic Film Commission, Michelle d’Eze, senior producer, has chosen to open a second division in the Dominican Republic because “It has it all" for shoots in need of sunlight or beaches or luxurious villas.

What differentiates her services from many others, and gives her an edge, is that she operates multicultural/multilingual teams (German, French, Italian, Canadian, American, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish). It goes without saying that she also offers multicultural casting services.

Story:, an international advertising production company, has been working on production services as well as original productions since 2002. Story: represents its own directors, as well as international directors in Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Story: also has a more artistic and content-driven brand, Pandora.

Story:'s clients include: Gucci, YSL, Loro Piana, Magnum, L’Oréal, BMW, H&M, Samsung, Ford, Nissan, Aquafina, Toyota, FIAT, Sony, Renault, Cartier, Volvo, Gillette, Nivea, Kirin, VW, FIFA, Fuji Xerox, Huawei, and Stella Artois, amongst others.

Agencies they have worked for internationally include Arnold, Mullen-Lowe, McCann, MTV, NOWNESS, Condé Nast, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy, 180 Kingsday, Y&R, Grey, Mother, and Leo Burnett, amongst others.

Production companies Story: has worked for internationally include Somesuch, Believe Media, TRAKTOR, Rattling Stick, Biscuit Filmworks, Newland, Chelsea Pictures, Folke, Quad, Partizan, AOI Pro, La Pac, and more.

Chicas Productions is a full service production company located on Curacao. Willemstad, its colourful capital, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the island is home to more than 35 tropical beaches.

Curacao is easily accessible with daily direct flights from Europe and the Americas. Enjoying 365 days of summer, the island is the perfect playground for fashion photography, editorial shoots and commercial productions.

Chicas Productions offers fully tailored production services, budgeting, location management, kids casting, transport, accommodation, catering services, equipment rental, local assistants and anything else that is required.

Recent clients include Riachuelo, Lands’ End, Maxi-Cosi, Intermix, Talbots, Hunkemöller, Vingino, and many more.

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TPO-The Production Office has been providing production services for film and photography clients across Latin America since 1995.

With offices in Santiago (Chile), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Mexico City (Mexico), the company offers full production services for stills and film, providing full support for TVC, documentaries, corporate and photo shoots.

TPO works with crews both big and small, on productions of any size budget.

Clients include Coca-Cola, Seiko, Mars, Enel, J&J, Under Armour, Teen Vogue, H&M, Timberland, Shell, Eristoff, Rohan, Pharma, Throttleman, AMcQueen, HSBC, Disney Channel, Camel Advance, Carlsberg, Reckitt Benckiser, Panasonic, Citibank, American Airlines, Belk, Hyundai, Skanska, Channel Four, BBC, PBS, ESPN and The Tennis Channel.

Since 1992, LCA Productions has produced close to 500 commercials and supported roughly 100 production services. The company has established an international reputation for delivering the best service, working around the clock with precision and punctuality to maximise resources and support efficiency in clients' budgets, no matter the size.

Working with top-tier photographers and production companies for both editorial and commercial shoots across a wide range of budgets, LCA has produced photo shoots for Vogue Spain, Anthropologie, Elle Germany, Corona, H&M, and many more;

"Come shoot with us, we understand your needs."

13° North Productions is a service-based company providing the best video and photo production facilitation in the Caribbean.

"We are driven by high production standards, achieving excellent results and the need to make our clients lives easy and stress-free. We create awesome stories with our creative and fun-filled work environment and great experiences for our clients."

Clients include Across Media Productions (for Vogue photo shoot), Little Pond (Married to Medicine) and Comic Relief (Queens Young Leaders).

With an emphasis on locations to match any brief, 7 Seas has the strongest grips on Colombia, Cuba and Argentina over any other operators in the same region.

Looking closely at Colombia, the time is ripe to come. What did the New York Times write in their weekend January 5th-6th issue? “Colombia gets better and better! The country hums with energy and possibility, offering a thriving environment for creativity." The word is spreading about its unspoiled beauty and photo and film productions are inevitably making their way. Cartagena is the loveliest city in Latin America: the historical atmosphere, the grand interiors, fused with a recent cosmopolitan influence makes for a very inimitable place to capture on film.

Then there’s the Rosario Islands and Santa Marta beaches, as close to a taste of heaven as mortally possible. Here, the water is a perfect turquoise and the sand a brilliant white. Selecting which stretch of beach to shoot a summer campaign or editorial will be about the most challenging part of producing in Colombia.

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“What does Havana look like today?" That’s quite a common question the team at 7 Seas are asked. The political landscape has evolved in recent years and with it, so too has the island. Two things remain unchanged, the incredible locations and the friendly locals.

Havana is continuing to shine bright, with new hotels and top restaurants opening up across the city. It’s a sign of the cultural landscape evolving and it makes coming to Cuba even more enticing. The architecture in vibrant colours and the energetic streets are still what make this place a real drawcard for productions, and there is no shortage of this.

Since 1999, Take Me To Cuba has been bringing clients to this beautiful part of the world and it’s fair to say there is no company better equipped to produce on the island with. The customs processes, visas and other paper work is handled in totality and all on-ground transport, accommodation, catering, location scouting and even local casting and equipment rental needs are taken care of.

Clients include Hermès, GQ for Louis Vuitton, Bergdorf Goodman, Boden and Australia's Zimmermann.

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"Icone is a studio formed by creative minds: multidisciplinary professionals that carry art in their DNA.

Essentially, our job is to produce images.

But we want more than that. We seek spontaneous creativity which has no formulas and arises from the talent of each artist, from their visual culture and plurality of backgrounds. Here, each image can present a different solution. But the common goal is to achieve the result that our clients expect.

That’s why we’ve completed thirteen years of partnerships with great brands and advertising agencies by building challenging images with the highest level of technique and refinement."

Andrés Calderón is a Bogotá-based still life photographer with a highly skilled technical approach and a creative vision that has grown over the last nine years. He offers high-end visuals in both still photography and motion, specialising in still life, table top commercials and set staging.

Recent years have moved Andres's work towards self producing complex commercials using Phantom Flex cameras, large production teams and special effects stylists in order to achieve amazing outputs for his clients.

His eye-catching visual style, rich in colour, texture and art direction has brought opportunities to work for many brands around the world including Starbucks, Palmolive, Essie/L'Oréal, VML, Juan Valdéz, Nestlé, UberEats, Alpina, Sancho BBDO, Publicis, SYOU, Beckett Simonon and Notabag, among others.

Gregory Allen is a fashion, beauty and advertising photographer based between Mexico City and New York. He was named 'Photographer of the Year 2017' in Mexico's Fashion Digital Awards.

Originally from Seattle, Gregory studied Visual Arts and Psychology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He began his career working with Oliviero Toscani and the Benetton team in Italy, going on to win the National Geographic prize in 2004, while in 2010 he was named one of the 'Top Pros' by Popular Photography magazine.

Gregory has spent the last 15 years working all around the world for brands such as L'Oréal, Maybelline New York, Prada Mexico, Coppel, El Palacio de Hierro, Gerber and Nestlé as well as magazines such as Glamour, InStyle, Travel+Leisure and Harper's Bazaar.

Logan C. Thomas started developing his style at a young age, surrounded by the natural beauty of the Caribbean. His skills were further enhanced after he moved to the United States and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography.

After graduating, Logan managed SCAD’s art gallery shopSCAD in Lacoste, France for one year, curating the artwork in the gallery and taking care of SCAD Lacoste’s permanent art collection.

Logan's profession has given him the opportunity to capture stunning images around the world, travelling all over Europe, Asia, Oceana and North America.

Currently based in Bridgetown, Barbados, Logan continues to create new and inventive photographic work, immersed in the beauty of the West Indies.

Lucila Blumencweig was born and raised in Buenos Aires. After working in the film industry as an art director and costume design, she turned her attention fully to photography.

Lucila founded her own studio in 2006 and produces all aspects of every campaign, working in the fashion and advertising industry ever since. Her work is mostly known for the detailed art and emotional use of light.

She has been awarded at the NY IPA awards several times and many campaigns have also been recognised at the Cannes Festival, Ojo de Iberoamerica, and Lapiz de Platino.

Clients include Sony, Adidas, Citi Bank, Nike, Fox, Santander, Movistar, Rolling Stone and Primera Huella, as well as agencies such as Publicis, DDB Berlin, Grey Argentina, TWBA Buenos Aires, McCann Peru and Ogilvy. She is currently finishing post-production for a large Coca-Cola project with Publicis IT, shot in Malta this past November.

Lucila is available to work worldwide and is happy to join new adventures. Email her to get in touch.

Gabriel Solis specialises in advertising photography, but with a particular penchant for depicting aspects of humanity in most, if not all of his work.

He has received broad formal training in photography and retouching in Costa Rica, Mexico, England and Spain. He has already been awarded two first prizes in the Sony World Photography Awards.

Having keen interests and training in disciplines beyond photography, such as scuba diving, colorimetry, graphic design, retouching and baking, among others, Gabriel has the flexibility and adaptability required to meet clients' needs and highest expectations.

In his more personal projects he strives to portray his vision of the more sensitive aspects of society, or simply pay tribute to people and the emotions they inspire in him.

Jacobo Parra is a photographer and visual artist born in Monterrey, Mexico, where he currently lives. After experimenting with the camera at an amateur level, he formally began his career by producing his own documentary photography series 'Diaspora' in 1994. Documenting the presence of a Mennonite community in the state of Durango (Mexico), the series has been exhibited in Romania (2000) and Italy (2010)

Jacobo went on to work with various photographers, producing and assisting projects both in Mexico and Italy, where he also collaborated with NGOs documenting humanitarian aid projects in Ghana.

In addition to his own projects in photographic creation, Jacobo is currently working in the Mexican music scene, creating images for albums, promotions and concerts. He has also done portraits and photographic series for different brands, companies and organisations including John Deere, Kansas City Southern de Mexico (Railroad Company) and Burger King.

He is currently working mostly on portrait and commercial photography.

''Riviera Maya Grip is the first and only professional full-service Lighting, Grip & Electric company serving the Riviera Maya, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Belize. Now also serving Los Cabos, BCS and celebrating 20 years. 

RMG provides and produces for clients such as Netflix, Hallmark, Paramount, Sony, Discovery, PBS/NOVA, Nat Geo, PGA, MTV, North6, H&M, Google, BBC and many more.

A wide range of services include Lighting, Grip & Electric Rentals, Grip Trucks, Stills Trucks, talented Crew, Production Rentals, Locations and Permissions, access to Profoto and stills support, prop shop and equipment rental from Hondas to Pop Up Tents.

Check our website for more information. From a Single Interview, Fashion Shoot or a Feature, Riviera Maya Grip will help you rock your production and your budget."