Mercedes: Future & Past
Where a concept car drives itself—and the imagination.
This spot showcased Mercedes' autonomous vision with a sleek, self-driving prototype gliding through a hyper-modern cityscape. My role as compositor was to make the impossible feel inevitable
NUKE COMPOSITOR | Tracking, logo replacement, laser and ground projections, screen replacement, LED lights,
NUKE COMPOSITOR | Tracking, logo replacement, laser and ground projections, screen replacement, LED lights,
CREDITS
Executive Creative Directors: Philip Sicklinger & Marcelo Nogueira, BBDO NY
Senior Creative Directors: Dan Oliva & Scott Mahoney, BBDO NY
EVP, Global Business Lead: Paul Roebuck, BBDO NY
SVP, Senior Director: Phil Brolly, BBDO NY
Account Director: Sonia Aneja, BBDO NY
Senior Producer: Mike Woodall, BBDO NY
Editor: Andy McGraw, Cartel NY
Co-Founder/Colorist: Tim Masick, Co3
President/Partner/Sound Designer/Mixer: Philip Loeb, Heard City
VFX/Finishing: Fancy House of VFX
ECD, Founder: Randie Swanberg
CD/Owner, VFX Supervisor, Lead Flame Artist: Mario Caserta
Executive Producer, HOP: Alex Tracy
Senior Producer: Janine Conway
Production Coordinator: Alanna Morton
Lead Flame Artist: Mark Woit
Comp Supervisor, Nuke Artist: Chris Green
Head of CG: Tim Sepulveda
Lead Modeler/Texture Artist: Joe Thomas
VFX Tech Ops Manager: Andrew Santanastaso
Tech Ops: Hope Bankert
NUKE COMPOSITOR | Tracking, logo replacement, screen replacement, paint and cleanup
Classics don’t age—they evolve.
Archival footage met modern VFX to trace Mercedes’ legacy. We restored vintage models frame-by-frame, then seamlessly connected them to today’s tech—like a cinematic handshake across decades.