Bemo
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About Bemo
Bemo is an independent boutique creative content, animation and visual effects studio based in Los Angeles. Established in the early 2010s, it develops visual storytelling for advertising, entertainment and experiential media. Its work spans commercial campaigns, music videos, television, feature films and installations, combining design and creative direction with animation and post-production.
The studio’s capabilities include concept development, character design, styleframes, 2D and 3D animation, motion graphics and live-action compositing. It also produces architectural projection mapping, hologram installations and interactive AR/VR experiences. This range supports projects that move between conventional screens, immersive environments and large public displays.
Film, television and music
Bemo’s early portfolio included campaigns for Pepsi, Honda and the NFL, alongside music videos such as David Guetta’s She-Wolf (Falling to Pieces) and Katy Perry’s Unconditionally. In 2014, the studio delivered more than 100 visual effects shots for the science-fiction feature Earth to Echo. Its television work includes three seasons of Adult Swim’s Dream Corp LLC, combining visual effects and animation within the programme’s hybrid live-action format. Bemo also contributed to Dream Corp The Ride, an interactive 360-degree VR experience for the Adult Swim Festival.
Experiential and commercial work
For Vivid Sydney 2019, Bemo directed and animated 12 minutes of character animation for Lighting of the Sails – Austral Flora Ballet, projected onto the Sydney Opera House. Other experiential projects include an atrium hologram installation for Sphere in Las Vegas and a permanent opening sequence for seven Konica Minolta planetariums in Tokyo.
Its broader commercial and design portfolio includes work for HP, Amazon AWS, YouTube Music, Adidas, Converse and Beats by Dre, as well as promotional material for FX Networks and visual identity work for MDLBeast’s Soundstorm Festival. Title sequences for TEDxSydney and the Powell Lacrosse First Spark commercial further illustrate the studio’s activity across animation, branded storytelling and visual effects.
More about Bemo
Leadership and operating model
- Founder Brandon Hirzel serves as Executive Creative Director, alongside Executive Producer Alessandra Serrano.
- The core leadership assembles specialized teams of 3D animators, technical directors and visual effects artists according to project scope.
Production methods
- For Earth to Echo, Bemo developed the “Echovision” graphic point-of-view system to communicate the alien robot’s internal emotional states.
- Its Dream Corp LLC pipeline combined 3D camera projections, procedural dynamics, motion capture and specialized rotomation.
- The Sydney Opera House production involved collaboration with director Andrew Thomas Huang and Collider, using a procedural character-animation pipeline.
Recognition and milestones
- Brandon Hirzel / Bemo received a 2017 MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Visual Effects for A Tribe Called Quest’s Dis Generation.
- Alphamark designed a brand and digital platform refresh for the studio in 2024.
Notable credits
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Where Bemo is based
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and sole studio base.
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