Friends of Mine
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2010
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Friends of Mine
Friends of Mine is an independent, design-driven creative studio and motion production collective based in Denver, Colorado. Its work combines motion design, animation and live-action filmmaking for broadcast networks, brands and advertising agencies. The studio develops animated visual identities, television show packages, commercial campaigns and narratives that integrate filmed material with graphic design and visual effects.
The collective formally organized in 2010, following collaborative roots in a shared Denver warehouse in 2008. Its multidisciplinary approach brings together art direction, animation, cinematography, visual effects and editorial, allowing the studio to develop concepts and carry them through production and finishing.
From concept to finished campaign
Services span concept development, creative direction, visual scripting and storyboarding, alongside 2D character animation, 3D motion design, CGI and simulation. Live-action capabilities include casting, location scouting and production, supported by video editing, color grading, compositing and visual effects. The studio also creates motion toolkits and content for social and digital use.
Broadcast work includes sports graphics for DIRECTV Latin America, network identity for REELZ and launch concepts and graphics for Y: The Last Man on FX and Hulu. For Lifetime’s Summer of Secrets, the team handled a narrative promotional campaign encompassing casting, location scouting, live-action shooting in San Diego and post-production. Its work for Lifetime Movie Network includes seasonal promotional packages such as Slay Bells and Vicious Valentine.
Commercial projects include OtterBox’s Pass It On, a seven-part global brand film and digital vignette series documenting creative influencers, as well as animated brand work for Marmot and a 3D commercial for Dream Gear. In public-service communications, the studio contributed first-person 3D animation to the 2023 One for the Road impaired-driving campaign for Wyoming’s transportation and road-safety organizations.
Across these projects, Friends of Mine works at the intersection of broadcast design, agency production and brand storytelling, combining animation and filmed content within a single creative production practice.
More about Friends of Mine
Leadership and creative team
- Adam Espinoza is a co-founder and Creative Director.
- Jeremy Lindenmier is a co-founder whose roles include Executive Producer and Director.
- Creative leads identified in the research include Gareth deNobrega in 3D design and animation, Jason Schwarz in 3D design, simulation and VFX, Robert Fraser in editorial and color, Mike Scarano in illustration and art direction, and Christian Whitney as Brand Director.
Collaborative operating model
The founders describe their approach as the “Power of the Wu-Tang Clan”: individual artists retain the freedom to direct and lead particular disciplines while pooling their abilities as a creative think tank. A core collective works with an extended roster of production collaborators.
Production partnerships
The studio partnered with Heinrich on the 2023 Wyoming impaired-driving campaign and with Futuristic Films on animated work for Marmot. For OtterBox’s global campaign, production teams worked across seven cities to document creative influencers.
Notable credits
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Where Friends of Mine is based
- 1360 34th St, Denver, CO 80205, United StatesDenver, Colorado, United States
Denver office
HeadquartersPrimary studio and overall company headquarters in Denver's RiNo Arts District.
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