We create original, concept-driven work across live action, animation, stills, and sound. Our process blends analog and digital techniques to produce visuals that feel sharp, intentional, and singular.

We take ideas seriously, especially when they barely exist. We build full projects from the thinnest briefs, shaping concepts from scratch and carrying them through to final execution.

Every project is a chance to push boundaries with collaborators who care about craft and substance as much as we do.

If our work speaks to you, we are ready to talk.

Contactinfo@impactist.com   +1 503 916 4420

WE ARE KELLY MEADOR AND DANIEL  ELWING, DIRECTORS WHO THINK LIKE ARTISTS AND WORK LIKE CRAFTSPEOPLE.

WE ARE KELLY MEADOR AND DANIEL  ELWING, DIRECTORS WHO THINK LIKE ARTISTS AND WORK LIKE CRAFTSPEOPLE.

If our work speaks to you, we are ready to talk.

Contactinfo@impactist.com   +1 503 916 4420

Honors and achievements

ADC Award: Bronze Cube
Clio Entertainment Awards: Gold & 2 Bronze
PromaxBDA Awards: 2 Gold & 3 Silvers
Vimeo Staff Pick: 6 times
Selected as one of the RES 10, RES Magazine: 10 Creators to Watch in 2006
Selected by Shots Magazine/DVD for their issue featuring the Best New Directors of 2007
AdCritic — Spot of the Day September 26, 2006
Yahoo! Front Page — Viral Pick of the Day January 30, 2008
Nominated for a 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Communication Design
Our broadcast commercial directorial debut, Westin “Breathe”, airs during Super Bowl XL

Festivals and publications

Screenings and festivals

  • Blend Conference — Vancouver, BC 2015
  • KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2013
  • 404 Festival Art & Technology — Argentina 2012
  • SUPERTOON International Animation Festival — Zagreb, Croatia 2012
  • Canal180 Short of the Week — Portugal 2011
  • Vimeo Offline: Beyond Planet Earth — American Museum of Natural History NYC 2011
  • TIFF Packaged Goods Screening — TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto 2011
  • Visuelt — Oslo, Norway 2011
  • Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion at EMPAC — wow + flutter 10. Troy, NY 2011
  • Design In Motion: Design on Film Screening — Sydney, Australia 2011
  • Aurora Picture Show: Love is a Many Splintered Thing — Houston, TX 2011
  • Zurich Film Festival — wow + flutter 10, Zurich, Switzerland 2010
  • Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion Festival — BFI Southbank, London 2010
  • Seoul International Extreme — Short Image & Film Festival. Seoul, South Korea 2010
  • Festival International de Très Courts — 12th edition 2010
  • Visuelt — Oslo, Norway 2010
  • Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion — EMPAC Troy, NY 2010
  • Pictoplasma — Berlin 2010
  • Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion — wow + flutter 09. Global Tour 2009/10
  • VIEDRAM, Video + Sound Design FEFÈSTIVAL — 7th Edition. Rome, Italy 2009
  • Imagine Science Film Festival — New York City 2009
  • Playgrounds Festival — Amsterdam 2009
  • Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion — Top Draw. BFI Southbank, London 2008
  • Némo Festival — Paris 2009
  • Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival. 2009
  • Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion at EMPAC — Top Draw. Troy, NY 2009
  • The Universe and You — Cairo Gallery & NoSpace Gallery, Expo’86 Seattle 2008
  • Independent Exposure. 2008
  • Smilefaucet Undo Screening — New York City 2008
  • BYDESIGN — Seattle 2008
  • Onedotzero wow + flutter Global Tour 2007
  • Mecal — Spain 2007
  • Cath’s YEAH! Fest — Broadcast 2007
  • Lumen Eclipse. Outdoor Gallery and Online Exhibition — Cambridge, MA 2007
  • Huesca International Film Festival — Spain 2007
  • Némo Festival — Paris 2007
  • BYDESIGN — Seattle 2007
  • Lumen Eclipse. Outdoor Gallery and Online Exhibition — Cambridge, MA 2006
  • Cimatics 06AV Festival — Brussels 2006
  • RESFest 10 Global Tour 2006 — 2007
  • Smilefaucet Flavor Screening — New York City 2008
  • 1 Eye Motion Festival — Portland 2006
  • MOVE3 Under the Influence — New York City 2006
  • RES 10 Screenings — Toronto, New York City & Los Angeles 2006
  • ZOOROOM — A Room with a Zoo Exhibition. Resistor Gallery, Toronto 2005
  • 32nd Northwest Film & Video Festival — Portland 2005
  • Semi-Permanent05 — New York City 2005
  • RES Screening Series — Los Angeles 2004

DVDs and publications

  • Stash Magazine Issues #154, #135, #111, #100, #103,
    #98, #73, #65, #57, #52, #41, #32, #12 2005–2022
  • Stash Magazine — Best of Stash 2013 Collection
  • Lürzer’s Archive Issue 5/2013
  • FEFÈ Magazine & DVD Issue #10 2010
  • Issue #92 of the Chinese magazine — CG Magazine & DVD 2009
  • Shots Magazine & DVD Issue 108, 2008
  • Shots New Directors Reel 2007
  • IdN Magazine & DVD issue Vol. 19 Number 5 2012
  • IdN Magazine & DVD issue Vol. 15 Number 2 2008
  • IdN Magazine & DVD issue Vol. 15 Number 4 2008
  • RES Magazine vol. 9 issue no. 2, 2006
  • Independent Exposure Lucky 13 DVD Edition 2008
  • Supervideografen Vol. 1: The Universe and You 2008
  • Smilefaucet Undo DVD Vol. 7 Spring 2008
  • Smilefaucet Flavor DVD Vol. 5 Summer 2006
  • Repérages Expérience[s] 03 DVD 2007
  • Chicago Motion Graphics Festival DVD 2006
  • ZOOROOM — A Room with a Zoo DVD 2005

Online publications

Motionographer· Stash· BOOOOOOOM!· It’s Nice That· Design*Sponge· io9· The Fox is Black· Cartoon Brew· shots· Ad Critic/Creativity· ’boards· The Guardian· The Atlantic· Tor•com· Channel Frederator· Blouin Artinfo· Abduzeedo· Coudal· Ventilate· Drawn!· design milk· Paste Magazine· Juxtapoz· Flavorwire· SUNfiltered· NOTCOT· We Love You So· designtaxi· Fubiz· Catsuka· Lumen Eclipse· Yahoo! Front Page

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