Piper Re-Enters Backyard

Backyard Welcomes Nick Piper's Return
 

Director Nick Piper has rejoined Backyard.

Director Nick Piper is returning to Backyard after a 15-month stint at B-Reel Films. Piper, who previously spent eight years at Backyard, is an expert in visually driven storytelling and performance direction. He is also creative partner at Santa Monica-based VFX studio Chemical Effects.

The reunion between Piper and Backyard grew out of a recent encounter with Backyard founder Blair Stribley and longtime Backyard East Coast sales rep Chris Zander at the Backyard office, where Piper was excited to share his newly assembled reel with the two of them.

"I was blown away when I saw the body of work he had completed during his year away," said Stribley. "Nick has always been a passionate and talented director, but he had completely upped the quality of his work on every level.

"In the past 15 months, I decided to approach every one of my projects with a fresh perspective," said Piper. "I worked on all kinds of different films across the US, as well as Canada, India, Dubai and Malaysia, with all kinds of different, crazy crews... I had a lot of fun. I also made the most of opportunities to capture human moments (one of my untapped filmmaking passions finally realized)... and I partnered up in my own visual effects company, Chemical Effects, to redefine one of my core strengths - as a problem-solving director with my own unique toolkit.

"Now this move to Backyard feels like a completely fresh start to me," continued Piper. "I'm moving forward, not looking back, and I couldn't be more excited to have the drive and enthusiasm of this team behind my career right now. They understand me, and have the energy to fight as hard for me as I fight for my own work. It feels great to be collaborating with such an incredibly passionate group of people I've always loved doing business with."

Piper and Backyard have already collaborated on a recently wrapped Olympics spot for P&G. Piper's work also includes commercials for GMC, Chevrolet, Lysol, Behr, Toyota, and Kawasaki.



Published 17, April 2012