RADAR Studios Signs Directing Team Walter Robot

Directing team Walter Robot, comprised of Bill Barminski and Christopher Louie has joined RADAR Studios as the Chicago-based company establishes operations in Los Angeles.

“I have been following the music video work of Walter Robot for the past couple of years, and when we first decided to expand our roster their work immediately came to mind,” says RADAR Executive Producer Lisa Masseur. “Their eclectic mix of live-action, animation and effects is right up our alley We couldn’t ask for a better team to launch the West Coast branch of RADAR.”

Walter Robot's style is a mix of media –hand-drawn characters and weathered/archival-style footage may appear side-by-side with high end live-action sequences, 2-D animation and type.

Barminski and Louie have been collaborating under the Walter Robot moniker since 2006. Barminski’s background is as an artist and filmmaker. His paintings have appeared in the feature film “Horseplayer” and the TV show “Friends,” and have been reviewed in such publications as FlashArt, Art in America, Art News, Visions Art Quarterly, New American Paintings and the LA Weekly.

"They have an abundance of work and styles the agencies havenullt yet seen. Walter Robot will spark ideas for a host of unique campaigns and clients,” says RADAR director/owner Don Hoeg.

Barminski has been teaching digital art and design at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television since 1998. Louie, originally a law student, took Barminski's class in 2004 as a diversion, and soon found himself in love with filmmaking. Barminski recognized Louie's innate talent and hired him to work on a project for the ongoing live show “Mortified.” During that project, Barminski and Louie conceived of Walter, the giant wooden robot who frequents the team's work. That work includes the acclaimed Death Cab for Cutie music video “Grapevine Fires,” the 2009 Sundance selection “Joel Steinulls Completely Unfabricated Adventures” and sequences for the 2010 Sundance documentary selection “Lucky,” by director Jeffrey Blitz.