This creative group of makers, directors, artists and designers have become famous for their groundbreaking work for iconic brands like Google, Sonos, Gatorade, Facebook, Samsung and IBM. Their body of work ranges from incredible live action to charming character animation, mixed media to stop motion puppetry, cutting edge AI to robotics and social to experiential content. This outstanding group of storytellers can truly do anything.

The studio was founded by Serge Patzak and Arvind Palep, and the group is now helmed by Partner/Executive Producer, Sam Penfield, along with Executive Producers Kate Hitchings, Nick Litwinko, Sabrina Elizondo, Scott Gemmell and Andrew Gellar. With full-service studios in Brooklyn, Santa Monica, London and Buenos Aires, 1stAveMachine offers a complete global partnership.