motion graphics animation founded 1999 headquarters kansas city missouri usa products commercials motion graphics number of employees 8 website http www.mk12.com mk12 studios is a filmmaking and design collective with over a dozen award winning short films to its credit . their approach to filmmaking and animation is experimental and holistic blending live action traditional and cgi animation nostalgic influence and new technologies to define their own unique brand of storytelling . contents 1 history 2 nominations 3 selected awards 4 selected exhibitions 5 references 6 external links history edit mk12 was established in kansas city missouri in 1999 by art school students jed carter timmy fisher matt fraction and ben radatz and later joined by shaun hamontree and computer guru chad perry . originally founded as a means to produce original content mk12 has since lent its talents to many commercial ventures including title sequence and ui design for films like quantum of solace and stranger than fiction music videos for common jack white and alicia keys and animated cutscenes and vignettes for video games like rock band beatles & green day editions and documentaries like particle fever which earned them a cinema eye award for outstanding graphic design in 2015 . in 2014 mk12 joined forces with new york based production company rabbit . 1 nominations edit grammy award 2009 for best short form music video for their collaborative video for another way to die by jack white and alicia keys 2 south by southwest 2015 as finalists in the excellence in title design award for their 2014 semi permanent opening titles mtv video music awards 2005 nomination best hip hop video common go selected awards edit cinema eye honors 2014 for outstanding achievement in graphic design or animation for particle fever art of the title for semi permanent 14 titles top ten title sequences of 2014 mile high horror film festival most innovative short film awarded to mk12 s follow the sun miami short film festival best experimental film award for telephoneme 2002 adobe systems online film festival best animated film untitled 002 infinity 2001 rockstar games best short film terrible cosmic death selected exhibitions edit 2016 cinemor77 film festival glasgow scotland beauty in danger 2015 zero film festival manhattan ny man of action ii ashes of vengeance 2014 salon 94 the bowery ny beauty in danger 2014 pluk de nacht open air film festival the netherlands follow the sun 2014 university of north carolina charlotte group exhibition icarus powers of ten 2013 art basel miami beauty in danger 2012 fantastic fest follow the sun 2012 vimeo awards follow the sun 2012 slamdance film festival follow the sun 2011 walker art center minneapolis graphic design now in production title sequence exhibition component stranger than fiction the kite runner 2011 type in motion museum f r gestaltung z rich zurich design museum sleeping beauty diesel levi s stranger than fiction the kite runner 2011 telluride horror show follow the sun 2011 universal studios halloween horror nights follow the sun 2011 prix ars electronica animation festival linz austria telephoneme best of compilation from 10 2010 ars electronica animation festival linz austria telephoneme 2010 zurich film festival telephoneme 2010 slamdance film festival telephoneme 2010 atlantic film festival telephoneme 2010 museum f r gestaltung z rich zurich design museum multiple works 2009 anima mundi rio de janeiro brazil one short film history of america 2008 international amsterdam film festival one short film history of america 2008 sundance film festival one short film history of america 2007 montreal world film festival one short film history of america 2005 onedotzero film festival two short films ultraloveninja and 4d softcore sweater porn 2005 the epsten gallery kansas city mo work retrospective 2005 art in general new york city ny collaborative exhibition with brian alfred a ny based painter 2004 art basel miami florida group exhibition curated by the paragraph gallery kansas city mo 2004 resfest international one short film funkstorung music video 2003 sundance online film festival one short film ultraloveninja 2003 resfest international two short films the faint music video macho box 2002 adobe online short film festival international one short film untitled 002 infinity 2000 resfest international one short film untitled 002 infinity 2000 toronto international film festival one short film terrible cosmic death 2000 sci fi channel one short film terrible cosmic death 2000 new york animation festival new york ny one short film terrible cosmic death references edit rabbit . rabbitcontent.com . retrieved 2014 06 08 . runtagh jordan . celebrity news & gossip movies fashion & style . vh1 . retrieved october 4 2012 . external links edit official website follow the sun telephoneme history of america mk12 at the internet movie database 2008 mk12 interview with jon niccum quantum of solace 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