NBA FINALS 2026

The project
at a glance

Honored to partner with Elastic and MakeMake on the new NBA Finals opening campaign. Yeti Pictures is thrilled to be part of this epic project!

Basketball’s biggest stage deserves a grand entrance. MakeMake and ESPN created the kick off video for the NBA Finals. Paying tribute to the legends of the past while paving the way for history in the making.

total no. of frames
produced

30 ^frames

credits

Creative Director Duncan Elms

Art Director Cindy Soohoo

CG Lead Lee Buckley

Lead Editor Rachel Fowler

Assistant Editor Emma Dobiash

Additional Editors Jessica Ledoux
Josh Hamester
Austyn Daines

Designers Tony Zagoraios
Marios Tsaousis
Angeliki Hristoff
Pantelis Tsiachris
Eleni Margoudi
Phillip Lykostratis
Ilias Chalkiopoulos
Argyris Nochos
George Akalidis
Renato Marques
Mike Zheng
Pete Sickbert
June Cho
Jean Hwang

3D Animators Lee Buckley
Wesley Ebelhar
Alex Silver
Evan Larimore
Daniel Moreno
Tony Zagoraios
Viraj Ajmeri
Zack Citro
Lamek Felix

Character Animator Peter Karnik

Modelers Jose Limonl
Joe Paniagua
Stavros Karagiannis

Dynamics Miguel Salek
Brandon Lester

Storyboards Vince Wei

Flame Artist Nathan Hurlburt

Color Pipeline TD Andrew Young

Producer Angela Shin

Associate Producer Amy Lee-Suits

Head of 3D Andy Wilkoff

Head of Engineering Tommy Asbee

Studio Manager Jake Savage