Barrett Slagle

Creative Producer

Film and TV, advertising and music.
Live action, CG and animation.

Selected work

Handcrafted healthcare characters moving together along a miniature city street.

Kaiser Permanente / Droga5

Moving All to One

Executive Producer · Original campaign

Gold — Stop-Motion shots Awards The Americas 2026 ↗

Role & project details

Produced by RiffRaff Films for Droga5. Directed by The Sacred Egg. Animation & fabrication: Open The Portal. Character design: MacKinnon & Saunders.

An earlier asset deadline. A different production route.

I co-produced the original campaign spots and shared oversight of OTP’s production budget. When a separate stills campaign was needed before the physical characters were scheduled to be built, I devised a CG approach and led a small team using the character designers’ assets.

The team delivered the images ahead of physical fabrication, meeting the earlier need while keeping the digital and physical character work aligned.

The Z-Suite cast surrounded by a colorful collage of animated objects.

Tubi / VaynerMedia

The Z-Suite

Co-Producer · Super Bowl commercial

Made for Super Bowl LIX

Watch extended cut ↗
Role & project details

I co-produced Tubi’s The Z-Suite commercial for Super Bowl LIX, working directly with VaynerMedia’s head executive producer, joining client and creative calls, and helping manage the full production team.

I also managed the technical delivery requirements. When a complex audio-export issue arose, I drew on my audio background and worked directly with the editor to resolve it.

Created by Open The Portal for VaynerMedia & Tubi. Linked film is the extended-cut promo, not the 15-second broadcast version.

Fall Out Boy and their puppet bandmate playing guitars as glowing red visual effects cross the frame in Love From the Other Side.

Fall Out Boy

Love From The Other Side

Executive Producer · Live-action music video

2023 MTV VMA nominee Best Visual Effects ↗

Role & project details

Produced by Ghost Robot for Fall Out Boy. Direction & fabrication: Open The Portal.

A full music video. Live-action production.

I executive-produced Fall Out Boy’s Love From The Other Side, managing production schedules, budget coordination and client communication.

My role connected the production plan, the budget and the client throughout the project.

A top-hatted animated character stands on a globe, holding two oversized eyeballs in the Timecrow teaser.

SYFY / Legendary Pictures

Psycho Psalms / Timecrow

Executive Producer · Television pilot

Role & project details

A complete television pilot for SYFY, produced by Legendary Pictures.

I executive-produced the pilot, working across the budget and schedule, leading financial meetings, coordinating with the client, and delivering work-in-progress updates. I also handled production administration.

Created by Open The Portal. Produced by Legendary Pictures for SYFY. The completed pilot was unaired; the linked sample is its public teaser, not the full pilot.

A giant animated ape head floating above a purple-lit virtual performance environment.

Eminem & Snoop Dogg

MTV VMA Performance

Producer · Animation

Role & project details

I produced animation for the performance, helping manage timelines, budget and team coordination within OTP’s animation scope.

Overall production: Silent Partners Studio. Director: Gabriel Coutu-Dumont. Animation produced by Open The Portal, featuring Big Giant, Silver Spoon, Yuga Labs and Improbable.

About

The whole process.
The right people.

I’m a creative producer and production-company co-founder with more than ten years across live action, CG and animation for Film and TV, advertising and music. At Open The Portal, my work ranged from full television-pilot production to advertising campaigns, music videos and animation for live performances.

My background in record production and hands-on audio post gives me a practical understanding of how creative work gets made—not just how it gets scheduled. I help teams navigate the brief, the production and the details that matter at delivery.

Production planning & budgets / Client & agency coordination / Creative-team management / Post-production & delivery

Let’s make great work.

Creative production · Southern California