Zap City is an editorial company founded on the work of Kurt Mattila, an editor with a keen eye for storytelling that is both
compelling and captivating. His projects range from edgy Iron Man and Incredible Hulk film sequences to a polished ESPN Monday
Night Football campaign and feel-good commercials for Broadway shows such as Hair. He has worked with top directors Stephen Spielberg;
Mike Newell; Michael Mann; Kyle Cooper; and Ridley Scott, among others. Recently, he also worked with Judd Apatow on the short film introducing
the comedy category for the 2009 Academy Awards.
Executive producing for Zap City is Alexander Dervin, a producer who specializes in film and broadcast sequences. His experience can be
seen in four years of the Oscars – both production and sequence work; hundreds of other broadcast design sequences, including Stephen King’s
Nightmares and Dreamscapes for TNT; feature film sequences for Across the Universe and Superman Returns; as well as music videos and video games.
Zap City’s goal is to build strong, collaborative relationships, to tell the best stories possible.