... built his own production company in 1975; had to sleep in the office while getting the business off the ground.
... has produced everything from broadcast campaigns to corporate image videos and documentaries.
... has won several national awards over the years, including: Cinema Photographer of the Year, Director of the Year and a National Addy Award.
... works hard but enjoys playing with his toy cars (we're not talking Matchboxes here).
... served in the Armed Forces then worked with the Catholic Relief Services for three years in Korea.
... expanded his production company and created Berning Marketing, LLC, one of the only full-service marketing and commercial production agencies in the Gulf South.
... uses a story about the band Chicago to inspire his staff; ask him to share it with you - you won't regret it.

... appeared in his first commercial before he was one year old.
...has had numerous gigs on the set - from Production Assistant, Grip and Electric, 2nd Assistant Cameraman, Assistant Cameraman to Director of Photography and Director.
...awarded Director/Producer of the year by the Ad Club of New Orleans in 2008.
... wears camouflage to work at least once a week.
...directed award winning commercials for the Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Armstrong's Lighting and Supply, New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood Co. and the LA Department of Transportation and Development, among many others.
...risked his well-being by staying in New Orleans to get hurricane footage during Katrina...and Rita...and Ike...and Gustav.
...spent the better part of a week tracking down an mp3 of the Karate Kid theme song.
...believes that just because the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, that's not always the best way to go.
... known by the staff at Wendy's as '#6 with cheese and un-sweet tea'.

... makes a mean Turkey Andouille Gumbo.
... is used to saying "no I won't fix your computer."
... follow @ twitter.com/edmetz.
... has only been sea sick once ... during a storm on the Bering Sea.
... loves almost all ethnic food (except yucca and sea urchin).
... send 'em to school ... buy 'em books ... what do they do? ... eat the covers.
... is pretty sure he saw a UFO as a teenager.
... posts random goodness at cosmicdustball.com.
... cannot find his keys on Google.
... would rather go fishing.
... when in doubt, shoots at f5.6.
... won a bunch of awards ... yada yada yada.

... was once named the JC Penney Kid of the Year.
... is more interested in answers to 'why?' than 'what?'.
... has been known to kick negative people out of brainstorming sessions.
... developed award winning creative for the LA Department of Transportation Development and for the LA Highway Safety Commission.
... developed creative for Aveda's national network of cosmetology schools and can name more celebrity hairdressers than most people can name presidents.
... believes that great work is equally creative and effective.
... voted "most creative" and "most dependable" by her 7th grade class.
... thinks that if an agency can't set itself apart from the competition, you shouldn't hire them to do the same for you.

... Identifies with the quote: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." -Albert Einstein
...was a US Army National Scholar Athlete
...Was in the Fine Arts Club
...Loves to play golf
...Does not eat seafood
...really enjoys the thrill of the hunt and the daily grind
...believes that we are all just players in the game!

... thinks Jimmy Buffet is right - New Orleans is the beginning or the end of the Caribbean depending on your perspective.
... doesn't eat green eggs and ham.
... has worked with a wide variety of clients in the advertising business from an alligator that plays ice hockey to the Louisiana Lottery.
... is said to have an unusually close relationship with her computer.
... is outnumbered by her poodles.
... learned the advertising business growing up at her father's knee.
... gets frustrated with people who aren't open to new ideas.
... believes when you fail to prepare you should prepare to fail.
... has 15 years experience in advertising with the past 10 as a media buyer/planner.
... has worked on event planning for many not for profit initiatives including Just the Right Attitude Food Bank and Next Generation Ministries' annual Christian music festival SoundJam.

... loves, loves, loves direct response marketing - being accountable for every dollar spent creates excitement and sense of accomplishment.
... believes media buying and planning are as much of an art as they are a science.
... helped talk smokers into quitting for the American Lung Association, potential organ donors into donating for the Louisiana Organ Procurement Association and food processing companies to use Tabasco as an ingredient in their foods.
... served as a proud member of the Armed Forces at age 16.
... has traveled the world and traded commodities.
... doesn't believe in big fish versus small fish - they all swim in the same ocean and need equal attention.
... believes there is a media formula - too much and too little are both a waste.

... believes Public Relations and Marketing Communication is a talent as much as it is a career.
... has organized community engagement programs for the nation's first medical mall.
... managed the national tour of three musical stage plays that cast renowned Christian artists.
... helped create a homeless shelter in Dallas, Texas.
... has put out small fires for big companies, including implementing internal communications campaigns for Nissan.
... plays the trumpet, sings classical baritone and is a member of the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans.
... worked with national and regional media such as Good Morning America and America's Most Wanted.
... developed successful campaigns and award winning work for clients such as Lamarque Motor Company, Steve Allen Ministries, Metro Disposal Services Inc. and Cult Energy.

... loves a good bargain and the thrill of the hunt for one.
... returned to New Orleans after Katrina and helped reopen three national retail stores.
... worked on campaigns for VooDoo Fest, New Orleans Tourism, Louisiana Economic Development and Tobacco Free Living.
... likes to do triathlons and loves to compete but really doesn't like to run.
... has placed national media in Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and The New York Times.
... really dislikes collections and clutter.
... knows that her team is only as strong as its weakest link and strives daily to improve it.
... is not afraid to dumpster dive for an awesome piece of furniture.
... recently returned to school after a five year hiatus to earn a second degree.

...in grade school, stayed busy drawing Bart Simpson caricatures for his classmates' lunch money.
...by seventh grade was drawing guitar designs. By high school knew that there was only one career path worth pursuing: drawing pretty pictures.
...graduated from Mississippi State with a BFA.
... worked in Memphis designing local and national ads for newspapers, magazines, and Internet.
...wanting to focus more on design in advertising and video production, he moved to New Orleans in 2005 and began working at Berning Marketing.
... has eight years of design and production experience that allow him to work with a broad spectrum of media and cultivate successful client relationships.
... constantly exceeds expectations with his work in vector illustrations, traditional artistic mediums (dry and wet) and storyboard creation.

... worked in Atlanta as packaging, print, and web art director for clients like AT&T, Coca Cola, PBS, Durex, ING, and Hallmark.
... graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a MFA in Graphic Design
... built a canoe in his backyard, when asked why, he only replied "IT"S GONNA RAIN!"
... has a passion for creating and working with his hands.
... believes a strong concept is the key to good design, without it, everything is just decoration.
... owns and operates two antique Letterpress Printing Presses.
... developed an award winning typeface for the Monotype Imaging Type Foundry
... sunk a boat on his second date with his wife.

... has produced music, namely house and drum & bass and topped some of the genre charts on mp3.com.
... thought it would be fun to create a political campaign for himself to be class president in high school, but didn't want the hassle of actually running - using a stack of labels and a Sharpie, he had most of the 9th grade class sporting "Vote Jeff" stickers.
... consulted with companies to develop PR and SEO campaigns using innovative strategies such as coupon codes and social networking.
... holds two degrees: a Bachelor's in Website Development from Tulane, and an Associate's in Information Technology from Delgado
... developed custom content management solutions for clients which were both easy to use and cost-efficient.

... believes listening is the first step to creating anything.
... joined the Berning team as an intern but was soon hired for a full-time gig.
... has a slight obsession with frogs.
... learned how to manage a wide variety of personalities as president of her sorority.
... recognized at the 2009 New Orleans Addy Awards as having the most promising future in advertising.
... danced with a Radio City Rockette; yeah, she's got moves.
... drove a dark blue 1965 Mustang in high school.
... would move to Venice in a heartbeat.
... believes a world without advertising would be awfully boring.

... got stopped at an airport for trying to bring five shakers of Tony's and five bottles of Tabasco on an airplane to spice up Chicago's cuisine.
... doesn't have a half-birthday.
... accidently got into the advertising business but purposefully refuses to leave.
... woke up at 5:30 a.m. to row everyday with LSU Crew for a year and a half, still wonders why, still wishes he could.
... couldn't be happier to be back in his Who Dat Nation.
... can't decide who he admires most: Francois Truffaut, Walker Percy, Bob Dylan or David Simon.
... believes words will always be the cornerstone of humanity and anyone worth his or her salt spends a great majority of life reading them.
... lives for the moments when he can turn a blank page into marketing messages and advertising spots.

... learned the art of film making on a Bolex 16mm camera.
... was a talent agent for several years, with actors in principal roles on national commercials and feature films such as: Payless Shoe Stores, Hebrew National Hotdogs, Faith of our Fathers (A&E), Dukes of Hazzard, and Runaway Jury.
... successfully coordinated nation-wide promotional street teams for the New Orleans Essence Festival 2003.
... worked in film production for several years and even has original art featured in the film Local Color.
... believes all movies are worth watching at least once.
... is really good at the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game.
... loves movies, music and the combination of both: really cheesy musicals.
... thinks a campaign is successful when there is commentary, good or bad, on a major news network and/or YouTube.
... started an all-female marching troupe in 2009 called Roux La La.

... is a post-production wizard.
... has been a professional graphic designer since 1997.
... worked as a producer, senior motion graphic artist and editor on world-wide broadcasts.
... is a huge fan of film composers such as John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
... likes hats and loves movies.
... always made A's in school for any project that involved drawing, design, or creativity.
... directed and edited music videos before he knew exactly what he was doing.
... thinks Itzhak Perlman is the bomb.
... always keeps a notepad and paper near by; you never know when an idea will strike.
... took karate lessons as a kid but mostly just likes to hit things.

... received her first name from her parent's names: mom's name is Kay & dad's name is Lee.
... was chosen out of the entire journalism department senior year of college to host a 30-minute talk show with the president of the university. In total, completed 8 shows - those eight shows are still said to be the best shows ever produced.
... is left-handed.
... worked on a variety of projects for clients such as Taylor Foundation, Lamarque Motor Company, The United Way and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.
... didn't start growing hair until she was almost 3-years-old.
... believes that if all the world's a stage she wants to be the professional to help get the message out there.
... enjoys making things and is passionate about watching ideas come to life in every creative aspect possible.