
The Collective
The award-winning founders and members of the Collective

Behnam Karbassi
Executive Producer / Creative Director
With 20+ years of creative, marketing, and entertainment experience, Behnam Karbassi has produced and directed innovative projects for top companies such as Apple, Google, Toyota, Hyundai, Warner, and Sony.
Behnam was part of the team that created the heralded alternate reality experience Why So Serious? for “The Dark Knight" working directly with Chris Nolan's team, called “the best viral marketing campaign of all time" by the LA Times. He's led teams at renowned ad agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, working across all media and spearheading the re-launch of the Toyota brand.
Behnam founded ground-breaking multi-platform storytelling company, No Mimes Media, and was VP of Production at Fourth Wall Studios, developing projects on innovative video and AR storytelling platforms, winning the first ever interactive original series Emmy award.
For DCC, he's executive produced for Sony, AppleTV+, Google, Snap, and the President of the United States.