A young schoolboy escapes bullies at the swimming pool by climbing to the top of a very high diving platform in Jack Laurance’s promo for The Hipsters – the new single from a re-energised Deacon Blue. After winning a competitive pitch, Armoury – a production company specialising in commercials on online advertising set up by [...]
New Treatment, the production company behind forthcoming movie The Knot and groundbreaking web series Sofia’s Diary UK, and with a wealth of experience in all areas of film production, are now breaking into music videos. Led by executive producer Junior Quartey, and with a directing roster featuring Gil Green, Rock Jacobs and Sheridan De Myers, [...]
Marisa Garner, the highly experienced London-based freelance music video commissioner, has launched Marisa Garner Associates – aka MGA – to represent a select roster of British and American directors, that includes British video directing legends Vaughan Arnell and Nigel Dick. Vaughan – renowned for his classic videos for Robbie Williams (including Rock DJ, Millenium, and [...]
Ms Blue comes up against Ms Red in a weird dystopian Victoriana-styled fight club for Our Man In The Bronze Age’s Eyebags – directed by Dan Gibling via new company Acid Films. It’s ambitious and epic – with an entirely animated mid-section. And after the two female warriors square up to each other, there’s an [...]
He was music video commissioner at Polydor for ten years – latterly as creative director – responsible for hugely successful videos for Take That, Cheryl Cole, Klaxons, White Lies, Duffy and many others, and also winner of the best commissioner award at the UK Music Video Awards for the past two years. But now Ross [...]
Film Industry Talent (F.I.T) – a new boutique production talent agency, representing cinematographers, production designers, editors, costume makers, ADs, hair and make up artists, and other heads of department – is now open for business. Founded by Tariq Wahr – who has been involved in the film and media industries for over twenty years as [...]
Soup Factory, a new production company for music videos, commercials and digital content, has opened its doors in London. Founded by Andy Soup – the director whose distinguished career includes videos for Scissor Sisters, The Streets, The Zutons, Basement Jaxx and Dannii Minogue, plus ads for Dell, Cinzano, Agent Provocateur and VBS/Vice Magazine – Soup Factory [...]
FRIEND, a new production company for commercials, online creative and music videos, has opened its doors in London, with an eclectic roster of live action, animation and mixed media directors – including Duckeye, That Go, Focus Creeps, Olly Goodrum and Sean Pecknold. FRIEND has been launched by Luke Jacobs, former MD at Rokkit, together with [...]
Directors Danny Wood and Eddie Sternberg have teamed up with Filmmaker Adam Baroukh to create production company Superplex Pictures. Their first promo under the Superplex banner is for Manchester band Patterns. Patterns Wrong Two Words Directors: Danny Wood and Eddie Sternberg Production Company: Superplex Pictures DP: Andy Hilton Edit: Superplex Grade: Superplex Watch: here
Addiction Entertainment has now officially launched a new music video division, and brought in independent rep Debs Ramsey of y-i London to represent a roster of directors that includes Jonathan Lia, Sean Stiegemeier, Pete Falloon, Ben Lankester, Carolyn Corben, Tim Fox, Jack Williams and Alex & Wayne. Having offered across-the-board creative marketing and branded content [...]
