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Enjoy my showreel

Three and a half minutes of complete short pieces.

And here's work divided by genre

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  • Animation
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  • Comedy
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  • Fiction
  • Immersive
  • Live action
  • Music Video
Still from We See What You're Building — Produced by Matobo — a worker with ear protectors at a machine

We See What You’re Building

Still from The Fanfare music video for artist Tom Hickox — archive footage from a 1940s PSA where a man checks his teeth in a mirror

The Fanfare

Still from animated short film Nom Nom Nom — a mouse chews an electric cable by a fusebox

Nom Nom Nom

Still from animated promo for the Brush DJ app — woman holds her smartphone in front of a bathroom mirror

Brush DJ

Still from 3D animated short film Mirror King — a king in red robes sees their double on the other side of a mysterious mirror frame

Mirror King

Still from 3D animated promo for CARMEN Neuroscience platform — A glowing wireframe image of the human brain

CARMEN Neuroscience

Still from animated immersive experience Jane's Story — pictogram people, students in a classroom, one with their head on a desk

Jane’s Story

Title shot from animated documentary Why Build a Sun on Earth — 3D rendered scene of earth-rise seen from the moon

Why Build a Sun on Earth?

Still from BBC Information Security e-learning animations — produced by Matobo; an abstract character wears a BBC name-badge

BBC Information Security

Still from animated promo for TouchRight software — The TouchRight logo above icons of houses

TouchRight

Still from sci-fi music video Falling in Love — Hero attaches a node to his forehead

Falling in Love

Still from Death Defying music video for artist Jack Edwards — silhouette of Jack Edwards singing in front of a cyclorama

Death Defying

Still from music video Love and Luck for artist Jack Edwards — a young couple laughing walking under streelights

Love and Luck

Still from animated promo for the Higher Education Achievement Report — pixel-art woman uses a desktop computer in her office

The HEAR

Still from the promor #HEARoes — a bodybuilder with tattoos rests against a tree

#HEARoes

How I work

With producers and brands

Scripted content, comedy, music videos, anthem spots, short docs, and animation.

So you can publish things that put work into audience relationships.

I think about the viewer first

We have to reward their attention

Decisions I make on set end up in front of audiences. What are we offering the spectator at every moment? What are we asking them to think about or do? Our visual language has to align with brand and genre, join a savvy audience at eye-level, and entertain to be effective.

It's collaborative

Yes, this website is all about me. But filmmaking is a team effort. If you're production talent thinking 'this guy's going on about himself', well, this paragraph is about you (and kinda also about me) because I want to reassure you I'm friendly and respectful, a generous collaborator who diligently prepares and communicates to make sure you can do your best work.

I'm also developing original content

On spec. New writing.
An actor silhouetted against video projections during a stage production of Mad Forest at York Theatre Royal Studio

Immersive experiences

Coming from a theatre background, I'm comfortable directing stories where the viewer can look anywhere. I've created immersive content for unconventional projection at events, including video designs for stage drama.