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NEXUS STUDIOS nexusstudios.com 25 Chart


Street, Shoreditch, London N1 6FA t 020 7749 7500 co-founder/ep Charlotte Bavasso co founder/ ecd Chris O’Reilly md James Tomkinson credits The Last Mile by Fx Goby for Johannes Leonardo/VW; Changdeok ARirang by Alex Jenkins for TBWA/SKT / Google


Nexus says there is currently


PARK PICTURES parkpictures.com


5 Old Nichol Street, London, E2 7HR t 020 3327 3040 md/ep Stephen Brierley head of sales and press Bethany Reilly producer Freya Silk credits Fifa 21 Win as One by Terence Neale for adam&eveDDB/ EA Games; O2 Headline Act by Georgia Hudson for VCCP/O2


VW The Last Mile


a ‘golden age’ of animation. “It may even be one of the most prolific and diverse eras for the craft of all time” driven by the strictures of lockdown. “For a few moments in the year, animation was the only option on the filmmaking table.”


PARK VILLAGE parkvillage.co.uk


One Park Village East, Regent’s Park, London NW1 7PX t 020 7387 8077 md Tom Webb Managing partner/ep Adam Booth Business Development / EP Leonie Ellis credits There’s a Better Way by Favourite Colour: Black for Engine/ Cazoo; Driving Down ITV Lane by Jennifer Sheridan for The Drum/ VW/ITV


OUTSIDER outsider.tv 41-42 Foley Street,


London, W1W 7TS t 020 7636 6666 chairman Robert Campbell md Richard Packer ep Simon Elborne fd Bella Francis credits An Evening With Abracadaisy & The Incredible Lucy by James Rouse for The & Partnership/Argos; If I Were A Toy by Chris Balmond for McCann Manchester/Smyths Toys Superstore Outsider says it’s taking the


PARTIZAN partizan.com 19-23 Kingsland


Road, London, E2 8AA t 020 7851 0200 md Jenny Beckett executive producer of partizan studio Duncan Gaman head of production Ella More O’Ferrall credits Fantastic Voyage by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet for 72andSunny/ Adobe; Home for Christmas by Marlies Van Der Wel for Adam & Eve DDB/Great Ormond Street Hospital


Smyths If I Were a Toy


positives from a tough year. “It has made us smarter, better and more resilient. It has forced positive change that was needed. It has made us more grateful for the work we make and the continued demand for our skills and talent.”


PRESENCE presence.team


17 Gresse Street, London, W1T 1QL t 020 7439 3130 EP& Founder Danny Fleet credits Nike Cristiano Ronaldo by Richard Swarbrick for Dirty Robber/ Nike Global Football; From Prisoner to PhD by Mat Hale for Presence/BBC


EA Fifa 21 Win As One


VW Driving Down ITV Lane


Adobe Fantastic Voyage


Nike Cristiano Ronaldo


PRETTYBIRD prettybird.co Old Truman


Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL t 020 3468 9417 co-founder/md/ep Juliette Larthe ep Ted Thornton new business Mia Powell credits The Show Must Go On by Melina Matsoukas for Lucky Generals/Amazon; Like Nowhere Else by Yousef for BBC/BBC iPlayer


Prettybird made one of the stand out ads of the year with Amazon’s Christmas spot and says it had “an incredible year


Amazon The Show Must Go On


against the odds. The climate has been consistently busy for commercials with over 120 commercial scripts received.” It says it’s made other strides in the industry alongside the bottom line by “hitting 52% on inclusivity stats for behind the camera” as well as “giving well over 100 paid training days to underrepresented trainees.”


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PULSE FILMS pulsefilms.com


2-6 North Place, London EC2A 4JA t 07546 310023 global president, commercials, branded Davud Karbassioun md/ep James Sorton credits Give A Little Love by Oscar Hudson for Adam & Eve DDB/ John Lewis; The Tortoise and the Hare by Sam Pilling for Mother/ IKEA


Despite everything, it’s been an incredibly creative year in commercials for Pulse Films. Director Oscar Hudson helmed Apple’s Bounce, You Can’t Stop


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Us for Nike and the John Lewis Xmas spot; Sam Pilling took on Ikea’s Tortoise and the Hare and Thirtytwo directed Tuesday for Dept of Education and The Gift for Mcdonalds. And the company’s long form output wasn’t too shabby either with drama Gangs of London, Apple TV doc Beastie Boys Story and feature Mogul Mowgli.


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