BL:ND
We are hugely excited to announce the addition of multimedia collective Blind to the Hotspur & Argyle roster. Set up in 1995 Blind have crafted beautiful campaigns for clients like Sony, Honda, Amnesty International, Volkswagen and Xbox 360. World class practitioners in 2D and 3D animation, AFX, Editorial, Live Action, Vfx stop motion, CGI and motion graphics, Blind’s best known UK commercial to date is the widely lauded Imagination for the Audi A7, a stylised journey through the mind of an automotive designer for BBH that was inducted into the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Click the still from Imagination above to see Blind’s current reel.
As well as work across commercials, broadcast, film, web and branding they have made stunning music videos for the likes of Gnarls Barkley, The Raveonettes and Justin Timberlake which can be seen by clicking the stills below.
Blind’s countless awards include two Creative Arts Emmy’s from the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, numerous Promax BDA awards, Addy’s and Telly’s and a D&AD pencil for their title sequence for the short film Crank Calls. So you can see why we’re excited…
Martin Aamund
Click on the image to view Martin’s showreel.
Martin Aamund’s film career started in making documentaries. He worked on many respected films for stations such as Channel 4 in the UK and Channel Plus in France.
Since then he has moved into commercials where he has established himself as a director of the highest calibre, working all over the World.
Martin has made Worldwide campaigns for clients such as Budweiser, McDonalds, Nokia and the United Nations.
He has won several awards in festivals such as Cannes, Epica awards, and New York film advertising awards.
David Kerr
Click on the image above to view David’s reel.
As lead director on both the first and second series of Channel 4′s Fresh Meat, David Kerr set the style and assembled the cast for a show described by The Sun as “brilliant new comedy drama” and by The Guardian as “smart, sympathetic and pretty much adorable from the get-go.”
Fresh Meat Series 1 was named Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards, Best TV Show at the NME Awards and Best Scripted Comedy at the RTS Awards. Series 2 has again won Best TV Show at the NME Awards and is nominated for the RTS Award.
David has been nominated twice for the BAFTA Best Comedy Award.
He won the BAFTA in 2007 for Series One of That Mitchell & Webb Look, described by The Guardian as “the best sketch show in a decade,” and by The Hollywood Reporter as “uproarious and cleverly cheeky.”
David has worked with some of the biggest names in British comedy, including Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Alan Davies, Vic Reeves, Johnny Vegas and Jack Whitehall.
David recently completed the acclaimed BBC Christmas Campaign with Rob Brydon and a star-studded series of horror comedies for BBC2. Inside No.9, written by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith of League of Gentlemen fame, will be broadcast later this year. It will also mark the return to television for the first time in five years of Gemma Arterton.
David is currently available for Commercial projects. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Richard Swarbrick
Richard Swarbrick is a multi-media director based in London.
His creative and technical skills have been developed through a career encompassing film editing, photography and graphic design. He is also an accomplished After Effects operator.
As a director, Richard has developed a remarkable range of animation techniques many of which he combines to great effect with live action.
His football animations ‘Bale’ and ‘El Clasico’ have had huge viral impact internationally clocking up over a million views on YouTube alone and have featured on myriad newspaper and magazine sites as well as football, film and cultural blogs.
View Richard’s amazing reel by clicking on the image above
Click on the image to view Emma’s reel