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.
David C. Kerr
As lead director of Channel 4‘s Fresh Meat, David C. 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.”
In December 2011, Fresh Meat was named “Best New Comedy” at the British Comedy Awards – and Fresh Meat’s Jack Whitehall, in his first screen acting role, was nominated for “Best Comedy Actor.”
David himself 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.”
Click on the image above to view David’s reel.
David has worked with some of the biggest names in British comedy, including Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Vic Reeves, Johnny Vegas and Griff Rhys-Jones.
He has also helmed some of Britain’s most talked-about comedy drama: BBC1’s Cutting It, starring Sarah Parish; ITV’s Footballers Wives starring Joan Collins; and Whites, starring Alan Davies for BBC2 / Hulu.
David is currently working with BMB – putting the finishing touches to a series of TV commercials for Laterooms.com.
Later this year, he will be returning to lead direct the eagerly-awaited second series of Fresh Meat.
Les Freres Moustache
Les Freres Moustache are a truly amazing multi media collective lurking in the depths of Paris. They work with live action, animation, motion graphics and superb graphic design. We are delighted to have them working here with H&A.
Click on the image to view their reel.
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
