05.08.2010
BBC2 - FEDE ALFONZO shoots BBC sitcom ROGER AND VAL HAVE JUST GOT IN.
New BBC2 sitcom ROGER & VAL HAVE JUST GOT IN airs from 6th August at 22.00pm. It follows the lives of a middle-aged couple during their first half-hour home from work. Shot by FEDE ALFONZO, directed by Jamie Rafn and starring Dawn French and Alfred Molina.
27.07.2010
EMMY Nomination
The wonderfully innovative COCA-COLA: FINALS commercial, shot by ANTONIO PALADINO and directed by DANIEL KLEINMAN (Rattling Stick) has been nominated for an EMMY in the OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL category. The commercial illustrates the efforts of miniaturised historical characters attempting to wake a young student in danger of missing his history exam - it's almost like a historical epic in miniature form! The awards take place on 29th July 2010 so watch this space!!!
26.03.2010
DAVID LUTHER joins Wizzo & Co and Wizzo FEATURES
We are pleased to announce that David Luther has recently been signed to Wizzo & Co's DOP roster. He will also be represented by Wizzo FEATURES (www.wizzofeatures.co.uk) for all drama work.
22.03.2010
BTAA 2009 - Winners!
A JOHN LEWIS commercial shot by CARL NILSSON and a ROBINSONS commercial shot by ANTONIO PALADINO have picked up GOLD at the BTAA Awards.
Both spots were directed by BENITO through BLINK PRODUCTIONS.
09.03.2010
Karl Oskarsson WINS Czech OSCAR
Karl has picked up the Czech Lion Award for Best Cinematography for his latest feature 3 SEASONS IN HELL, directed by Tomas Masin.
The feature is set in Prague in 1947, and is inspired by the fate of one of the best known characters of the Czechoslovak literary scene, Egon Bondy.
It is scheduled to his the festival circuit this year.
07.12.2009
MOON: Winner - BIFA Best British Independent Film
MOON, directed by Duncan Jones and shot by Gary Shaw, has won the BIFA award for Best British Independent Film. Duncan Jones also picked up the Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director).
This is great news for both Gary Shaw and MOON.
Gary is repped by Wizzo & Co. for commercials, and by Wizzo FEATURES for features and drama.
24.11.2009
CamerImage 2009 - 3 Nominations
Wizzo & Co DoPs Stuart Bentley, Will Bex and Ross McLennan have all been nominated in the Best Cinematography category at CamerImage 2009.
Nominated promos are:
THE PRODIGY: Warriors Dance (dir Corin Hardy/Academy) - Stuart Bentley
FILTHY DUKES: Messages (dir Nicholas Randall/Love) - Will Bex
DELPHIC: This Momentary (dir Dave Ma/Pulse - Ross McLennan
Wizzo & Co, naturally, are very pleased - out of 15 nominations, 3 relate to Wizzo & Co talent.
13.11.2009
Will Bex shoots... Robbie Williams
Will Bex recently shot Robbie Williams' latest promo, directed by Diamond Dogs through HSI London.
01.11.2009
New Diary Service Signings for November
D.I.T: Vlad Martins
Clapper Loader: Alex Fitton, Alice Hobden, Patrick Meller
23.10.2009
Tom Gander - WINNER Best Art Direction UKMVAs 2009!
Tom picked up Best Art Direction at this year's UKMVAs,which, naturally, is excellent news!
06.10.2009
UKMVA Nominations - Wizzo & Co.
In the lead up to the UKMVAs 2009, Wizzo & Co. showcase nominated music videos to which a DoP or Art Director contributed.
We are particularly pleased to announce that ROSS McLENNAN, JAMES HATT and TOM GANDER all received individual nominations for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY and BEST ART DIRECTION. For Ross and James this is the 2nd nomination they have received in as many years, and as Tom joins us with a nomination, Wizzo & Co. couldn't be happier.
01.10.2009
New Diary Service Signings for October:
Clapper Loader: Patrick Meller
Camera Trainee: Markk Faye
11.09.2009
Steve Barron: Will Bex & James Hatt...
Will recently shot and James recently designed a trailer for a sci-fi pilot, SLINGERS SIZZLER, which was directed by Steve Barron. The pilot wrapped shortly after Steve signed to Just Another Film Company.
Steve directed many iconic music videos, including A Ha's TAKE ON ME, Michael Jackson's BILLIE JEAN and Dire Straits' MONEY FOR NOTHING.
The trailer will be completed later this year... watch this space...
24.08.2009
Ross Shoots THE BILL.
Ross McLennan recently shot an ITV promo for THE BILL, stills of which are currently seen on billboards all around London. The spot was directed by Chaka through ITV Creative.
18.06.2009
Stuart Bentley joins Wizzo & Co's DoP Roster
Stuart Bentley, initially repped by Wizzo FEATURES, Wizzo & Co's features arm, is now also represented for commercials and music promos by Wizzo & Co. Stuart was signed to Wizzo FEATURES immediately after graduating with an MA in Cinematography from the NFTS in 2008. His graduation short, OUTCASTS, directed by Ian Clark, won Best Short at Fuji Shorts 2009, with Stuart also receiving a nomination for Best Cinematography. Stuart then went on to shoot his first feature/documentary, WAR IN BABYLON, on location in Jamaica. It was directed by Stevan Riley and produced by Charles Steel (who produced THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND). Stuart is now busy in the music promo / commercials world, shooting with Ollie Evans and Dan Eskils (Partizan), David Mould (Pulse), Corin Hardy and Peter Cattaneo (Academy) and Emil Nava (Between the Eyes)... amongst others - watch this space, there's more to come from Stuart...
17.06.2009
Wimbledon!!!
Benito of Blink Prods directs a Robinsons commercial currently airing as Wimbledon fast approaches. It's a beautifully observed spot shot by Antonio Paladino.
11.05.2009
Baz Irvine / Jake Polonsky...
... have signed to Wizzo & Co's DoP roster.
Wizzo & Co are delighted to announce two recent DoP signings - BAZ IRVINE and JAKE POLONSKY.
BAZ returns to Wizzo & Co after approximately five years' representation at Casarotto, rejoining us with a strong body of BEAUTY and live action work including spots directed by Rankin & Chris (HSI London), Hattie Dalton (Home Corp) and Steve Bendelack (Spank). Also very established in the world of drama, Baz shot the OSCAR winning short, SIX SHOOTER (2006), directed by Martin McDonagh, and the £18m feature, MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY (2007), directed by Steve Bendelack.
JAKE joins us from McKinney Macartney with an equally strong body of work that includes commercials and music promos. He recently shot Samuel & Gunnar's (Crossroads) SAMSUNG commercial (a mixture of live action & 3D), and a PERSIL spot directed by Si & Ad (Academy). Jake worked with Nez (Colonel Blimp) on Lily Allen's THE FEAR, and also shot James Morrison's GOODBYE MY LOVER, directed by Sam Brown (Flynn) and CADS nominated for Best Cinematography in 2006 - an accolade that Jake won in 2004.
02.04.2009
... "perfectly-muscled hippies..."
Will Bex shoots an AlexandLiane directed music promo for German band Deichkind where the band members are reinvented as "long-haired, perfectly-muscled hippies with a penchant for Nutella" - quote taken from SHOTS Magazine...
18.03.2009
Comic Relief...
Wizzo & Co joins the Comic Relief shenanigans with 2 spots for Comic Relief, one that features the motley fictional crew of comedy television, from the 118 118 fellows, to Bertie Bassett, to an operatically trained Honeymonster... shot by Ulrik Boel Bentzen and directed by Steve Bendelak (Spank), and the other a Comic Relief promo directed by Harvey (Crossroads) and shot by Adrian Wild. Funny...
18.03.2009
Marcus Domleo joined Wizzo & Co in January 2009...
... and has already shot a McCains spot directed by Jon Riche through Love that took him to Cape Town, and has recently worked with Kim Albright at Thomas Thomas...
03.03.2009
New Diary Service Signings for March:
Costume Designer: Gemma Burger
05.01.2009
New Diary Service Signings for January:
Steadicam Operator: Felix Forrest
Clapper Loader: Gareth Harfoot
Camera Trainee: William Morris
10.12.2008
Happy Christmas "Home Page" from Wizzo & Co...
10.12.2008
James Hatt designs Lily Allen...
... with Nez directing through Colonel Blimp.
30.10.2008
Agnieska designs for Daniel Barber...
...an Autumnal Waitrose commercial now featured on her showreel and the Wizzo home page. She has also just completed desiging a commercial for Ben Gregor, also of Knucklehead, with other BIG things to come...
03.10.2008
MVAwards Nominations 2008
Ross McLennan and James Hatt have both received MVA nominations in the BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY and BEST ART DIRECTION catagories respectively.
Ross has been nominated for the Dave Ma directed promo, FOALS: Olympic Airways; and James has been nominated for the OneInThree directed promo, BADLY DRAWN BOY: Promises.
Both Ross and James are relatively new signings for Wizzo & Co., with Ross joining us in April 2008, and James earlier this month, a clear indication that Wizzo & Co is continuing to sign the best new talent in the industry - a view that is supported by the fact that 3 promos in the Best Pop Promo catagory were shot by Will Bex, signed to Wizzo & Co's roster in August 2007!
10.09.2008
Ross McLennan / Mickey Green: Oh
Ross's first music promo with AlexandLiane is a high end beauty and fashion piece, and was shot in Berlin on the RED camera... it's well worth a viewing!
10.09.2008
Video Music Awards 2008
Wizzo & Co are VERY pleased to hear that the Ting Tings: Shut Up And Let Me Go music promo, shot by Will Bex, won Best UK Video at the VMA's on Sunday 7 September, and would like to congratulate AlexandLiane!
01.09.2008
James Hatt: Art Director...
... today joins Wizzo & Co's Art Director roster. James designed the hugely successful NOMIS: Damn Boots commercial that won the director, Woof Wan Bau, through Nexus Productions, two Gold Lions at Cannes 2008. He also joins with an extremely strong music promo reel, having designed promos for artists such as Duffy, Calvin Harris and Kate Nash. Watch this space...
01.09.2008
New Diary Service Signing for September:
Focus Puller: Rory Moles
01.08.2008
New Diary Service Signings for August:
Costume Designers: Saga Widen
Runners: David Coupland, Siddony Kalair
18.06.2008
Carl Nilsson shoots a surreal homage to Twin Peaks in the...
... Daniel Kleinman (Rattling Stick) directed Specsavers commercial currently on air and shot in Vancouver...
17.06.2008
Will Bex shoots latest Ting Tings promo with AlexandLiane...
19.05.2008
Ross McLennan signs to Wizzo & Co's DoP roster
Ross McLennan shoots regularly with Kinga Burza at Partizan and also has a San Miguel commercial currently on air directed by Bluey Durrant.
14.05.2008
Ulrik Boel Bentzen signs to Wizzo & Co's DoP roster
Ulrik graduated from the NFTS in 2004 and has been successfully shooting commercials and promos in Scandinavia since. He has now made the move to London and happily joins the Wizzo & Co roster!
15.04.2008
Wizzo FEATURES launches!
Wizzo & Co's drama department has rebranded, and is now known as Wizzo FEATURES. You can check out our new website at Wizzo FEATURES
13.03.2008
Sony Walkman wins at BTAA
Sony Walkman, shot by Antonio Paladino, has picked up a Gold at the BTAA under the category Best 60-90 Second Commercial.
03.03.2008
BTAA shortlists 2 x commercials shot by Antonio Paladino
Sony Walkman: Pieces. has been nominated for Best 60-90 Second Commercial
Sky: Billboards. has been nominated in the category Cinema Commercials Also Shown on TV
05.10.2007
New Signing to Wizzo & Co's DOP Roster: Will Bex
Will Bex joins Wizzo & Co's DP roster. More recently Will has shot the last two promos for The Hoosiers, with Diamond Dogs of HSI directing. Will is certainly one to watch, so watch this space...
01.08.2007
Wizzo & Co's new website LAUNCHED!!!
On 1st August 2007, Wizzo & Co launch their newly designed web site with a facility that enables content to be updated in-house quickly and efficiently.
Showreels and CVs of DPs and Production Designers are updated on a regular basis. Also available are CVs and any showreels of Diary Service technicians. Recent work plays on the homepage.
The website has been designed by Will Ryan Web Design.
