23.11.2011
Wizzo receives the FELLOWSHIP AWARD at the British Arrows 2011!
We are all VERY proud of the lovely Wizzo today who was awarded the BRITISH ARROWS FELLOWSHIP AWARD last night at THE BRITISH ARROWS AWARDS 2011! I don't think we need say ANYTHING else... except well done! Naturally.
22.11.2011
The Havens 'Where Is Your Line?' British Craft Arrows Awards 2011
Congratulations to SARA DUNLOP who won Best Direction and to STUART BENTHAM who won Best Achievement in Production on The Havens 'Where is Your Line?' at THE BRITISH ARROWS CRAFT AWARDS 2011.
The spot was shot by DOP ROSS McLENNAN and you can see this on his showreel.
10.11.2011
MARCUS DOMLEO & MVAs
Well done to MARCUS DOMLEO who worked on a variety of awarded videos at the UK MVAs 2011.
He was the DOP on Wiley: Numbers In Action which won BEST URBAN VIDEO and was directed by US who also won BEST NEW DIRECTOR.
MARCUS was also the DOP on Mark Ronson & The Business International – Record Collection
Directed by Steve Milbourne & Phil Clandillon which won BEST MUSIC AD.
01.11.2011
SARAH JENNESON + LAURA JOHNSTONE Join the PRODUCTION DESIGNER Roster
Wizzo & Co PERSONAL MANAGEMENT are very pleased to announce that SARAH
JENNESON and LAURA JOHNSTONE have joined our PRODUCTION DESIGNER roster.
LAURA JOHNSTONE studied Fine Art Sculpture at the University of Brighton. She has
worked (and works regularly) with Conkerco, Peter Cattaneo and Kim Geldenhuys
(Academy) on commercials for Youngs, McDonald’s and Dove, and has designed
some great music promos for Marina & the Diamonds (Kim Gehrig), The Prodigy
and The Horrible Crowes (Corin Hardy), as well as Feist’s latest promo (soon to be
released) directed by Nabil (A+).
SARAH JENNESON joins us having studied Fine Art at Leeds University and an F.D.I
at Pinewood Studios in Draughting and Art Directing. She has designed
commercials for Specsavers, directed by Henry Littlechild (Outsider), and Nokia,
directed by D.A.R.Y.L. (Pulse), and works regularly with James Rouse and Russell
England (Outsider). In the world of music promos, SARAH has worked with Emil
Nava (Pulse), Chino Moya and Chris Cottam (H S I).
Wizzo & Co are very happy right now!
28.10.2011
DAVID LUTHER is about to wrap on the drama HIT & MISS...
... which stars CHLOE SEVIGNY as a transsexual contract killer. The drama is
produced by Red Productions for HBO and Sky Atlantic, and directed by Hettie
Macdonald.
David is back in the land of commercials from 7 November onwards...
12.10.2011
Congratulations to JAMES HATT on his 4th UK MVA Nomination!
Art Director JAMES HATT has been nominated at the UK MVA's in the BEST ART
DIRECTOR category for his work on the music promo OH LAND: WHITE NIGHTS.
26.09.2011
DROGO MICHIE and ANTONIO PALADINO in the APA show 2011
Production Designer DROGO MICHIE'S Currys: Star Wars commercial directed by
Sam Brown and DOP ANTONIO PALADINO's Fosters commercial directed by Tim
Bullock were selected as two of the best commercials in the APA
show 2011.
01.09.2011
Stuart Bentley wraps on his third feature 'AFGHANISTAN'
Shooting was in Morocco, Produced by: AFG films and Directed by: Tom Petch.
It is currently in Post Production.
30.06.2011
Cannes Lions 2011 Winners
Winners at last week's Cannes Lions included 2 commercials that
Wizzo & Co clients contributed towards - see below:
Bronze - Special Olympics: Encourage Omar, shot by KARL OSKARSSON and
directed by Johnny Green through Gorgeous
Bronze - The Havens: Where is your line? shot by ROSS MCLENNAN and directed by
Sara Dunlop through Rattling Stick
Congratulations to ALL of this year's winners!
27.05.2011
Production Designer Ashling Johnson designs for Chris Palmer
Ashling Johnson has recently wrapped on her 3rd project with Chris Palmer
(Gorgeous - repetition CAN be a great thing).
You can view the Chris Palmer directed yell.com spot on Ashling's showreel, with
the latter spot set to air very soon... all eyes peeled.
22.03.2011
DOP Peter ELLMORE Signs to Wizzo & Co's Roster
Wizzo & Co have signed DOP PETER ELLMORE to our roster. Peter joins us with a
wealth of experience and is a highly technical DOP shooting macro, motion control
and stop frame animation work. He also has a great food showreel, and a multitude
of pack shot work under his belt.
We very much welcome Peter onboard!
18.03.2011
BTAA 2011 Winners
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners at last week's BTAAs included 4 commercials that
Wizzo & Co clients contributed towards - see below:
Gold - Charity: F.A.C.E. - shot by THEO GARLAND, starring Bill Bailey and directed
by James Haworth through Hungry Man
Silver - Charity: Special Olympics: Encourage Omar, shot by KARL OSKARSSON and
directed by Johnny Green through Gorgeous
Silver - Vehicles: Audi, production designed by DROGO MICHIE, directed by Sam
Brown through Rogue
Bronze - Clothing: Nike: Fresh Air - shot by ANGUS HUDSON, directed by Paul
Shearer through Great Guns
Bronze - Canned, Frozen and Dried Food: Heinz: Containers - production designed
by DROGO MICHIE, directed by Sam Brown through Rogue
Congratulations to ALL of this year's winners!
04.02.2011
MARCUS DOMLEO shoots Mirrors promo with Us at Academy...
Marcus has recently shot a great promo with directing duo, Us, through Academy
Films.
You can see the promo on Marcus' showreel, and it's also currently featured on out
homepage.
Worth a view!
06.12.2010
NO DISTANCE LEFT TO RUN - Grammy Nomination 2010
The Blur feature documentary shot by Ross McLennan has been nominated for a GRAMMY in the BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO CATAGORY. The feature was directed by thirtytwo and produced through Pulse Films.
The ceremony is held on February 13 2011.
Ross was also nominated for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY for the second year in a row at this year's CamerImage Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
11.11.2010
Accused: DAVID LUTHER...
Introducing DOP David Luther’s new drama, premiering Monday 15th November at 9pm on BBC1. Accused is written by Jimmy McGovern, directed by Richard Laxton and stars Juliet Stevenson, Mackenzie Crook and Christopher Eccleston.
05.10.2010
Stuart Bentley's FIRE IN BABYLON Premieres at the BFI LFF 2010
FIRE IN BABYLON, directed by Stevan Riley and produced by Passion Pictures (producers of the Oscar winning ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER), premieres at the BFI London Film Festival 2010.
The documentary feature examines the success story of the West Indian cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s, which coincided with a time of apartheid in South Africa, race riots in England and civil unrest in the Caribbean. The film therefore argues that their success proved a major inspiration in the struggle for black equality.
FIRE IN BABYLON celebrates the golden age of Windies cricket, featuring interviews with playing legends, exhilarating archive footage and a great soundtrack from the likes of Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs and Burning Spear.
Shot beautifully by STUART BENTLEY, if you're a fan of cricket, you're in for a treat.
01.10.2010
UKMVA Nomination - JAMES HATT
For the 3rd year running JAMES HATT has received a nomination in the BEST ART DIRECTION category for his work on CHERYL COLE's 3 WORDS promo, directed by Saam (Partizan). The ceremony is to be held on 12 October 2010.
30.09.2010
ANGUS HUDSON works with MARIO TESTINO
ANGUS HUDSON has shot a commercial for the fragrance D&G Light Blue, directed by MARIO TESTINO. The commercial is part of a worldwide campaign and once again features DAVID GANDY in white swimwear...
07.09.2010
Will Bex & James Hatt shoot KYLIE
WILL BEX & JAMES HATT both worked on Kylie's latest music promo, Get Outta My Way, directed by AlexandLiane through Factory Films. It was shot on the ALEXA and is AMAZING.
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
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.
