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Casper Balslev is a Danish Director and Photographer. He studied photojournalism at the Danish School of journalism, and has worked in the field of reportage and documentary photography.
Casper's photographic work is based in fashion, portrait and advertising photography.
His work can be described as having an unembellished, yet informed documentary style.
After college, Casper began following his passion for Directing music videos for Marina & The Diamonds, The Presets, Fenech Soler, Oh My, Ladyhawke...to name but a few.
He has since developed into Directing commercials such as 'Royal Beer' for DDB Copenhagen..
Najma has a passion for directing both live action and animation. Her style can be minimalist to the more multilayered and complex. A key signature of her work is combining CGI and live action worlds.
Margaux Bonhomme is a French director that is also well known for her DOP work which sees her capture natural and beautiful stills. It was her DOP talent that led her to her love of film and passion for directing. She has directed commercials for Nivea, Activia, Danone and the fashion label American Vintage to name but a few. She has also directed her first short film "That Sunday" which featured in several film festivals in 2010 and she was involved in Wes Andersons "The Life Aquatic".
Loves mixing live action and visual fx, model building, motion graphics, photosonics, 3D animation and aerial photography. His enthusiasm for everything he does is so infectious. He turns every project he works on into an absolute joy for all concerned.
Daniel Garcia is a designer/art-director specializing in developing content for today's leading and emerging brands. His talent and unconventional artistic approach drew the attention of MTV, Nike, Sony and other image-based brands, with whom he maintains continuing relationships. His passion lies in giving shape to ideas and collaborating with top talent to create memorable works that are both visually stimulating and emotionally engaging.
Mike Harris directs commercials, music videos and motion design for leading worldwide brands and artists.
He loves to create or develop concepts to give the projects a unique edge by working with and creating teams for specific projects and the unique creative chemistry that this generates - and importantly having a great time along the way.
Equally at home directing on location, underwater, aerial filming, wire-effects, studio, and animation / CG with a wide knowledge of special effects (Including hands on post production skills) and filming formats, affording a seamless process from shoot to post production.
Lindy received a BIFA for Best Directorial Debut for her feature film SHOWBOY, a ‘mockumentary’ film about a Hollywood Screenwriter who loses his job and runs off to Vegas to become a Showboy. Her second feature film, KICKS, a dark coming of age tale following two teenage girls who kidnap a footballer, was nominated for the Michael Powell award.
Her background in music video has seen her work with some of the world’s biggest artists including Chase & Status, Take That, Faithless, The Specials and Amy Macdonald. She has recently completed work on a spot for Adidas and Footlocker.
Finnish director Misko Iho loves simplicity. “Can you tell this story with one shot?” is usually the first question when starting the visualization process. He likes to carefully plan every shot and give meaning for every camera move. Working with music videos, commercials and film he’s no stranger to a more freeform shooting style. He also likes to spend time in the grading suite creating a strong visual look.
MUTO started his career in fashion, designing visuals for Issey Miyake and Comme des Garcons catwalk shows.
This combination of his fashion instinct with his background in graphics and photography led him into a career directing music videos and commercials.
MUTO has since earned a reputation as a stylish innovator known for his surreal images that combine an organic dream-like tone with overt technical mastery. He is currently one the busiest directors in Asia and Europe.
MUTO's intuition and instinct are his biggest weapons. His diverse yet strong visual storytelling techniques have helped create a sensational collection of music videos and commercials internationally.
His hot music video for Shiny Toy Guns "You Are The One" has been aired on MTV and other stations.
His commercial clients include Casio, DHL, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, National, Pepsi, Smirnoff, Sony and Toshiba to name a few.
Commercials:
Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Toshiba, Canon, Hitachi, Japan Air Line (JAL), Kodak, Vodafone, American Express, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Sminroff Ice, Seiko, Citizen, Shiseido, Kanebo, Kao, Kose, Sumitomo Life Insurance, Kirin Beverage, Giuseppe Zanotti Design, Clarion
Music Videos:
Kelly Rowland, Death in Vegas (BMG U.K. & Ireland), Frou Frou (Universal U.K.), Namie Amuro, Globe, hitomi, trf, Tomomi Kahara, Mondo Grosso, Ayumi Hamasaki, Tiesto, Shiny Toy Guns, Kelly Rowland.
Miscellaneous:
Kamaitachi's Night- opening segment (Play Station 2)
Mitsubishi Corporate Video, Comme des Garcons (Director of Fashion Video) and Issey Miyake (Director of Fashion Video)
Nicolas is a London-born filmmaker, photographer and art director. A graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, he has worked in the UK, Australia and the USA, for many top brands, including McDonalds, MTV, Ikea, Cadburys, and BBC Radio One. Nicolas is known for his striking visual style, and the distinct artistic photographic quality he brings to each frame of his films. He has collaborated with agencies such as Mother, The Glue Society, Fallon London, and most recently, Wieden & Kennedy. His work has also been invited to be screened at many international film festivals including Edinburgh, Berlin and Melbourne.
International director Nicholas Reynolds constantly charms through the inspired comedic performances he hones from his actors. This ability has evolved through his astute observation and understanding of the human condition and it's wonderful idiosyncrasies.
When combined with his strong visual sense and eye for art direction it delivers in all fronts.
Nicholas moulds the style of humour to the brief with finesse and precision.
Jon loves comedians. He is a big fan of stand up comedy and is always on top of the new up and coming talent on the circuit. He cut his teeth shooting music videos for the likes of Kasabian and Moby and has shot commercials for Nissan, Nike, Ikea and many other well-known brands. They say never to work with children or animals but Jon has often worked with both. Usually at the same time! Jon also has a love of puppets and 3D animation both of which often crop up in his work.
Outside of commercials Jon has directed comedy for the BBC and Ch4 as well as creating the cult kids show 'Big Babies' which he also directed and co-wrote with actor/comedian Spencer Jones. The show went on to receive both audience and critical acclaim and proved to be just as popular with adults as it is with children. BAFTA nominated for best comedy and also nominated for its technical achievements with a Royal Television Society Digital Craft Award ‘Big Babies’ is currently in the process of being developed in the US.
Along side his commercial work, Jon is currently developing several other TV projects which he promises to be even weirder than his first.
Dan Sully started his career at MTV and went on to direct Zane Lowe's award winning music show Gonzo as well as live multi-camera music covering artists from Glasvegas to Duffy. Dan made the jump to film after making a series of videos for acclaimed acts for the record label Bella Union. In 2008 Dan picked up an MVA nomination for Best New Director and has since created videos for artists such as Elbow, Maccabees and Athlete. These beautifully crafted videos have marked him out as a director to watch - one with a strong sense of the cinematic and a keen eye for photography.
Dave Wood’s work probably looks remarkably like something you’ve not seen before. While David is well versed in many styles of filmmaking - comedy is his passion. “It really is,” he confirms, typing this in third person. Some even say that after the last 3 years he has spent directing in London his taste in comedy is becoming exquisitely refined, like someone who could tell the difference between butter and ‘I can’t believe it’s not butter’.
Whether its dialogue driven, physical comedy, parody, or just bringing something extra to a character or style of storytelling David brings a range of influences and style to each piece. He approaches each shoot with the experience and wisdom you might find in a person who looked directly at the sun during an eclipse for too long and went partially blind, and now travels around to schools warning kids not to look at an eclipse unless you have one of those bits of paper with the little holes poked into it.
Dave is serious about comedy and would love to get into your briefs.
Casper Balslev is a Danish Director and Photographer. He studied photojournalism at the Danish School of journalism, and has worked in the field of reportage and documentary photography. Casper's photographic work is based in fashion, portrait and advertising photography.
His work can be described as having an unembellished, yet informed documentary style. After college, Casper began following his passion for Directing music videos for Marina and the Diamonds, The Presets, Fenech Soler, Ladyhawke, Oh My...to name but a few and was long listed for Best Director at the UMKVA's 2011. He has since developed into Directing commercials such as 'Royal Beer' for DDB Copenhagen.
Terry studied graphic design at falmouth college of arts where he specialised in animation and music video. following his graduation in 2003 he won the bbc new talent music video director competition and the chance to shoot an exclusive video.
After signing with production company, love in london , he created a series of striking music videos - most notably for Muse, The Maccabees and Paul Weller. in 2007 he was nominated for best new director at the cads (british music video awards); appeared in shots magazine’s new directors showcase and featured in promo magazine’s 'new kids - the next wave of up-and-coming directors' article.
Since branching out into commercials, terry has directed spots for brands as diverse as vw, virgin media, sony playstation, karcher and longines. His digital campaign for the new vw golf gti has become highly acclaimed, garnering a number of awards within the field. The follow up campaign, True Life Costs, took a bronze cyber lion at Cannes.
His work has been featured in numerous publications both in print and online including: creative review, dazed digital, boards, shots, campaign, vman, vice, promo, nme and pony step.
Laerke Herthoni or Lark Herthoni (to translate her name), is a young director born in Copenhagen. Her love for music and art started when she was accepted at the Royal Danish Theatre, ballet school, as a 5 year old. Since then she's been working within various areas of the arts, everything from Acne clothing, assistant to painters at Denmark's biggest streetfestival: Distortion.
It was then she began assisting for renowned directors Martin de Thurah and Adam Hashemi she realised directing is her life's ambition.
Laerke's recent promos for Swedish Grammy Award Winners: Rebecca & Fiona shows she is one to watch.
Lindy is one of the most experienced and versatile directors around, covering many areas of film making. Music Videos, Live Concert Film and Feature Film director. She has a prolific career in Music Videos, directing well over one hundred to date. Lindy recently completed directing a live concert film for legendry British band The Specials to celebrate their 30th Anniversary Tour. It was nominated for a UK Music Video Award for Best Live Coverage.
Lindy received a BIFA for Best Directorial Debut for her feature film SHOWBOY, a ‘mockumentary’ film about a Hollywood Screenwriter who loses his job and runs off to Vegas to become a Showboy. Described by the NY Times as “a clever hide-and-seek game of reality v/s fiction… a radically deadpan Las Vegas answer to Waiting for Guffman” It was also awarded Best Film at the Milan International Film Festival and was released theatrically in various countries including the US. Her second feature film, KICKS a dark coming of age story about two teenage girls who kidnap a footballer, was nominated for the Michael Powell award. It won two Trailblazer awards for writer, Leigh Campbell and its star Kerrie Hayes. KICKS screened at the London Film Festival where Lindy and Leigh were also both nominated for Best British Newcomer awards. Released 2010.
Ishbel Whitaker and Marc Hawker’s sensational ad for Renault Clio was Campaign’s Ad Of The Week and the News Of The World called it “Britain’s sexiest TV ad ever”.
Marc & Ish’s work originates in fine art and experimental architecture. They have collaborated with David LaCapelle, Dita Von Teese, Zaha Hadid, , worked with BBH, Weiden + Kennedy, Publicis and have been commissioned by Channel 4 and More4. They have been Oscar short listed, won the Royal Institute of Architects Silver Medal and the ICA has commissioned their work. They built an installation in Museum of Modern Art, LA, of the life of a meth addict and kidnapped a rock band for a Levi’s campaign.
Their Shots featured campaign film, “Unwatchable” truly blasted our complacency, while their Amnesty spot on CIA waterboarding was YouTube most watched 2 days in a row and brought down Amnesty’s server farm.
Lasse is a Danish director who started out directing, filming and editing his very first music video on his own, soon became one of the most hunted promo directors in his home country.
He directed numerous music videos for great Danish acts such as Mew and WhoMadeWho and naturally moved on directing commercials for Sony Ericsson, Red Cross and Denmark’s national TV station DR amongst others.
Apart from directing Lasse has participated in playing, writing and producing electronic music on more than 20 different albums for artists in Scandinavia, UK and US. From time to time he also composes music for his own work.
Lasse has his very own trademark throughout his films with strikingly cinematic concepts that are visualized from his unique and personal point-of-view.
Dan Sully started his career at MTV and went on to direct Zane Lowe's award winning music show Gonzo as well as live multi-camera music covering artists from Glasvegas to Duffy. Dan made the jump to film after making a series of videos for acclaimed acts for the record label Bella Union.
In 2008 Dan picked up an MVA nomination for Best New Director and has since created videos for artists such as Elbow, Maccabees and Athlete. These beautifully crafted videos have marked him out as a director to watch - one with a strong sense of the cinematic and a keen eye for photography.
Director Rahul Gandotra graduated from The London Film School with an MA in Film Directing, after already spending a year at the Czech National Film School for screenwriting. His visual storytelling style seeps through his work both in his test for Nike as well as his ambitious graduation short “The Road Home,” which was shot on location in the Himalayas. The short became The London Film School’s very first nomination for a Student Foreign Academy Award earlier this year. In addition, Rahul went on to win a jury prize at Palm Springs; was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards; and was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2012.
London born filmmaker Charlie Targett-Adams is a director with music in his blood. After graduating from UCL and attending film school in Mexico City he directed a documentary for one of the most successful Spanish rock bands of all time, Heroes Del Silencio. Charlie has not looked back since, directing work with artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Stereophonics, Graham Coxon, Miles Kane and Bat for Lashes.
Charlie's work captures the everyday, transforming it with a high-aesthetic and bringing out an intimacy in the high profile artists he works with. He has taken this style to the world of fashion working with brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Aquascutum and a collaboration between P&G Beauty and Missoni.
Charlie recently completed a feature length documentary for Placebo on their 8th world tour, a 3 year project which saw them take in 44 countries and perform in front of 2.5million people. The Word magazine described it as 'an impressive documentary that screen grabs the world' and it had it's theatrical premier at the inaugural Sundance London Film Festival in 2012.
Director Rahul Gandotra graduated from The London Film School with an MA in Film Directing, after already spending a year at the Czech National Film School for screenwriting. His visual storytelling style seeps through his work both in his test for Nike as well as his ambitious graduation short “The Road Home,” which was shot on location in the Himalayas. The short became The London Film School’s very first nomination for a Student Foreign Academy Award earlier this year. In addition, Rahul went on to win a jury prize at Palm Springs; was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards; and was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2012.
London born filmmaker Charlie Targett-Adams is a director with music in his blood. After graduating from UCL and attending film school in Mexico City he directed a documentary for one of the most successful Spanish rock bands of all time, Heroes Del Silencio. Charlie has not looked back since, directing work with artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Stereophonics, Graham Coxon, Miles Kane and Bat for Lashes.
Charlie's work captures the everyday, transforming it with a high-aesthetic and bringing out an intimacy in the high profile artists he works with. He has taken this style to the world of fashion working with brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Aquascutum and a collaboration between P&G Beauty and Missoni.
Charlie recently completed a feature length documentary for Placebo on their 8th world tour, a 3 year project which saw them take in 44 countries and perform in front of 2.5million people. The Word magazine described it as 'an impressive documentary that screen grabs the world' and it had it's theatrical premier at the inaugural Sundance London Film Festival in 2012.
Director Rahul Gandotra graduated from The London Film School with an MA in Film Directing, after already spending a year at the Czech National Film School for screenwriting. His visual storytelling style seeps through his work both in his test for Nike as well as his ambitious graduation short “The Road Home,” which was shot on location in the Himalayas. The short became The London Film School’s very first nomination for a Student Foreign Academy Award earlier this year. In addition, Rahul went on to win a jury prize at Palm Springs; was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards; and was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2012.
From Central St Martins, Lindy has combined documentaries about suburban transvestites with music videos for David Grey, Paul McCartney and Take That, to online fashion films, to her first feature
Nicolas is a London-born filmmaker, photographer and art director. A graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, he has worked in the UK, Australia and the USA, for many top brands, including McDonalds, MTV, Ikea, Cadburys, and BBC Radio One. Nicolas is known for his striking visual style, and the distinct artistic photographic quality he brings to each frame of his films. He has collaborated with agencies such as Mother, The Glue Society, Fallon London, and most recently, Wieden & Kennedy. His work has also been invited to be screened at many international film festivals including Edinburgh, Berlin and Melbourne.
London born filmmaker Charlie Targett-Adams is a director with music in his blood. After graduating from UCL and attending film school in Mexico City he directed a documentary for one of the most successful Spanish rock bands of all time, Heroes Del Silencio. Charlie has not looked back since, directing work with artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Stereophonics, Graham Coxon, Miles Kane and Bat for Lashes.
Charlie's work captures the everyday, transforming it with a high-aesthetic and bringing out an intimacy in the high profile artists he works with. He has taken this style to the world of fashion working with brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Aquascutum and a collaboration between P&G Beauty and Missoni.
Charlie recently completed a feature length documentary for Placebo on their 8th world tour, a 3 year project which saw them take in 44 countries and perform in front of 2.5million people. The Word magazine described it as 'an impressive documentary that screen grabs the world' and it had it's theatrical premier at the inaugural Sundance London Film Festival in 2012.
Casper Balslev is a Danish Director and Photographer. He studied photojournalism at the Danish School of journalism, and has worked in the field of reportage and documentary photography.
Casper's photographic work is based in fashion, portrait and advertising photography.
His work can be described as having an unembellished, yet informed documentary style.
After college, Casper began following his passion for Directing music videos for Marina & The Diamonds, The Presets, Fenech Soler, Oh My, Ladyhawke...to name but a few.
He then moved on to Directing commercials such as 'Royal Beer' for DDB Copenhagen.
Margaux Bonhomme is a French director that is also well known for her DOP work which sees her capture natural and beautiful stills. It was her DOP talent that led her to her love of film and passion for directing. She has directed commercials for Nivea, Activia, Danone and the fashion label American Vintage to name but a few. She has also directed her first short film "That Sunday" which featured in several film festivals in 2010 and she was involved in Wes Andersons "The Life Aquatic".
Zach was early to experiment in blending the subtle complexities of both camera and technology to produce photorealistic digital art. He often explores the experiential relationship between fashion and art through exhibition, installation and custom collections. He was described during an exhibition for New York Fashion Week as “one of the ten photographers changing photography”. His distinguished style and innovative approaches towards photography and film making have attracted some of the biggest names in the creative industries, making for collaborations with David Bowie, David Beckham, Iggy Pop, Iman, Lebron James and Steve Carrell. He was personally asked by 50 Cent to shoot the cover of his album, The Massacre He has been selected by the New York Art Directors Club as one of the top 100 artists in New York City under the age of 35, and has shot campaigns and directed films for Issey Miyake, Nike, Mini Cooper, Intel, Motorola, Converse, Puma, and A.F. Vandevorst.
London born filmmaker Charlie Targett-Adams is a director with music in his blood. After graduating from UCL and attending film school in Mexico City he directed a documentary for one of the most successful Spanish rock bands of all time, Heroes Del Silencio. Charlie has not looked back since, directing work with artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Stereophonics, Graham Coxon, Miles Kane and Bat for Lashes.
Charlie's work captures the everyday, transforming it with a high-aesthetic and bringing out an intimacy in the high profile artists he works with. He has taken this style to the world of fashion working with brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Aquascutum and a collaboration between P&G Beauty and Missoni.
Charlie recently completed a feature length documentary for Placebo on their 8th world tour, a 3 year project which saw them take in 44 countries and perform in front of 2.5million people. The Word magazine described it as 'an impressive documentary that screen grabs the world' and it had it's theatrical premier at the inaugural Sundance London Film Festival in 2012.
Love opened it’s doors in London’s Soho at the end of 2003. They have since built up a flourishing roster of both commercial and promo directors providing dependable and diverse directing talent, covering everything from classic live action, beauty, comedy, special effects to animation, graphics and digital media.
The company has become an industry hotbed for nurturing and developing innovative new talent, under the creative guidance of founding director and Bafta winner, Philip Dupée.
Love has been able to work across all media platforms, creating commercials and content for many leading brands such as Smirnoff, Canon, Sony Playstation, Orange, Volkswagen, O2, D&G, Prada, YSL, MTV, P&G Beauty, Puma and Bacardi.
Love has a strong vision for the future and plans to continue to deliver best in class work to a strong client base.
Awards:
Philip Dupée
Managing Director
phil.dupee@hellolove.tv
Jane Glover
Financial/Managing Director
jane.glover@hellolove.tv
Paul McKee
Head of Music Video
paul.mckee@hellolove.tv
Andy Thackery
Head of Branded Content
andy.thackery@hellolove.tv
Leila Mozun
New Business
leila.mozun@hellolove.tv
Lauren Havard
Producer
lauren.havard@hellolove.tv
Ann-Marie Negre
Producer
annmarie.negre@hellolove.tv
James Henry
Technical
james.henry@hellolove.tv
Marcus Ellingham
Edit/Office Assistant
marcus.ellingham@hellolove.tv
