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Dominic Cyriax continues M&S campaign with RKCR Y&R
July 10
As Marks & Spencer's food campaign continues to place the emphasis on value, director Dominic Cyriax ensures the brand's quality comes to the fore. Sandwiches and salads have never looked so good.
Crunchy Nut's newest ad helmed by Colin Gregg
July 10
Leo Burnett's first spot for Kellog's Crunchy Nut sees a traffic controller abuse his power over the roads to satisfy the irresistible urge for a bowl of cereal. Director Colin Gregg makes great use of the imposing Queen Elizabeth II bridge, bringing some scale to this cheeky ad.
Ben Tonge cup-tures Burger King's sense of fun
July 10
Director Ben Tonge has shot Burger King's latest television ad, bringing his irreverent sense of fun to the fast-food chain. The spot, out of DLKW, showcases Ben's ability to perfectly blend naturalistic performances into a funny, quirky film.
Colin Gregg shoots a World Cup legend
June 10
Director Colin Gregg teamed up with footballing legend Jimmy Greaves for Burger King's latest online offer. Entrants have the chance of watching the world cup final with Jimmy, and the spot shows the former England star showing off his skills and reliving past glories. You can watch the spot and enter the competition by visiting http://whopperlegend.com/
Dominic Cyriax creates a slice of summer for M&S
May 10
Dominic Cyriax's third spot for Marks & Spencer is now on air. The bright and beautiful ad bursts with the promise of summer and perfectly showcases the retailers food.
Dominic Cyriax directs content for No. 1 selling app
April 10
Nigella Lawson's new cookery app launched this week, and was immediately at number one in the iTunes chart of top paid apps. Dominic Cyriax directed the beautiful and inviting video content, that forms the heart of the this cutting edge, brilliantly produced app.
Kim's April Fool's
April 10
In one crazy day Kim Albright and the brilliant team at Lean Mean Fighting Machine shot, cut and uploaded an April Fool's clip for Dr. Pepper. The clip, created using Chat Roulette and real users, has gone truly viral, receiving over 200, 000 hits on youtube in it's first week.
Dominic Cyriax shoots M&S Spring food for RKCR/Y&R.
March 10
The first spot of the M&S new food campaign goes on air on March 25th, in time for Easter. Shot on location and mouth wateringly delicious the spot features the delightful Caroline Quentin. Sumptuous in its photography Dominic's commercial sets a new, fresh style for M&S food.
Kevin Thomas shoots DFT ad
March 10
The Department for Transport's newest campaign, by AMV BBDO, aims to increase driver's awareness of motorcyclists. Kevin's bold and beautiful spot has been featured in Boards, Campaign, Creativity and, further afield, on the pages of The Metro.
Albert go into space for Intercasino
March 10
Albert have shot a series of spots for Intercasino's latest competition, offering betters the chance to win a trip into space. The campaign, by agency Isobel, sees two men of the white van variety taking the trip into orbit, pushing buttons that shouldn't be pushed and enjoying themselves far more than the average astronaut.
Kim Albright pushes all the right buttons for Mars
March 10
Kim Albright's latest work sees a gigantic hand chase an equally large packet of Maltesers through a series of urban settings. The surreal and fun idents, out of AMV BBDO, advertise Mars' sponsorship of Ant and Dec's 'Push The Button', and follow Albright's Mars idents for 'Harry Hills TV Burp'.
Colin Gregg
Feb 10
We are delighted that Colin Gregg has joined us at Thomas Thomas. Colin is a fantastic director, best known for his superb comedy work, be it the latest campaign for Burger King for Crispin, Porter & Bogusky or his iconic piece for Tango for HHCL. Colin brings a rich history of film and drama with him and we're thrilled to welcome such a talented director to the Thomas Thomas roster.
More short film success for Kim and Andy
Feb 10
Kim Albright's short "Edward's Turmoil" has won another award, this time for young lead Raphael Coleman, who was named Best Young Actor at the British Independent Film Festival. And Andy Poyiadgi's "Schizofredric" won 1st Runner Up for Best Sci-Fi/Horror at The Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder, Nevada. The film has also been selected for competition at the Garden State Film Festival in New Jersey. Fingers crossed.
Albert direct latest Ginsters ad
Feb 10
BBH's latest spot for the Cornish company highlights their commitment to using the best ingredients and sees a community come together on a summers day to ensure unwanted pests leave their real honest food well alone.
Ben Tonge Brings Lazlo Vaslavsky To London
Jan 10
Chased by a pack of wild dogs, working with non-professional actors who don't speak English; all in a day's work for Ben Tonge. The director travelled to Romania for his latest project, introducing the UK to "the world's fastest human chopper" in a series of spots for the Brand Nursery.
Albert Complete Third Wickes Outing
Jan 10
Albert continue to bring their paired-back, perfectly composed style to the latest Wickes campaign. The third set of beautifully crafted adverts continue to emphasize the brands quality and demonstrate the duo’s ability to turn the everyday into something special.
Albert's Andy Poyadgi Scoops Two More Short Film Awards
Dec 09
Andy Poyiadgi's short film Schizofredric won Best Short Film at the Phantasmagoria Film Festival and Best Sci-Fi Short at the International Horror and Sci-Fi Festival in Arizona. This success saw the film screened by Film Friends Forever as part of their Best of 09 event.
Edward's Turmoil Continues Awards Success
Nov 09
Kim Albright's short film won the Teenage Jury Prize at the prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. The film has also recently been selected to screen at the Berlin Interfilm Festival and Leeds International Film Festival.
Kim Albright Finalist at Sharks awards
Sep 09
We are delighted that Kim Albright was awarded Finalist - New Directors Award at Kinsale this year with her fresh mix of commercials & short films.
Festival screenings for Edward's Turmoil:
Kim Albright's latest short film, Edward's Turmoil, was awarded Finalist at The Smalls short film festival earlier this month & has also been included in the official selection for the prestigious Encounters festival in Bristol in November.
Kevin Thomas Shoots Amex for Ogilvy NY
Aug 09
Kevin Thomas has just shot a striking new spot for American Express for Ogilvy New York. The 60 & 30 second films are due to break in the US in mid September.
Top Short Film Award For Albert’s Andy Poyiadgi
Aug 09
Albert director Andy Poyiadgi is receiving critical success for his short film Schizofredric. Poyiadgi beat hundreds of other applicants to come second place in the Best Experimental Film category at the acclaimed Rhodes Island International Film Festival. Schizofredric has also been accepted at the Tacoma & Phantasmagoria Film Festivals so watch this space for more film festival news.
Ben Tonge’s Got The Oxo Factor
Aug 09
Tonge's latest project, an X Factor-style competition for MCBD, features in Campaign Live as well as national press. Tonge's humorous films show a Linda Bellingham look-alike, fictional director Iain Lefrange & actor Terence Poborsky offering participants helpful hints to filming their entries. See the work online here.
Kim Albright Directs Music Video For Action Aid
June 09
Kim Albright returns to her music video roots to publicise Action Aid’s ‘Six Degrees of Seperation’ campaign, with a cover version of Chaka Khan’s classic ‘I’m Every Woman’ brought up to date by artists including Roisin Murphy & Sinead O’Connor. The campaign raises awareness of the work Action Aid does for women & girls living in extreme poverty.
Ben Tonge Directs Viral For Peugeot
June 09
Following a project with AMV BBDO for BT Digital, Ben has directed a viral for Peugeot through Euro RSCG as part of their 'Fuel Fugitives' campaign. The 'Taylor Couple' depicts a petrol station employee who is forced to literally eat his hat after a visit from the elusive 'Fuel Fugitives'.
Albert Direct National Lottery For AMV BBDO
May 09
Albert direct a further film for the National Lottery through AMV BBDO. Shot in France, the humorous film depicts an unlucky sheepdog whose fortunes are reversed after entering the new Scratchcards competition.
Albert Shoot Second Campaign For Wickes
May 09
Following on from their first Wickes campaign, Albert again highlight the quality & craftsmanship of Wickes products. Beautifully shot in close up, we feel the pride & attention to detail of the craftsman. The films roll out through the summer & autumn.
Dominic Cyriax Shoots Pizza Hut for AMV BBDO
May 09
Dominic Cyriax shoots Pizza Hut’s latest range of Pizza’s & salads in this new campaign for AMV BBDO.
Ben Tonge & Dominic Cyriax
May 09
We are thrilled to announce 2 new signings to the roster. Ben Tonge is a young comedy & dialogue director who works in-camera to create natural performances to great effect. His work includes commercials for John Smith’s for TBWA\London, Wickes & John West for TBWA\Manchester & CheethamBellJWT & a digital project for Walkers through AMV BBDO. Food director Dominic Cyriax started his career in television, as series director of Nigella Bites & Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen & has worked with many celebrity chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein, Gary Rhodes & Bill Granger. Known for combining natural performance with irrestible food, Dominic has most recently worked on Hellmann’s for Ogilvy, Asda for Fallon, Pizza Hut for AMV BBDO and Flora for Krow.
Short film screening
April 09
Thomas Thomas Films are having a double short film screening extravaganza, by directors Kim Albright and Andy Poyiadgi (one half of directing duo Albert). The shorts will be shown together at the Curzon Soho on Thursday14th May, from 6pm. The films, Edward's Turmoil and Schizofredric, are comedies that dabble in the daring and scrutinise life from an alternative, if a tad twisted, point of view. If you'd like to come along please rsvp to screening@thomasthomasfilms.co.uk .
Albert shoot Burger King for Crispin Porter + Bogusky
April 09
Albert’s new film for Burger King through Crispin Porter + Bogusky appears to have sparked a diplomatic row with Mexico & has attracted attention from industry & national press.
The commercial, entitled ‘The Odd Couple’ advertises their new Texican Whopper & depicts 2 unlikely roommates: a tall Texan cowboy a small Mexican wrestler.
Andy Poyiadgi & Barry Kimber worked with award-winning Hollywood DOP Fred Elmes (‘The Ice Storm’ & ‘Wild at Heart’) to give the spots their quirky charm. The spots aired in the UK & Spain over the Easter weekend.
Kevin Thomas confirmed to shoot LG Formula 1 for RKCR/Y&R
Mar 09
Written by RKCR/Y&R creative director, Damon Collins, Kevin will capture the anticipation & excitement of Formula 1 at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang circuit on 5 April. The film highlights LG’s technology partnership with Formula 1 Racing
Kevin Thomas directs campaign for UN Foundation Anti-Malarial project.
Mar 09
Kevin directs 6 films to publicise the UN Foundation’s Bed Nets programme. The humorous films show basketball teams of mosquitoes being killed by nets treated with insecticide. The films were created by boutique NY Agency SS+K & air in April.
Kim Albright NABS viral featured in Shots
Mar 09
Shots newsletter features Kim Albright’s viral for advertising charity NABS. Kim shot industry heavyweights including Sir John Hegarty, Robin Wight, Damon Collins & Graham Fink attempting to break into the NABS Big Bash party. The article includes interviews with Kim & the team, Tom Skinner & Rick Standley at CHI&Partners. If you missed the article, view it here.
Kim Albright directs new short film
Feb 09
Kim Albright shoots her second short film, ‘Edward’s Turmoil’. Starring veteran actor Christopher Fairbanks (The Fifth Element, Auf Wiedersehen Pet) & young talent Raphael Coleman (Nanny McPhee), the film explores an awkward meeting between Grandpa & his teenage Grandson who he discovers has a very peculiar affliction. The bewildered, amused old man makes it his place to cure his Grandson, with devastating effect. ‘Edward’s Turmoil’ is supported by Film London.
Kim Albright to shoot NABS charity viral
Feb 09
Kim Albright is confirmed to shoot a viral for NABS through CHI. Featuring numerous advertising luminaries, the film highlights the advertising charity’s Big Bash Prohibition Party on March 19th.
Albert shoot Wickes campaign
Nov 08
Albert reflect the pride & attention to detail of careful & skilled workmanship with their campaign of 6 films for Wickes. Beautifully shot in close up from the POV of the craftsman.
Kevin Thomas shoots 2 films for Kaplan
Nov 08
Kevin Thomas explores a new concept in education in his 2 cinematic films for US Kaplan University. ‘Desks’ explains how Kaplan uses new technology & teaching methods that adapt to modern life, while In ‘Apology’ we see a University lecturer apologising for the failures of the current traditional education system. The 2 stunning films were shot on location in New York & LA.
Kim Albright shoots Interactive Xmas project for AMV BBDO
Nov 08
AMV BBDO present a contemporary take on Santa’s wish list for Hewlett Packard. Kim’s latest film offers dialogue, strong art direction & was shot on HD to create a fun Interactive experience. The project goes live next month.
Nicole McDonald creates Interactive romantic comedy for Dove
Nov 08
Dove’s new Interactive film through Ogilvy Toronto, offers 3 different dramatic storylines & 7 different possible endings. As well as directing the film, Nicole used Flash to create the film in-house at Paranoid. Interactive production was by The Barbarian Group. View the full site here.
Kevin Thomas shoots Irish Tourism for JWT
Oct 08
Kevin Thomas explored the length & breadth of the country to discover beautiful moments for JWT’s new campaign for Tourism Ireland. The film breaks early 2009.
Kim Albright’s Lynx films for Cutlets in Shots Cut & Paste
Sept 08
We were thrilled to learn that Kim’s 2 Lynx films for BBH’s Cutlets competition were selected for Shots Cut & Paste on 11 September.
Andy Poyiadgi shooting short film
Aug 08
Andy Poyiadgi has just shot his new short film. The ingenious Schizofredric is a comedy that finds budding sci-fi author Fredric trapped outside the confines of his everyday life, while a new improved version of himself takes over. As the impostor walks in Fredric's shoes, Fredric is forced to watch his life play out without having any say. Andy Poyiadgi partners Barry Kimber as directing duo Albert.
Kim Albright shoots Lynx for BBH’s Cutlets
Aug 08
Kim won the competition to direct the scripts for Lynx which were written by Richard McGrann & Andy Clough. Kim shot the 2 films at the Crystal Palace National Sports arena & cast world-class athletes as well as sexy Lynx babes.
New director Kim Albright featured in Shots
July 08
Shots Newsletter features 2 pages on Kim’s new campaign for Skittles through TBWA\London. Kim shot 10 films in & around east London for the new goskittleyourself.com site. Click to view the feature & the films:
Kevin Thomas’ Knife Crime on prime time news
July 08
Thomas’ hard-hitting viral was featured on prime-time news channels, including News at Ten. Press coverage included The Independent as well as Campaign. The film warns that many stab wounds are caused by the victim’s own knife.
Albert win 2 Golds at Promax
June 08
Albert duo Barry Kimber & Andy Poyiadgi win 2 Golds for best Direction & best Drama Program at New York’s prestigious Promax awards for ‘Small Town’, their menacing spot for The Sopranos on A & E.
Albert’s ‘House Move’ is Hot Spot on The Reel
June 08
The Reel voted Albert’s ‘House Move’ their Hot Spot this week. Shot in Argentina, the commercial shows an attractive young woman grabbing the attention of passers by to help carry her belonging to her new home at the top of a period apartment block. The film is rolling out across Europe & is due to air in the UK later in the year.
Kevin Thomas directs Knife Crime project
June 08
Kevin Thomas has just shot a hard-hitting knife crime project for Tower Hamlets through AMV BBDO. Written by Sonny Ajorjan & Milo Campbell, the film is currently in post production & will break shortly.
Albert recognised by D & AD for Sopranos
May 08
We were thrilled to hear that D & AD has awarded Albert’s cinematic ‘Sopranos’ a place in the book this year. The dark, cinematic film reveals that all is not what it seems in a small middle-American town.
Kim Albright featured in ‘Upshot’ screening at the BFI
April 08
New young talent Kim Albright has been selected as one of the most exciting new film-makers in the UK today. Her short film ‘Dragonfly’ is being screened as part of their ‘Upshot’ programme on 17 April which is followed by a director’s Q & A. Albright has just finished shooting her first two virals for Ogilvy & post house Big Buoy.
Kevin Thomas’ new Clarks campaign on air
March 08
Kevin Thomas has directed a major new campaign for Clarks & AMV BBDO. Shot on location in Argentina, the 3 lyrical films each show a dream-like journey from the wearer’s p.o.v. to beautifully illustrate the strapline ‘Enjoy every Step’.
Claire Sparksman joins Thomas Thomas as Head of New Business
January 2008
Thomas Thomas were thrilled to announce the appointment of Claire Sparksman as head of new business. Claire joins from Pink, previously having been an agency Producer at WCRS, and brings a wealth of experience with her to Thomas Thomas.
Kevin Thomas directs EON for Steve Henry in LA
October 2007
14 species of animals were filmed on location in an office in LA for the latest Eon spot for TBWA. The majority of the commercial was shot in camera over 3 days within only one green screen shot involved.