th1ng signs BAFTA winning talent Will Anderson

You may have seen the exciting news that we have signed a 2013 BAFTA-winning director, Will Anderson. We're really excited about having this young Scottish director on board to add to our diverse and creative animation team. Will won the Best Short Animation BAFTA for his graduation film: ‘The Making of Longbird,’ a fictional documentary combining live action and animation, which has garnered a whole host of other awards at film festivals all over the world. Showings at Edinburgh, London, Warsaw and Brooklyn, to name but a few, drew a multitude of plaudits as well as quite a few gongs!

What Will brings to the th1ng team is his fresh spirit, bold imagination and a real love for design and character animation, in which he specialises. He has worked in both film and television adding his special touch to many different professional productions. These include feature-length documentaries and short animation series. You can see the trailer for The Making of Longbird here - you’ll soon see why this film project for his Edinburgh College of Art course has got everyone talking.

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James Partridge's music video on Promo News and Video Static

James Partridge has been working at the th1ng/th2ng office in Soho for just over a month, he joined the company with a back catalogue of music videos he has directed.

The latest release from him is for the upcoming rapper, G Frsh. The video places him in a series of still life fashionable imagery. The video was instantly shared around, with features on Promo News and Video Static.

Fantastic work James, and great video.

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And the beat goes on: excitement builds about our new signing of Tony Petrossian

There’s been a fair amount of press about our signing of award-winning director Tony Petrossian since the news went out. Sounds like the media are just as excited about it as we are about the deal. And for us it is a big deal: this is our first signing in the US for th2ng and boost for our global expansion as well as the growing success story of the whole group. Having someone of Tony’s calibre on board is a great addition to our diverse range of directing talent; his visionary commercial and music video output is much sought after from the likes of corporate clients such as Nike, McDonald’s and Sony Ericsson to music artists like Rise Against and Ludacris.

Tony has a developed a keen mastery of visual illusions as well as a great ability to build great stories and that is what we are all about: storytelling in myriad creative ways to different audiences, so we’re really pleased to be working with someone who shares our ethos, vision and values. Tony’s groundbreaking work in America and all over the world has earned him an immense amount of recognition too. He has gained multiple nominations and awards from places like The New York Times, Forbes, AdWeek , SHOOT– he’s even been up for the Grammy Awards. So, join us in welcoming Tony on board the great ship th2ng!

Click here to view Tony's profile.

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Our director Anthony Chen really showed the Cannes judges a thing or two

Great news this Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival: our award-winning director Anthony Chen has been awarded the Camera d’Or for the best feature film debut at the Cannes Film Festival, for his film Ilo Ilo.

Anthony was spotted by th2ng when Hannah Cooper saw his NFTS graduation film, where he was completing his MA in fiction directing, and knew immediately that he had to be represented. ‘What I saw then was not only his talent, but what really struck me was the bond he had clearly formed with the cast and crew that attended that screening, there was something really special there and you can see this in their performances in that film, The Lighthouse. I just knew he would be an amazing fit for th2ng. This award represents a great win for Anthony, it’s the first time a Singaporean feature film has won an award at Cannes and the judges voted for it unanimously and you can’t get better than that.

Anthony Chen celebrating his win with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi

Ilo Ilo looks at the relationship between a young boy and his family's new Filipino maid during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. It’s even got the attention of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who posted his congratulations on Facebook. Well done Anthony – we are really proud of you!

You can check out a clip from Ilo Ilo here.

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Michael Wright directs two spots for Quick Quid

th2ng's Michael Wright, is just back from Film Cannes, and has also just delivered these two comical spots for Quick Quid, both involve a scientist explaining his imaginative ideas to help people apply and receive their personal loans.

The first spot features Rocket Man, who sends customers personal loans instantly to their doorstep.

The second features Robo-Quid, who follows you around all day...

...we think it could be easier to download the app...

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th2ng wishes Graham Sherrington the best of luck at the BAFTA's

th2ng's Graham Sherrington directed the hit UK reality television series, The Young Apprentice. This weekend the show is up for a BAFTA for best 'Television | Reality And Constructed Factual in 2013'.

Everyone at th2ng congratulates Graham on this prestigious nomination, and wish him the best of luck!

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Sylvain Chomet's first live action film 'Atilla Marcel' heads to Cannes

With only 20 days until this years Cannes Film Festival kicks off, Sylvain Chomet's first live action film is already predicted to be a success at the festival.

Set in the 30's the film tells the story of a young boy who witnesses his parents die at the age of two, the trauma causes him to develop amnesia making him unable to speak.

The film stars up coming actor, Guillaume Goix who has receieved attention for his role in David Lambert's Beyond The Walls. We look forward to the final cut, and there is more to come from Sylvain.

Click here to read more.

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