The Story of Studying During a Pandemic by William Marsden
I recently photographed a few London-based students with the help of casting director Sue Odell. Studying during a global pandemic must be incredibly difficult for multiple reasons...
2020 British Arrows Wins 🏆
ACADEMY brings home 6 Golds & 22 Arrows in total at the 2020 British Arrows...
Runyararo Mapfumo joins Academy!
Runyararo has been recognised as a rising star in long form for some time, working with BBC Film, Netflix and Film4. We are incredibly excited to launch her as a director in advertising and music video...
Academy Signs GRANDMAS
GRANDMAS draw their inspiration from the post-industrial areas of the North West, in which they were raised...
Academy Films Signs Up & Coming Talent Ethan+Tom To Music Video Roster
Academy Films signs London-based duo Ethan+Tom to its Music Videos roster, fresh off the release of their latest video for Shrink, “Cut You Loose”...
Katie Burdon goes Macro 📷
Photographer, Katie Burdon, gives us a sneak peak into the process behind some her recent macro experiments...
Fern Berresford joins Academy!
She is a photographer and filmmaker. A storyteller with work spanning across film, music videos, TV commercials and photography. Fern’s work combines clever concepts with beautifully bold aesthetics...
APA & Shots Top 20 of 2020
With no APA Show or shots Awards Europe this year, the APA and Shots wanted to keep the flag flying for the best of British work across the last 12 months...
Introducing Henry Scholfield
Henry started out directing street style music videos on the UK grime scene for Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Professor Green and Wretch 32...
Introducing Andrea Mae Perez
We've been busy of late and have another brand new addition to the Academy family, Andrea Mae Perez...
Welcoming Remi Laudat to Academy
Remi initially trained as a dancer (ballet and contemporary) before shifting into filmmaking...
'Color Me', Unnerving New Short From Martin De Thurah
At times you find yourself on a dark road in a deep black valley. It is hard to orient yourself. You vaguely recall who you are, but it is hard to completely grasp, you have to lay down to dissolve into the ground...
THIS IS ME: Frederic Planchon | Campaign Magazine
Director Frederic Planchon on telling the truth from the start...
Welcoming director, musician and artist, Baloji ✨
Baloji defies categorisation: his work as an artist, musician, poet and film director has reached and touched audiences globally...
Welcoming Woody Rankin to Academy 📸
We may still be in lockdown but that doesn’t mean we can’t mix up our household... Welcoming Woody Rankin as our newest photographer to the Academy family 😎
It's Nice That | Academy Photo #Remote Brief
The London-based photography agency tasks its photographers with a series of remote briefs in the hopes of maintaining the creative spirit...
Televisual Commercial 30 Survey
The Televisuals 2020 Commercials 30 Survey is out and we are chuffed to have been placed number one! We are particularly over the moon to have been voted number one by our peers...
It's Nice That | Ivar Wigan on his sci-fi fantasy interpretation for Gucci
High fashion couture collides with technological dystopia in this future-facing Gucci shoot as seen in Wonderland’s latest Spring issue...
Academy Photo Zine | Issue 02
Issue 02 of our zine has arrived! This one’s a little chunkier, featuring new signings, interviews and exhibition write ups...
21 Years of Guinness 'Surfer'
21 years ago on 17th March, Guinness 'Surfer' first hit tv screens. Happy St. Patrick’s Day 🍀
It's Nice That talks to Savanah Leaf
Savanah Leaf’s films explore personal growth and society’s effect on individual experience. The ex-Olympian talks to us about telling the stories of communities through filmmaking, and her upcoming work The Heart Still Hums...
“Music Reigns Supreme Over Culture”
Academy’s new head of music Maurizio Von Trapp tells LBB’s Laura Swinton why music video is more relevant than ever...
Maurizio Von Trapp joins Academy to lead Music Division
We are thrilled to have Maurizio Von Trapp join us as the new Head of Music...
THIS IS ME : SAVANAH LEAF | Campaign Magazine
Savanah Leaf is a director and photographer at Academy Films. Her latest film, the first in Universal Music's "Never Made" series for great songs that never had a music video, is for Marvin gaye's 1971 classic...
HOW I GOT HERE: TREY EDWARD SHULTS | Creative Review
The director of the compelling new A24 drama Waves talks to CR about his childhood, the biggest influences on his career, and the hardest part of the filmmaking process...
2020 British Arrows Nominations Announced
Congratulations to our directors, production staff and collaborators for a record 42 nominations at the 2020 British Arrows; 15 in the Film categories and 27 in Craft...
Trey Edward Shults Joins Academy
Texan born Trey burst onto the scene with Krisha – a short film in which he features alongside members of his own family, many of them non-actors...
Is the Viral Non-Ad Ad the Future of Advertising?
Jonah Weiner on Frederic Planchon's 'The French Exchange' for Renault: I recently resolved to kick one of my least-favorite habits: crying during movie trailers...