About me

I am, at present, represented as a freelance director by Annex Films, here in London, as one half of a directing team known as FAQ. I work predominantly in the advertising area, making commercials(Ford, Adidas,Twinings), idents (BBC2) and title sequences (Snatch), but I have also directed a few short films (Arts Council, Channel 4). I have over 10 years of experience working in the industry, working closely with agency creatives and clients, and can work in several different disciplines such as live action, performance, animation and design, FX work, compositing, and editing. I have a good professional knowledge of FCP, After Effects and Photoshop, and have employed these skills on many of my jobs.
These clients have included Guinness, Ford, BBC, Twinings, Heineken, HSBC, Adidas, Walkers and Trebor. I have worked with established agencies that include AMV BBDO, RKCR, Ogilvy, AKQA and Fallon. I have won several awards for this work that include D&AD, Creative Circle and BTAA.

Here is a link to my AFX Reel, a montage of work I have directed, but added to that, I also either animated, designed, composited or edited - */

Other work of interest - Twinings TV Commercial which I directed and edited. */

An Adidas commercial we directed recently, on which I added lighting FX, some clean up work and end device sequence - */

A TV Commercial I directed for Samsung in Africa, all the post was done by myself, which includes lighting/atmosphere FX, tracking marker removal, particles animation and end device sequence - */

Please have a look at the other work if you like, you may also want to check out FAQ reels at Annex films - *://*

With thanks

Ian Cross