Another Film Company Directors

Declan Lowney is one of the UK’s top comedy Directors, who has shot numerous commercials for the world’s biggest brands, including the multi format Walkers ‘Sandwich’ campaign that won a Gold, two Silvers and a Bronze at Cannes in 2010, followed by the Grand Prix for Creative Effectiveness in 2011 and the long running Aviva campaign starring Paul Whitehouse.

As a top television comedy Director, Lowney has won BAFTAs for ‘Help' and 'Father Ted', International Emmys for 'Little Britain’ & 'Moone Boy' and British Comedy Awards for 'Father Ted', 'Little Britain', 'Help' and ‘Happiness’.
Lowney's feature film, “Alpha Papa" was released last summer to wide critical acclaim and he's at present developing a tv series with Tinie Tempah.

Declan’s also a hugely in demand live concert Director, with both U2 and Beyonce inviting him to direct their performances at Glastonbury in 2012. 

Studied Copywriting at Watford College
Worked as as a Creative at DDB for seven years.
Directed over 400 commercials.
Kylie Minogue’s Agent Provocateur – Over 360m hits on the web.
9 BTAA Gold Arrows.
12 Creative Circle Golds.
18 Entries into the D&AD Annual.
Still working hard for that D&AD Director’s Pencil. 

Simon Baker is brand new to the commercial world. He caught our eye with the amazingly intimate and powerful mini films showcasing Paralympic athletes for Channel 4 UK as part of their London 2012 Paralympic coverage.

Simon's background is in writing, directing and editing digital content andbrand films for clients such as Bentley, Ford, Opel/Vauxhall, Saab, Nokia, Vodafone, Sony and Camel, and a history in Music Videos having graduated from Farnham's Art and Design college.

One of his personal projects in development is a documentary film about thelegendary All Stars Boxing Gym in Harlesden. The documentary deals with therole All Stars and its charismatic owner, Isola Akay, plays within the local community, creating a haven for often troubled young people in a deprived inner city area, providing them with discipline, focus and self respect. 

Lucy is a BAFTA award winning director who is as well known for her documentaries as she is for commercials.

Critically acclaimed documentary work for the BBC includes "Lido", "Carlos Acosta the Reluctant Ballet dancer" for Imagine, a series called "Naked" about how you feel about your body at different lifestages and a trilogy called "Bridges" which took her to Bosnia and New York.

She has shot a wide range of commercial campaigns including the very first "Dove" Real Beauty campaign (Ogilvy), Visit Wales (Weiden & Kennedy), First Direct (WCRS), Royal Bank Of Scotland (M&C Saatchi) Macmillan Cancer Care (Arthur) and a cinema film for Medecins Sans Frontieres shot in Liberia.

Lucy always embraces new opportunities and formats and this freshness feedsinto all strands of her work. Her short Film "The Birthday" was one of twelve films selected for the International Berlin Film Festival and wasshortlisted for the Turner Short Film Prize, her installation art film "Shipping Forecast" for The National Maritime Museum ran on a giant video wall in the entrance for five years. She has written and researched abook to accompany her BBC series about Bridges and more recently staged a full scale theatrical show in Havana with her photos and video projections as part of the set.

She is a nightmare to sit next to at a dinner party as she will have your life story down within minutes! 

Tom has shot commercials and corporates across theglobe, gaining a reputation for combining strong visuals with nuanced and emotive performances His client list includes Carlsberg, Heinz, HSBC, Transco, The AA, Coors Lager, UBS, BBC Sport, BBC Entertainment, VW, Dulux, the MOD and charities such as Changing Faces and the NSPCC. He is also the producer anddirector of award winning short films for the BBC and Channel 4, including the critically acclaimed “Dogfight”.

His debut novel "The Spider Truces" was shortlisted for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award and the Desmond Elliott Prize, The novel received immense critical acclaim across the board, with the Financial Times calling it one of the top five debut novels of the year. 

Martha’s directorial debut was Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, for which she won a BAFTA. She has continued to work with Gordon Ramsay and recently followed him on a gastronomic adventure around India in Gordon’s Great Escape.

Although she has unrivalled experience in making food programmes – working with Nigel Slater, Sophie Dahl and Jamie Oliver - she has also directed documentaries on subjects as varied as fashion, marriage and homelessness.

One of her skills is her ability to connect with presenters and contributors alike, quickly gaining their trust and confidence. She is as happy working with non-actors as actors and always delivers relaxed, honest and intimate performances. Her entertaining films have a reputation for great story telling, a lightness of touch and for their spontaneous magic moments.

In 2008 she broke into commercials directing Jamie Oliver in Sainsbury’s Feed Your Family for a Fiver campaign. Since then she has combined a successful TV career with commercials; working with AMV, BBH and Isobel on brands such as Sainsbury’s, KFC, Werther’s Originals and Tesco.

She directed the beautiful food series for BBC2 starring Sophie Dahl – ‘The Delicious Miss Dahl.’ 6 half hour episodes all with Sophie cooking and waxing lyrical about the inspiration behind her recipes, a visual feast.

Martha shot 40 episodes of Jamie’s show ‘30minute meals’ it shows Jamie making a 3 course meal all within 30mins real time. 

Luis Gerard specialises in visual storytelling, whether they are comedy moments, thrillers or epic cinematic pieces.

Luis learnt all about directing in the projection room of his grandparents small movie theatre in Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised. Now Luis lives in LA and his reel reflects his very international life – travelling and shooting all over the world as a commercial director, working on award-winning projects for Euro RSCG, Saatchi & Saatchi, Lowe Worldwide, Young & Rubicam and a host of others.

He won countless awards internationally including Cannes, London International Festival, New York Film Festival, Clio Awards, the Gunn Report, and Shots Magazine.
Luis’ commercial clients include Ford, Sprint, Honda, Trident, Nissan, Suzuki, Ace and many more. 

After graduating from Sussex University with a First Class degree in English Lit, Andrea went head first into filmmaking. A short film and a test commercial took her from being a runner at commercials production company BFCS to being signed as one of their directors. After a couple of music videos and a handful of commercials Andrea jumped ship to the BBC.

Andrea spent eight years at BBC Broadcast, now Red Bee Media. During that time she wrote and directed a number of high profile campaigns across a multitude of channels. Highlights include working on an award-winning trail for News with John Simpson and picking up a Gold Promax for writing and directing an ongoing campaign for CBeebies.

As well as making commercials and promos, Andrea has also directed drama at the BBC. First making a short for BBC One’s ‘Brief Encounters’ series and going on to direct three blocks of the continuing drama ‘Doctors’. Andrea also directed second unit for 35mm film ‘Blessed’, starring Heather Graham and James Purfoy.

Andrea’s work has a flair for strong casting, achieving engaging and authentic performances from actors and non-actors alike. Her gentle, insightful approach has seen great results, nurturing some particularly special performances in her award winning work for Cbeebies. 

Selected as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, Mustapha Kseibati is totally passionate about films, especially those that combine adventure, comedy, heart and soul.

Mustapha made his first short film ‘Big Tingz’ which was immediately selected by the UK Film Council for their ‘Life is Short’ DVD - showcasing the best up and coming talent.

On the back of this success, Mustapha won funding from the UK Film Council for his 2nd short, ‘Skateboards and Spandex’, which in turn led to the BBC Writers Room asking him to direct ‘Painkiller’ starring ‘Benedict Wong (Moon, Prometheus) and Franz Drameh (Attack the Block), which premiered at the Rushes Short Film Festival. Sky then commissioned him to shoot a 3D short film called 'A Tender Christmas' written by and featuring Jason Manford

There were over a thousand applicants for the BFI/Lighthouse scheme and Mustapha was one of only sixteen to be selected for funding for his next film 'Mohammed'. This next short is a cross between Rain Man and Superbad is currently in post production.

Mustapha is currently working on his first full up feature, a teen horror comedy.

He is passionate about making films that are meaningful, filled with action, adventure and comedy.

Jaws still terrifies him! 

Ben’s gently observed comedy performance style, positions him perfectly amongst Another’s roster of Directors.
Sedley studied graphics and film at London's Royal College of Art, writing and directing, as well as taking lots of photographs.
His short film - Rayon, was selected and screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival and this success enabled him to make a swift transition into commercials.
Ben’s knack for great storytelling, superb casting and effortless comedy has led him to direct high profile spots for many leading brands including: Johnnie Walker, MTV, Marmite, Napster, Three Mobile, The Observer and Tesco amongst others. MTV ‘Knife Crime’, picked up a Silver Lion in Cannes and numerous other international awards. His work for Greenpeace won at D&AD and BTAA. 

After abjectly failing at his Scottish grammar school, Jeff Stark stumbled into advertising as Assistant Advertising Manager at Currys. Going on to work as a copywriter in a series of small agencies he was soon spotted by the newly formed Saatchi & Saatchi in 1976 and after six years of award winning work he left to form the Hedger Mitchell Stark agency. Two hugely successful years later he sold the agency to Saatchi & Saatchi and returned there as Creative Director.
Following another three years at Saatchi’s in London and New York, Jeff retired from advertising altogether to fulfil his lifelong ambition of sailing his small yacht around the world. Half way around, in Tonga, he got bored and promptly retired from sailing, returning to London in 1990 to fulfil his other lifelong ambition of directing commercials. Forming Stark Films in 1991 he quickly went on to win awards for work with British Airways, RSPCA, Walls, Impulse and Adidas and established himself as one of the UK’s most respected directors.
His first tentative move outside the advertising arena, the short film ‘Desserts’ starring Ewan McGregor, wasn’t so tentatively received and was selected for the Sundance Film Festival as well as winning a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Jeff Stark has been with Another Film Company since early 2006. 

When Sam was 7 years old, he accidentally wanderedonto the set of Magnum PI while it was being filmed in his hometown in Kent, and he has been obsessed with film-making ever since…

Sam won the Smoke and Mirrors 48 hour film competition with his short film ‘Lost and Found’.... Gary Szabo – MD of Smoke & Mirrors and 48 Hour Competition Organiser – as he announced the winning film said “One of the judges wanted to give this film a perfect 10, but we had to talk them out of it as that would mean someone would have made the perfect 48 hour film and we would have to shut the competition down. So, they gave it a 9.5”

With his two short films, 'Lost & Found' and 'Lab Rats', Sam has picked up 10 awards including an Audience Choice Award at Palm Springs Shortfest and Best Short Film Awards at various other festivals.

Sam’s recent advertising credits include an all singing all dancing Yorkshire Tea ad for BMB and ads for brands such as Chevrolet, MTV and Adidas.

Sam was a guest director on an episode of 'The Face' for Sky Living and had to write and direct an ad Campaign for Maserati cars whilst being filmed and followed by team leads Naomi Campbell, Caroline Winberg and Erin O’Connor.

Sam's work has as much energy as he does; he's a snowboarding, surfing skateboarder.