Comedy director Declan Lowney has joined the U.K. roster of production house Merman. Lowney’s work includes U.K. TV comedies and commercials, from the cult hit of Father Ted to comedy stalwarts Little Britain and Cold Feet. He has won two BAFTAs and earned six BAFTA nominations for comedy direction over his career as well as two of his shows winning International Emmys. Known for his Irish wit and light comic touch, his commercial work covers brands including BT, Halifax, Santander and Sky. His awards span from the Cannes Grand Prix to Gold and Silver Lions, D&AD Pencils, British Arrows and Kinsale Sharks. Lowney is largely known for his Warburtons bread campaign which has featured performances from Sylvester Stallone, The Muppets, Peter Kay, Robert De Niro and most recently George Clooney. In the last few years, Lowney has worked with Chris O’Dowd on his comedy Moone Boy, Steve Coogan’s film Alan Partridge–Alpha Papa, and In The Long Run with Idris Elba. After directing select episodes of season 1 for Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, Lowney was asked back by star and creator Jason Sudeikis as supervising producer and director and has just finished shooting the second season in London….
L.A.-based production and entertainment company Dirty Robber has hired Jasper Thomlinson as its head of branded content. Reporting to CEO Chris Uettwiller, Thomlinson will lead the strategic expansion of Dirty Robber’s branded entertainment division, which earned acclaim for the Nike documentary, Breaking2. Thomlinson comes over from Caviar Content where as partner he helped open new offices in Paris, London, and Madrid, and created notable ad campaigns including Burger King’s “Google Home” (Grand Prix winner at Cannes), Gillette’s “Perfect Isn’t Pretty” and Adidas’ “Impossible is Nothing.” While at Caviar, Thomlinson also served as EP on Cheer, a Netflix show that won three Emmys in 2020. Thomlinson joins a Dirty Robber team which just won the Best Live Action Short Oscar for Two Distant Strangers…..
