London editorial house Stitch has extended its geographic reach, opening a shop in Santa Monica. Company co-founder/editor Andy McGraw has relocated to the L.A. area to lead a team which includes recently hired editor Leo Scott, exec producer Juliet Batter and rep Millie Munro of Munro & Co.
McGraw and Scott have both hit the ground running in L.A. McGraw recently finished work on Drake’s personal short film Jungle in advance of his newly dropped surprise album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, directed by Caviar’s Karim Huu Do, along with the refreshingly dark comedic Super Bowl spot “Puppy Love” for First Bank directed by Furlined’s Speck/Gordon, while Scott’s “Hear What You Want” campaign for Beats by Dre enjoyed prime airtime during the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl, as well as millions of hits online. Prior to joining Stitch, Scott was with Spot Welders.
McGraw has been editing high profile ad campaigns with top directors, creatives and producers for over 10 years. He has scored multiple Gold Clios for Editing, and the Gold Arrow at the British Craft Awards for Best Editing. Outside of advertising, McGraw edited Channel 4’s primetime drama NY-LON and more recently the BAFTA-nominated documentary McCullin.
Scott has worked across commercials, film, music and documentary for the past decade, garnering two Gold Clios for editing. He has collaborated on a number of projects with director Harmony Korine, edited Gia Coppola’s acclaimed feature Palo Alto, and most recently, worked on Die Antwoord’s hugely popular "Ugly Boy" video.
Formerly a sr. producer at Rock Paper Scissors, Stitch EP Batter arrives with a track record of producing major campaigns for Adidas, Nike, Old Spice and Verizon Wireless. For the latter she was the editorial producer on the lauded “A Lot Can Happen In 48 Hours” starring Edward Norton and directed by Matthijs van Heijningen of MJZ for agency mcgarrybowen.
Stitch has established itself firmly in the U.K. over the past four years under the aegis of founders/editors McGraw, Leo King and Tim Hardy. Stitch also maintains recently formed sister company Homespun. Specializing in digital content, music videos and short films, Homespun’s main intent is to marry editors and assistant editors with rising young directors on creative projects.
