Henry Littlechild
Henry Littlechild
Ford “Bird”
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, London
Production: The Viral Factory, London
DP. Dewould Amkura
Editorial: Baraka Post Production, London
Discovery Channel “Parrot”
Agency: in-house
Production: The Viral Factory, London
DP David Matches
Editorial: Baraka Post Production, London
Editor: Tom Hemmings
Affiliation: Outsider, London and Santa Monica; The Viral Factory, London:
How did you get into directing? Art College, Leagas Delaney, London, TV Department where I started to shoot things in house. The Viral Factory
Why do you want to direct commercials? I like ads. Even when I was at college, I made ten-second films rather than ten minute ones.
What’s your most recent spot project? Ford Viral and Madasafish.com viral with Harry Enfield.
Do you have plans to work in other areas–e.g. shorts films or features or TV? Have you ever done any of that in the past? Everyone else seems to say they would, but for now I’m just enjoying directing ads and virals.
What do you think is the best part about being a director? Best bit: Car taking you to work on the morning of a shoot.
What’s the worst part? Worst Bit: Not getting the job.
Who is (are) your mentor(s)? Ed Robinson at The Viral Factory. Robert Campbell at Outsider.
Not counting your own work, what’s your favorite recent ad? Why? Honda. I dream about making ads like this. I’m just waiting for the balloons.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More