User:Smith and Foulkes/sandbox

About
BAFTA winning and Academy Award nominated Directors Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes met on the MA Animation course at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1996. Moving seamlessly between the worlds of commercial and independent filmmaking, their multidisciplinary craftsmanship has earned them some of the most coveted accolades in film and TV. In 2000 they co-founded Nexus Studios alongside Christopher O'Reilly and Charlotte Bavasso.

Notable Works

 * NatWest / TBWA: "Break Away" (1999)
 * BBC: "'Monkey Dust' Series 1 & 2" (2003)
 * Observer Music Monthly / Mother: "From Abba to Zappa" (2004)
 * DreamWorks / Paramount Pictures: "'Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events', 'The Littlest Elf' Opening Sequence" (2004)
 * Universal Pictures / Working Title: "'Thunderbirds' Title Sequence" (2004)
 * Honda / Wieden & Kennedy UK: "'Grrr'" (2004)
 * Coca Cola / Wieden & Kennedy US: "Video Game" (2007)
 * Nexus Studios: "This Way Up" (2008)
 * Comcast / Goodby Silverstein US: 'Xfinity Anthem'" (2010)
 * Intel / Venebles Bell US: "'Chase'" (2011)
 * Honda / Wieden & Kennedy UK: "'Hands'" (2013)
 * 4Creative / Stand Up to Cancer: "'It's Payback Time'" (2014)
 * Nexus Studios / Interactive iPad App: "Radio Jones and his Robot Dad" (2016)
 * Wimbledon / McCann London: "'Take on History'" (2018)
 * BBC Winter Olympics / VMLY&R: "'The Fearless Are Here'" (2018)
 * Fender Musical Instruments Corporation: "'The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page's '59 Telecaster'" (2019)

Awards
{| class="wikitable" ! Project ! Award ! Type ! Category ! Year
 * rowspan="2"| NatWest / TBWA 'Break Away'
 * Kinsale Sharks Awards
 * Animation: Craft
 * 1999
 * Midsummer Awards
 * Gold
 * Animation
 * 1999
 * rowspan="21"| Honda / Wieden & Kennedy ‘Grrr’
 * Campaign Magazine
 * Ad of the Year
 * 2004
 * Epica Awards
 * Film D'Or
 * 2004
 * Creative Circle Awards
 * 5x Gold / 1x Platinum
 * 2004
 * British Arrows Awards
 * Best Commercial / 3x Gold
 * 2004
 * British Arrows Awards
 * Best Animation
 * Craft: Animation
 * 2004
 * The Andy Awards
 * Grandy
 * 2004
 * The One Club
 * Best in Show
 * 2004
 * Anifest
 * Best Advertisement
 * 2004
 * Museum of Modern Art NYC
 * Featured in Permanent Collection
 * 2004
 * Clio Awards
 * Grand Clio
 * 2004
 * D&AD Awards
 * 2x Gold / 4x Silver
 * 2004
 * Annecy International Animation Film Festival
 * Best Advertisement
 * 2004
 * AICP Awards
 * International Advertising Excellence
 * 2004
 * Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
 * Grand Prix / Titanium Award / Journalists' Award
 * 2004
 * Midsummer Awards
 * Grand Prix / 2x Gold
 * 2004
 * Kinsale Sharks Awards
 * International Grand Prix / 3x Gold
 * 2004
 * Loerie Awards
 * Gold
 * 2004
 * Cresta Awards
 * Grand Prix
 * 2004
 * London International Advertising Awards
 * Grand Prize
 * 2004
 * New York Festival
 * Best TV Commercial
 * 2004
 * AdWeek
 * Commercial of the Decade
 * 2004
 * rowspan="4"| Observer Music Monthly 'From Abba to Zappa'
 * British Arrows Awards
 * Best Animation
 * Craft: Animation
 * 2004
 * British Arrows Awards
 * Gold
 * Arrows
 * 2004
 * Midsummer Award
 * Gold / Silver
 * 2004
 * Creative Circle Awards
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2004
 * rowspan="3"| Coca Cola / Wieden & Kennedy 'Video Game'
 * One Show Award
 * Gold
 * 2007
 * Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
 * Gold
 * 2007
 * Kinsale Sharks Awards
 * 3x Gold / Silver
 * 2007
 * rowspan="17"| 'This Way Up’
 * 81st Academy Awards
 * Nomination
 * Best Animated Short Film
 * 2009
 * Sundance Film Festival
 * Featured Official Selection
 * 2008
 * London Short Film Festival
 * Best Comedy Short
 * 2008
 * Rhode Island International Film Festival
 * First Place
 * Animation
 * 2008
 * Palm Springs International Shortfest
 * Audience Favourite
 * Animated Short
 * 2008
 * Ottawa Animation Festival
 * Audience Award
 * 2008
 * SIGGRAPH Asia
 * Best in Show
 * 2008
 * Uppsala International Film Festival
 * Best Children's Film
 * 2008
 * Santa Barbara International Film Festival
 * Best Animated Short
 * 2008
 * AniFest
 * Special Award
 * 2008
 * Prix Ars Electronica
 * Honorary Mention
 * 2008
 * Huesca International Film Festival
 * Special Jury Award
 * 2008
 * RiverRun International Film Festival
 * Best Animated Short
 * 2008
 * Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal
 * Best Short Film
 * 2008
 * Newport International Film Festival
 * Children's +14 Short Film Prize
 * 2008
 * Weisbaden International Weekend of Animation
 * Best International
 * Animation
 * 2008
 * Ghibli Museum Animation Festival
 * Feature
 * 2008
 * rowspan="1"| Comcast 'Xfinity Anthem’
 * D&AD Awards
 * 2x Silvers
 * 2010
 * rowspan="1"| Intel ‘Chase’
 * Ottawa Animation Festival
 * Best Commissioned Film
 * 2011
 * rowspan="6"| Honda ‘Hands’
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2013
 * Epica Awards
 * 1x Gold / 2x Silver
 * Animation
 * 2013
 * British Arrows Awards
 * Gold
 * Craft: Animation
 * 2013
 * British Arrows Awards
 * 2x Gold / 2x Silver
 * Arrows
 * 2013
 * Shots Awards
 * Commercial of the Year
 * 2013
 * One Club Awards
 * 2x Gold / 1x Silver
 * Animation
 * 2013
 * rowspan="2"| Stand Up To Cancer ‘It’s Payback Time’
 * Ciclope Festival
 * Gold
 * Animation
 * 2014
 * Creative Circle Awards
 * Gold
 * Animation
 * 2014
 * rowspan="2"| Wimbledon 'Take on History'
 * Annecy International Animation Film Festival
 * Prix du Jury
 * Best Commissioned Film
 * 2019
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2019
 * rowspan="2"| BBC Winter Olympics ‘The Fearless Are Here’
 * BAFTA TV Craft Awards
 * Title Sequence and Graphic Identities
 * 2019
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2019
 * rowspan="2"| Fender 'The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page's '59 Telecaster'
 * Annie Awards
 * Best Commercial
 * 2020
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2020
 * Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal
 * Best Short Film
 * 2008
 * Newport International Film Festival
 * Children's +14 Short Film Prize
 * 2008
 * Weisbaden International Weekend of Animation
 * Best International
 * Animation
 * 2008
 * Ghibli Museum Animation Festival
 * Feature
 * 2008
 * rowspan="1"| Comcast 'Xfinity Anthem’
 * D&AD Awards
 * 2x Silvers
 * 2010
 * rowspan="1"| Intel ‘Chase’
 * Ottawa Animation Festival
 * Best Commissioned Film
 * 2011
 * rowspan="6"| Honda ‘Hands’
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2013
 * Epica Awards
 * 1x Gold / 2x Silver
 * Animation
 * 2013
 * British Arrows Awards
 * Gold
 * Craft: Animation
 * 2013
 * British Arrows Awards
 * 2x Gold / 2x Silver
 * Arrows
 * 2013
 * Shots Awards
 * Commercial of the Year
 * 2013
 * One Club Awards
 * 2x Gold / 1x Silver
 * Animation
 * 2013
 * rowspan="2"| Stand Up To Cancer ‘It’s Payback Time’
 * Ciclope Festival
 * Gold
 * Animation
 * 2014
 * Creative Circle Awards
 * Gold
 * Animation
 * 2014
 * rowspan="2"| Wimbledon 'Take on History'
 * Annecy International Animation Film Festival
 * Prix du Jury
 * Best Commissioned Film
 * 2019
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2019
 * rowspan="2"| BBC Winter Olympics ‘The Fearless Are Here’
 * BAFTA TV Craft Awards
 * Title Sequence and Graphic Identities
 * 2019
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2019
 * rowspan="2"| Fender 'The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page's '59 Telecaster'
 * Annie Awards
 * Best Commercial
 * 2020
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2020
 * 2019
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2019
 * rowspan="2"| BBC Winter Olympics ‘The Fearless Are Here’
 * BAFTA TV Craft Awards
 * Title Sequence and Graphic Identities
 * 2019
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2019
 * rowspan="2"| Fender 'The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page's '59 Telecaster'
 * Annie Awards
 * Best Commercial
 * 2020
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2020
 * Best Commercial
 * 2020
 * Kinsale Sharks Award
 * Gold
 * Animation: Craft
 * 2020
 * 2020