“...one of the most talented, trustworthy, and energetic directors I have worked with”
“After working with James as his Creative Director and finding him one of the most talented, trustworthy, and energetic directors I have worked with, I've brought him into SuperGrizzly several times as an additional member of the team, serving as a producer, director, creative, and even just as a sounding board. This has always been the right move. I find his pitch-winning ideas and calm professionalism incredibly valuable, and on occasion, the key to keeping projects and sanity intact. In addition to being a good organiser and superb director, he is extremely likeable. Everyone from clients to talent does their best for him. His ability and his good nature combine to place him at the top of my list every time. In fact, I might call him now.”
“...super easy to collaborate with, full of great ideas and always open to feedback.”
“I worked with James to deliver a high-output, multi-channel campaign for a high fashion brand. I found his work to be of a great standard across the board. Delivering regional content for key areas within the EMEA, we needed a cohesive set of films that leveraged our relationships with local influencers. James delivered a fantastic creative response to our brief, but more impressively he delivered to the high standards we had set, working a busy and complex shoot schedule across Europe that culminated in a luxury studio shoot. Throughout the project his approachability, creativity, passion, understanding, insight and work ethic stood out to me. I found him super easy to collaborate with, full of great ideas and always open to feedback. He worked brilliantly with his team and ours, and we had excellent feedback from all involved. The campaign was a success and I recommend him for complex, high-level campaigns of this nature.”
“...sensitive to not only our brand, but our charity partners and the people they support.”
“I have brought James in for projects with us several times. He has always delivered great work on time, on budget and with excellent feedback from our stakeholders. Our briefs for him have been wide-ranging and creatively challenging, needing to nail key deliverables with consideration and nuance. James has managed to hit these briefs each time, and has always understood our desired tone of voice through-out. For our Give A Little Love films, James had to work with many internal and external stakeholders, creating content that needed to be sensitive to not only our brand, but our charity partners and the people they support. Across the board we had great feedback from all involved, and the stories he discovered and told were inspiring and uplifting. I would highly recommend bringing him in on complex projects that need creative energy, sensibility and an eye for detail.”
“...whatever deep-end I throw him into - he always swims.”
“I have brought James in many times over the years and whatever deep-end I throw him into - he always swims. He's great working across the production process - from pitch-winning ideation and copywriting skills, scheduling and budgeting productions through to fire-fighting on set, he's a great addition to the team. Our clients immediately warm to him due to his fantastic energy on set. He's my go-to cover when I'm on annual leave - I love knowing that everything will be taken care of beautifully whilst I'm gone, it makes for a much more relaxed holiday!”
“...he seems to get the best out of on-screen contributors and crew alike.”
“James has worked with us multiple times and has always delivered great results. As a producer and director myself, it's so reassuring to have someone who can pick up a project from me and run with it, who I can trust will look after my clients, deliver fantastic results and be a great representative for the agency. Every time we've got him on board we have always had rave reviews back. Not only is he great fun to work with but he seems to get the best out of on-screen contributors and crew alike. Would highly recommend.”
“...approach(es) the challenging, dynamic work that we engage in with intelligence, creativity, clarity and good humour.”
“James has been a great addition to our team when we need him, and we always get great reviews back from our clients about his work. He's taken on large-scale projects on our behalf that have included multi-continent video and photography shoots for our biggest clients, in which he is the sole representative for our agency. He seems as happy to provide holiday cover for our in-house producers covering several projects as he is directing big-named talent. We've brought him on as a producer, director, 1st AD and even client liaison on occasion and we have always had great feedback. I trust him to approach the challenging, dynamic work that we engage in with intelligence, creativity, clarity and good humour. He does an excellent job of representing our agency and we all see him as part of the family.”
