James Kennedy

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JAMES KENNEDY

I am a multi-award winning director, editor and producer with over 16 years experience creating and producing high quality film for both televised, theatrical and online audiences. In this time I have worked with some of the worlds largest brands creating content for distinguished brands such as Disney, Dreamwork\'s Animation, CNN, Hilton, Yamaha, Debenhams, Firetrap, MODA and many, many more.One of my greatest achievements was producing and directing an extremely successful campaign for Dreamwork\'s Animations latest release,\"The Boss Baby\", whereby I had to direct a number of short films featuring animated assets provided by Dreamworks, that were then planted into live action footage which I shot on location. The campaign was a massive hit, receiving well above average engagement.I also directed a very successful Christmas social campaign for Debenhams, which picked up \"Social Campaign of the Year\" at the World Retail Awards 2018. For 4 years, I was the Digital Media Production manager at Fast Track 100 company \"Better Bathrooms\" where I directed and produced multiple national television commercials. I then ensured that the finished article was cleared by the broadcast NGO \"Clearcast\" and delivered to the relevant TV channels in time for the marketing campaign.This involved working with a range of different people, and demonstrated my skills in organisation,communication and my ability to work with several teams pulling together to make an end product.I also produced a large amount of targeted online content with a team of 6 employees, whom I managed on a daily basis to ensure we kept our output high and our costs low.Outside of the commercial world, I have written and directed a number of short films, including the multi-award winning short film CTRL Z, which showcased in over 20 film festivals around the world, picking up 7 awards along the way. I have also directed numerous high profile music videos for fantastic artists.