Agile has announced director Giles Ripley as its latest signing.
After graduating from Chelsea in fine art, Giles’ work appeared in several prestigious exhibitions and was featured on BBC2’s ‘School of Saatchi’ and in The Times’ ‘Ten Emerging Artists to Watch’ list before moving into film to work full time.
Giles won grants from UK Film Council, Film London, IdeasTap and Collabor8te to direct short films. His shorts picked up several awards and nominations, including VOTD, Best Comedy @ Super Shorts International Film Festival / Best Comedy @ LSFF / Best Short, British Lion Award, and Best Supporting Actor @ The British Independent Film Festival. They have also been selected at numerous international festivals such as Palm Springs, NY Shorts, Brest, LSFF, Raindance, Aesthetica, Branchage, and Rushes.
Since the success of his shorts, Giles has directed numerous commercial projects for global brands including Samsung, 3 Mobile, Nokia, Canon, Renault, Tic Tac, Mars, Whistles, Green Party, WWF, Comedy Central and KFC.