Three Wise Monkeys is a multi-disciplinary animation, visual design and visual-effects based production studio based in Soho, London, specialising in linear and interactive screen-based films, VR, AR and site-specific immersive-media. Over the five years since founding, we have created 2d drawn, stop-frame, motion-capture based computer-generated and visual effects based commercials, content and experiential media for advertising, PR, music, film entertain-ment, museums, clubs, and marketing communication agencies. Works include commercials for Kellogg’s All Bran, Spec-savers, Iceland, Suzuki Vitara, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Salvatoire Ferragamo, Mango, Lexus NX, Radox, Berocca Sport with agencies Leo Burnett, Dentsu, BBH, M&C Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi New York, JWT London and AMV BBDO amongst many others. Recent immersive works include projects for National Museums of Qa-tar, Yugen art project for Venice Biennial 2018, Samsung VR & AR projects for web, site-specific immersive media project for Annabel’s Mayfair Members Club, music and feature en-tertainment clients internationally. VR and AR projects include Novoseven 360 film, Michelin VR, Euretina VR case study and many AR project which include real time augmented overlays for a live Salesforce launch conference in San Francisco.
Carl Grinter leads teams of directors, designers, animators, programmers and compositors undertaking commercials, music videos and narrative and spectacle-oriented works for museums, exhibitions, entertainment, advertising, promotion and art institutions. Carl’s professional career spans 35 years in the London film and media network producing and designing for live-action, animation, visual effect and design-oriented media in linear narrative and interactive formats including AR, 360 & VR and site-specific immersive media pro-jects. Carl began his working life at Hibbert Ralph Animation as an animator and then pro-ducer to Jerry Hibbert, founding and managing Red Post Production for 10 years before tak-ing up the Director of Production & Commercial Director role at Rushes, London. Carl started Three Wise Monkeys five years ago and has a PhD, MBA and BSc across immersive media, humanities, business and science disciplines with a practice also as a designer embedded in ‘ontological designing’. Carl is a trusted and highly regarded creative producer, well known for undertaking challenging and complex multi-media productions using animation, live ac-tion, visual design, coding & VFX.