Award winning and renowned photographers Andreas Smetana, Toby Dixon, Adrian Brown and David Maurice Smith have teamed up to form Flint Sydney, a production company with dedicated film and photography production, supporting photographers who direct.
Smetana
comes with over 25 years of experience in photography, winning awards
on both a local and global stage. For Smetana, forming Flint was a
natural progression. After directing numerous TVC's as part of combined
stills and motion campaigns as well as working on a personal documentary
series called 'In the Open', Smetana, along with good friend and
experienced TVC producer Tim Berriman, saw the potential in combining
this growing demand for film with the day-to-day photography work.
Says
Berriman, executive producer, Flint: "There has been a rapid growth in
the industry for combining stills and film elements together in one
package. The work we are now briefed on can extend to stills, TVC, web
content, digital billboards, pre-rolls, cinema graphs and memes, so to
have the capacity to produce both photography and film under one roof,
with the same talent, is a great advantage."
Also joining Flint is Canadian documentary photographer and filmmaker,
David Maurice Smith. Smith, named Australian Emerging Documentary
Photographer of the Year, has had his work exhibited worldwide including
The Museum of the City of New York, The State Library of New South
Wales, The Reportage Festival, The Contact Photography Festival, The
Delhi Photo Festival, and the Angkor Photo Festival. Smith's film
'Living in the Shadows' was part of the official selection for the
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
Rounding
out the Flint team are well-known Sydney photographers, Adrian Brown and
Toby Dixon as well as Dixon's directing partner, Alex Feggans, whom
together make up Stampede. Stampede recently completed an impressive 90"
film for Price Waterhouse Coopers with The Special Group. Adrian Brown
has also finished up work for Ward 6 and their new Cochlear campaign
which required both stills and directing.
Berriman takes up the
position of executive producer and managing director, alongside Rachel
Henderson. Berriman brings over 20 years experience in the TVC industry,
half of which was spent in London agencies, and most recently as a
senior producer at Luscious International. Henderson, who has produced
for Smetana for over 10 years will work alongside talented producer
Rachel Rider who has recently joined Flint from Leo Burnett Sydney.
Flint
is already working with an impressive portfolio of clients including
Westpac and Qantas with Smetana, Berriman and the team set on additional
significant growth for the business.
Visit Flint Sydney's website: www.flintsydney.com.
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