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http://www.instagram.com/spy_films Spy Films is an award-winning full service production company based in Toronto. spyfilms.com

Spy Films has become one of the world’s leading producers of content – from commercials and music videos to stereoscopic 3D, short films, animation and online and branded content. We represent some of the world’s most renowned & innovative directors.

08/17/2023

Little Black Book, The director tells LBB how her creative path evolved from graphic design to directing, the influence of others’ art on her work and why she’s so passionate about the environment

06/17/2023

Nescafe "Jars" directed by Omri Cohen

Little Black Book, Some of the country’s best non-network agencies tell LBB about the pieces they hope will pop off at this year’s Cannes festivities

06/15/2023

Tabletop director Jacek Szymański featured in LBBONLINE.COM

Little Black Book, LBB’s April Summers sits down with Spy Films’ acclaimed tabletop director to find out more about his affinity for filming food

05/24/2023

Directed by Omri Cohen

Courage wanted to turn a tactical brief for a specific target into an emotionally-led campaign that could resonate with a much larger audience.

05/24/2023

The filmmaker and DJ writes about finding common ground between art and commerce.

05/16/2023

Directed by Angelo Cerisara

Little Black Book, AMV BBDO creatives Rachel Tweedy and Jamie Chang, and senior strategist Kerrie Boyes talk about the insights and craft that went into the kitten food campaign that embraced allergic reactions as a mark of love

12/02/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gET3eEfcCE
“Eye Drop” trailer from director Gianluigi Carella, featuring Rina Lipa. Produced in collaboration with Stept Studios.
Full short releasing December 15th!

https://instagram.com/spy_films“Eye Drop” trailer from director Gianluigi Carella, featuring Rina Lipa. Produced in collaboration with Stept Studios.Full sho...

11/14/2022

https://www.lbbonline.com/news/why-nescafe-canada-took-viewers-around-the-world

Little Black Book, Courage co-founder and co-CCO Joel Holtby, and Spy Films director Omri Cohen discuss making a campaign that saw them shoot across three continents and four countries in 23 days, writes LBB’s Josh Neufeldt

10/26/2022

A cosmopolitan debut from Canadian shop

10/26/2022

The 60-second anthem was inspired by the fact that the brand is synonymous with "coffee" in many places around the world.

10/25/2022

New from director Omri Cohen and Agency Courage Inc.

Beverage brand Nescafé has hit the road for a geographically-ambitious promotion that saw producers travel to three continents over 22 days to explore the cultural quirks behind the simple act of brewing a cup of coffee.

06/24/2022

Congrats on the win at the YDA last night !

Check out his work on spyfilms.com

02/10/2022

02/07/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NA_Zy09aoY

https://www.instagram.com/spy_filmsIdea:3 second animation of a ball.Pass it to someone in another country They pick up where you left off.40 artists 40 anim...

02/06/2022

This Would Definitely Make The Winter Olympics A Lot More Exciting.

https://www.instagram.com/spy_films/ Director: Trevor Cornish Executive Producer: Carlo Trulli This Would Definitely Make The Winter Olympics A Lot More Exciting.

02/03/2022

new work from Spy director Ehsan. 🤯

Director: Ehsan
Produced by
DOP: Marcus Autelli

02/01/2022

A simple idea comes to innovative life as 40 animators take turns in interpreting the movements of a small, red ball.
Spy Films director Nathan Boey leads this animated project which sees a red ball passed between 40 different animators.

A simple idea comes to innovative life as 40 animators take turns in interpreting the movements of a small, red ball.

01/31/2022

Idea:
3 second animation of a ball.
Pass it to someone in another country
They pick up where you left off.

40 animators
40 months in the making...

Concept: Nathan Boey

Idea: 3 second animation of a ball. Pass it to someone in another country They pick up where you left off. 40 animators 40 months in the making... Concept:…

01/18/2022

From director for featuring and Every year, artists accompany our lives. Discover those who made your year 2021.

Produced by
DOP:

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12/17/2021

Spy wants to thank all the crew, suppliers, and agencies for an amazing year! Wishing you a happy & healthy holiday season. Looking forward to working with everyone again in 2022!

Best Buy - Tech Together

Director: James Lawes
DOP: Andre Pienaar
Executive Producer: Marcus Trulli
Producer: Erik Wilson
Production Manager: Roman Hul

Agency: Union .north
ECD: Adam Thur
Art Director: Carlos Veras
Copywriter: Dylan Thomas
Executive Producer: Grace Lee

Editing: Married To Giants
Editor: Jackie Roda
Executive Producer: Airees Angellakis

Wingman VFX
Online Artist: James Andrews
Producer: Emily Goldberg

The Vanity
Colourist: Andrew Exworth

Sndwrx
Music Supervisor: Didier Tovel
Executive Producer: Ali Lawee

12/17/2021

Spy wants to thank all the crew, suppliers, and agencies for an amazing year! Wishing you a happy & healthy holiday season. Looking forward to working with everyone again in 2022!

Best Buy - Tech Together

Director: James Lawes
DOP: Andre Pienaar

Executive Producer: Marcus Trulli
Producer: Erik Wilson
Production Manager: Roman Hul

Agency: Union .north
ECD: Adam Thur
Art Director: Carlos Veras
Copywriter: Dylan Thomas
Executive Producer: Grace Lee

Editing: Married To Giants
Editor: Jackie Roda
Executive Producer: Airees Angellakis

Wingman VFX
Online Artist: James Andrews
Producer: Emily Goldberg

The Vanity
Colourist: Andrew Exworth

Sndwrx
Music Supervisor: Didier Tovel
Executive Producer: Ali Lawee

11/30/2021

Chevrolet “Family Moments” and “Equinox” spots Directed by James Lawes

Thank you to everyone involved!

Director: James Lawes
Exec Producer: Marcus Trulli
Prod Co: Spy Films
Producer: Kegan Sant
DOP: Adam Marsden

Agency: COMMONWEALTH // McCANN

Account Director, Jeff Thomas
Associate Creative Director, Jen Durning
Associate Creative Director, David Glen

Writer, Osman Rahmani
Art Director, Brennen Robinson

Producer, Carlo D’Ercole

The Vanity
Colourist: Andrew Exworth
CG Artists: Susana Sierra, Josh Clifton
Executive Producer: Stephanie Pennington
VFX Artists:
Naveen Srivastava
Sean Cochrane
Mike Medeiros, Andrew Farlow, Adam Silcox-Vanwyk, Dave McGhie

Saints
Editor - Stephen Sora
EP - Emily McKay
Assistant editor - Corey Misquita

Grayson
Session & Music Director – Tyson Kuteyi

Mixing Engineer – Chris Masson
Producer – Nicholas Shaw
Sound Designer – Aaron McCourt
Composer – Mark Domitric
Casting Director – Zach Anderson

Motion Control Operator: Jerry Andrews at MocoJez.com
Motion Control Technician and Maya Previz: Josh Treadaway
BOLT-X Rental: The Garage

equinox

11/30/2021

Motion Control Operator Jerry Andrews discussing a shot with DoP Adam Marsden, for the current Chevy RS ‘ moments' campaign.

Director: James Lawes
Exec Producer: Marcus Trulli
Prod Co: Spy Films
Producer: Kegan Sant
DOP: Adam Marsden

Agency: COMMONWEALTH // McCANN

Account Director, Jeff Thomas
Associate Creative Director, Jen Durning
Associate Creative Director, David Glen

Writer, Osman Rahmani
Art Director, Brennen Robinson

Producer, Carlo D’Ercole

The Vanity
Colourist: Andrew Exworth
CG Artists: Susana Sierra, Josh Clifton
Executive Producer: Stephanie Pennington
VFX Artists:
Naveen Srivastava
Sean Cochrane
Mike Medeiros, Andrew Farlow, Adam Silcox-Vanwyk, Dave McGhie

Saints
Editor - Stephen Sora
EP - Emily McKay
Assistant editor - Corey Misquita

Grayson
Session & Music Director – Tyson Kuteyi

Mixing Engineer – Chris Masson
Producer – Nicholas Shaw
Sound Designer – Aaron McCourt
Composer – Mark Domitric
Casting Director – Zach Anderson

Motion Control Operator: Jerry Andrews at MocoJez.com
Motion Control Technician and Maya Previz: Josh Treadaway
BOLT-X Rental: The Garage

11/26/2021

The Message talked with Executive Producer Marcus Trulli about how Spy Films is now accepting crypto and NFTs as payment.

Executive producer Marcus Trulli knows there's a lot of hype and speculation, but there's plenty to suggest NFTs will hold real value for years to come.

11/26/2021

Our director Angelo Cerisara won Best New Director at the Shots Awards!

https://www.spyfilms.com/director/angelo-cerisara

This category is to find the best up-and-coming directorial talent from EMEA.

11/18/2021

Spy Films is proud to announce that we will now be accepting crypto (Bitcoin + Ethereum) and specific NFT’s as payment. For more info, please contact: [email protected]

11/04/2021

Watch his work at https://www.spyfilms.com/director/ehsan

Ehsan is a commercials and music video director who combines an aspirational visual language influenced by fashion imagery with truly engaging film-making

11/03/2021

'Inside & Outwards" was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with an a 2020 Emmy Award for best Public Service Announcement.

"I began this project in the second month of quarantine, and the team that it brought together, the creative energy it amassed, and the celebration of human spirit that it captured was truly the most beautiful life line i could have imagined.

I hope that our spotlight on mental health , and our celebration of human strength and vulnerability aided others as well.

To win an Emmy for this is profoundly meaningful, and a testament to generating our own dreams rather than waiting for them to find us, and to pursue creative passions even when they feel unnecessary, uncertain or impossible. " - Ezra Hurwitz

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Spy wants to thank all the crew, suppliers, and agencies for an amazing year! Wishing you a happy & healthy holiday season. Looking forward to working with everyone again in 2022! Best Buy - Tech Together Director: James Lawes @jamesericlawes DOP: Andre Pienaar @seslercompany @andrepienaardp Executive Producer: Marcus Trulli @mtrulli1 Producer: Erik Wilson @eriklovesthis Production Manager: Roman Hul Agency: Union @doner.north ECD: Adam Thur @adamthur Art Director: Carlos Veras @caduveras Copywriter: Dylan Thomas Executive Producer: Grace Lee Editing: Married To Giants @marriedtogiants Editor: Jackie Roda @jack_a_lacks Executive Producer: Airees Angellakis @airees_ Wingman VFX @wingmanvfx Online Artist: James Andrews @jamesandrewsrobot Producer: Emily Goldberg The Vanity @thevanityvfx Colourist: Andrew Exworth @exworth Sndwrx @sndwrx Music Supervisor: Didier Tovel Executive Producer: Ali Lawee #christmas #bestbuy #filmproduction #tech

Chevrolet “Family Moments” and “Equinox” spots Directed by James Lawes Thank you to everyone involved! Director: James Lawes @jamesericlawes Exec Producer: Marcus Trulli @mtrulli1 Prod Co: Spy Films @spy_films Producer: Kegan Sant @kegansant DOP: Adam Marsden @adam_marsden_csc @Sesler Agency: COMMONWEALTH // McCANN @commonwealthmccann Account Director, Jeff Thomas Associate Creative Director, Jen Durning @jennifurning Associate Creative Director, David Glen Writer, Osman Rahmani @osman_rahmani Art Director, Brennen Robinson @thedailybrenner Producer, Carlo D’Ercole @cdercole61 The Vanity @thevanityvfx Colourist: Andrew Exworth @exworth CG Artists: Susana Sierra, Josh Clifton Executive Producer: Stephanie Pennington @snuppie27 VFX Artists: Naveen Srivastava @naveen78 Sean Cochrane @sean_cochrane Mike Medeiros, Andrew Farlow, Adam Silcox-Vanwyk, Dave McGhie Saints @saintseditorial Editor - Stephen Sora @stpk EP - Emily McKay @emm_kay13 Assistant editor - Corey Misquita @coreymisquita Grayson @wearegraysonmusic Session & Music Director – Tyson Kuteyi @tyson_the_producer Mixing Engineer – Chris Masson @chris_mass Producer – Nicholas Shaw @rickshaw26 Sound Designer – Aaron McCourt @aaronmccourt Composer – Mark Domitric Casting Director – Zach Anderson Motion Control Operator: Jerry Andrews @mocojez at MocoJez.com Motion Control Technician and Maya Previz: Josh Treadaway BOLT-X Rental: The Garage #filmproduction #chevrolet #motioncontrol #chevy #familymoments equinox #chevyrs

Motion Control Operator Jerry Andrews discussing a shot with DoP Adam Marsden, for the current Chevy RS ‘ moments' campaign. #bolt #bts #boltx #chevy #chevrolet #chevyRS #motioncontrol Director: James Lawes @jamesericlawes Exec Producer: Marcus Trulli @mtrulli1 Prod Co: Spy Films @spy_films Producer: Kegan Sant @kegansant DOP: Adam Marsden @adam_marsden_csc @Sesler Agency: COMMONWEALTH // McCANN @commonwealthmccann Account Director, Jeff Thomas Associate Creative Director, Jen Durning @jennifurning Associate Creative Director, David Glen Writer, Osman Rahmani @osman_rahmani Art Director, Brennen Robinson @thedailybrenner Producer, Carlo D’Ercole @cdercole61 The Vanity @thevanityvfx Colourist: Andrew Exworth @exworth CG Artists: Susana Sierra, Josh Clifton Executive Producer: Stephanie Pennington @snuppie27 VFX Artists: Naveen Srivastava @naveen78 Sean Cochrane @sean_cochrane Mike Medeiros, Andrew Farlow, Adam Silcox-Vanwyk, Dave McGhie Saints @saintseditorial Editor - Stephen Sora @stpk EP - Emily McKay @emm_kay13 Assistant editor - Corey Misquita @coreymisquita Grayson @wearegraysonmusic Session & Music Director – Tyson Kuteyi @tyson_the_producer Mixing Engineer – Chris Masson @chris_mass Producer – Nicholas Shaw @rickshaw26 Sound Designer – Aaron McCourt @aaronmccourt Composer – Mark Domitric Casting Director – Zach Anderson Motion Control Operator: Jerry Andrews @mocojez at MocoJez.com Motion Control Technician and Maya Previz: Josh Treadaway BOLT-X Rental: The Garage

'Inside & Outwards" was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with an a 2020 Emmy Award for best Public Service Announcement. "I began this project in the second month of quarantine, and the team that it brought together, the creative energy it amassed, and the celebration of human spirit that it captured was truly the most beautiful life line i could have imagined. I hope that our spotlight on mental health , and our celebration of human strength and vulnerability aided others as well. To win an Emmy for this is profoundly meaningful, and a testament to generating our own dreams rather than waiting for them to find us, and to pursue creative passions even when they feel unnecessary, uncertain or impossible. " - Ezra Hurwitz Cast: @sarahjessicaparker @saramearns @robbiefairchild @dharonejones @emmaportner @gabrielkane @breez_lance @jasminericenyc @cgonzalezcuba @mairabarriga @ehlieluna Directed by @ezrahurwitz

@Faouzia is a Morrocan-Canadian singer/songwriter 🎙🎶 who discovered music at a young age. At 15, she started to post videos of herself covering famous songs on her YouTube channel and her music resonated with people all over the world. Now with 1.6 million subscribers and tens of millions of views, she has landed a deal with a major music label. #bts #behindthescenes #onset🎥🎬 #filmproduction #onset #makingof #faouzia #songwriter #singer #filmmakers #dancers #flowers #music

When COVID happened, Brampton chef Deddy Ruddock (@deddyskitchen) & his daughter Sasha turned adversity into opportunity by starting a YouTube cooking show. With their fresh take and delicious Jamaican 🇯🇲 home cooking, they shared what they love and found a following - and a career. #bts #behindthescenes🎬 #filmproduction #onset🎥🎬 #makingof #deddy #Jamaican #cooking #filmmakers

Becky Wright and Kelsey MacDermaid (@TheSorryGirls) started on YouTube in 2010, focused on small craft projects for a close knit creative community. Fast forward to today and their channel is now a creative outlet for full scale design projects that has resonated with do-ers across the globe. #bts #behindthescenes #filmproduction #onset #makingof #sorrygirls #creative #crafts #knit #filmmakers #toronto

Introducing YouTube Every Day, The latest campaign for YouTube Canada from our friends @mosaicna. Featuring @jonathanroy @faouzia @deddyskitchen @asapscience @thesorrygirls @little.king.goods Big thanks to everyone involved.. dream team! Client: YouTube Canada - @youtube Agency: Mosaic - @mosaicna @clairetto2019 Production Company: Spy Films - @spy_films Executive Producer: Marcus Trulli - @mtrulli1 Director: Le Ged - @le_ged Director of Photography: Brandon Kelly - @brandonkelly Mantl Reps Line Producer: Erik Wilson - @eriklovesthis Editorial: Nimiopere @nimiopere @julieaxell Editor: Raj Ramnauth - @rajramnauth Audio - SNDWRx - Audio by Design VFX: @Darling_vfx rodeofxstyle Casting: Groundglass Casting

Belgium youth radio station StuBru launch ‘Missed you Stranger’ - a campaign celebrating the re-opening of the much loved and sorely missed Belgium festival scene. director: @angelo_cerisara produced by our friends at @hamlet.tv #cinematography #stubru #festival #makeout

The investment world was built very much by men for men. But in the 1960s there was one woman who refused to sit out—Geraldine Weiss. She went by G. Weiss to hide her identity while she developed a loyal following for her investment advice, and in doing so, challenged an entire industry to reconsider the role women play. Directed By: @Boeyman Executive Producer: @mtrulli1 DOP: @cliffhokanson Agency: @mosaicna Agency Producer: @clairetto2019 Music & Sound Design: @wearegraysonmusic #IWD2021 #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay #WeChallengeConvention #CelebrateWomen #ChooseToChallenge #internationalwomensday2021 #StopMotion #animation

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Spy Films is an award-winning full service production company based in Toronto. In the past 25 years Spy has become a leading producer of content – from commercials & music videos to stereoscopic 3D, short films, animation, and branded content. We represent some of the world’s most renowned and innovative directors. http://spyfilms.com/