DIRTY LOOKS specialises in colour grading and mastering of independent British feature films. We als
16/05/2024
If you’re attending today do swing past to listen to our panel discussion, BAFTA Albert Sustainability Series: Cleaning Up Post Production Energy Use, at 13:40.
We’ll be discussing techniques to measure and reduce energy consumption, and I’ll be speaking about Dirty Looks ongoing partnership with .energy to gift waste post-production compute heat back to the community, for free!
Producing the finest content requires high levels of processing power and lots of energy. Explore the innovative technology minimising post production energy use, and with clients seeking to understand their impact, we look at how to calculate and apportion server usage and ways to minimise data without compromising on quality.
11/03/2024
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ZONE OF INTEREST TEAM FOR TWO OSCAR WINS!!!
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BEST SOUND
On top of its 3 BAFTA wins, Cannes 2023 Grand Prix Award and Many More!
Big shout out to & the team
for the well deserved sound win.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again…
We are incredibly proud to have been a part of this outstanding film and work with this amazing team.
FULL PICTURE POST BY DIRTY LOOKS
Colourist:
Head of DI: Tom Balkwill
Senior DI Producer:
Conform & Deliverables Manager: Joe Fisher
Flame Team: .o.i.s.i.n & Margo Lazarenko
Graded on Baselight
29/02/2024
Dirty Looks and .energy announce UK-first ethical rendering partnership
The project repurposes the heat generated by our post-production computing and contributes it to community swimming pools, for free!
Read more about how Dirty Looks is joining the campaign to contribute heat to 1500 UK pools!
LINK TO BROADCAST IN BIO
Photo by Lavi Perchik on Unsplash
02/02/2024
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
BAFTA & OSCAR NOMINATED
IN UK CINEMAS TODAY!
FULL PICTURE POST BY DIRTY LOOKS
Colourist:
Head of DI: Tom Balkwill
Senior DI Producer:
Conform & Deliverables Manager: Joe Fisher
Flame Team: .o.i.s.i.n & Margo Lazarenko
Graded on Baselight
04/12/2023
Fantastic evening with lots of fabulous people at the last night. Well done to all the winners & nominees!! Big shout out to for his Best Breakthrough Producer award for the wonderful ‘Scrapper’!
We ❤️ independent film!
04/12/2023
Fantastic evening with lots of fabulous people at last night. Well done to all the nominees & winners! Big shout out to for his Best Breakthrough Producer award for the wonderful ‘Scrapper’!
We ♥️ independent films!
29/06/2023
SOVIET MILK
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Feature Film, 2023
In cinemas in Latvia 🇱🇻
Director - Inara Kolmane
Cinematographer - Rolandas Leonavicius
Colourist - Gareth Bishop ()
Digital Intermediate - Dirty Looks Belgium
29/06/2023
SOVIET MILK ()
Feature Film, 2023
In cinemas in Latvia 🇱🇻
Director - Inara Kolmane
Cinematographer- Rolandas Leonavicius
Colourist - Gareth Bishop
Digital Intermediate - Dirty Looks Belgium
13/06/2023
The brand-new, original series “The Full Monty” lands today, 14th June!
The Dirty Looks team, worked closely with Post Production Supervisor, Jim Hegarty (Little Island Productions) to picture finish the series.
This included full conform, grade, QC and delivery of the production in our 4K Dolby Vision suite, centred around with integrated workflow with Flame
The series is an enjoyable homage to the much-loved original film, and we are proud to be part of this re-imagination for the next generation.
Directors — Andrew Chaplin / Catherine Morshead DOPs – Tony Slater Ling & Luke Bryant Colourist — Gareth Bishop Head of DI — Tom Balkwill Online Editors — Róisín & Andriy Toloshny DI Producers — Sarah Morowa / Agathe Boulous DI Operators — Lindsey Studholme / Joe Fisher Flame Artist— Róisín & Margo Lazarenko
30/05/2023
Congratulations to Jonathan Glazer and team on winning Le Grand Prix for THE ZONE OF INTEREST at this year’s 🎉🎉🎉 It was such an honour to collaborate on this important film!
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"À chaque étape de ce projet, nous avons eu des difficultés et nous les avons surmontées.
Je voudrais remercier la mémoire de Martin Amis, c’est son roman que nous avons adapté."
15/07/2022
The Railway Children Return
Out in Cinemas Today
Dir: Morgan Matthews
DOP: Kit Fraser
Producer: Jemma Rodgers
Colourist:
DI Producers: &
Production Company: StudioCanal
Graded on: Baselight
01/07/2022
OPPORTUNITY CLAXON.....
London DI / Picture Post Producers & project management wizards - fancy a change? Join us to run inspirational feature film and scripted drama finishing projects (we've got some corkers coming up!) in our small, independent and friendly team, with autonomy over your work and opportunities to shape the company as we grow.
Go on, we'd love to hear from you, further details online. Application deadline Monday 4th July. 👇👇👇👇👇 https://dirtylooks.co.uk
17/06/2022
In Cinemas Today…
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Directed by
Cinematography by Bryan Mason
Produced by
Digital Intermediate by
Colourist
DI Producer
14/03/2022
Hotel Portofino
TV Show
All 6 eps on britbox
Dir: Adam Wimpenny
DOP: Erol Zubcevic
Producer: Julie Baines
Digital Intermediate by
Colourist: Gareth Bishop
DI Producer: Sarah Morowa
Eagle Eye Drama
Graded on Baselight
06/12/2021
Lots of fun has at last night’s ! Always great to celebrate new talent and all the incredible films which came this year!
We were delighted to co-sponsor Best Cinematography with - congrats to winner Matthew Lewis for his beautiful work on Boiling Point
19/11/2021
And the winner is…
Matthew Lewis for Best Cinematography
for his amazing work on
Massive Congratulations 👏
are proud sponsors of the cinematography award alongside
11/11/2021
Come join us! Looking for a full-time Post Production / DI / New Business Producer to start in the new year 👇👇
Dirty Looks is once again proud to be supporting Best Cinematography for alongside
What an amazing list of nominations - congratulations all!
13/10/2021
RUN - Bafta Scotland 2021 Nomination
Directed by Scott Graham
Cinematography by Simon Tindall .tindall.5
Produced by Rosie Crerar, Ciara Barry & Margaret Matheson
Starring Mark Stanley & Marli Siu
Digital Intermediate by
Colourist John Claude
uk
BBCFilm
01/10/2021
BURBERRY "HERO"
Starring Adam Driver
Directed by Jonathon Glazer
Cinematography by Darius Khondji
Digital Intermediate by
Colourist John Claude
Academy Films
EP Simon Cooper
Producer Ash Lockmun
Production Manager Bugs Hartley
01/07/2021
GAZELLE TWIN & NYX
DEEP ENGLAND
A Performance Film by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
and .edcthe.lines.ldn festival
Directors
DOP
Digital Intermediate
Colourist
Graded on Baselight
Arts Council England
NYX Collective Records .edc
16/05/2021
UNDERGODS
In Cinemas and On demand from May 17th
Director - Chino Moya
Cinematographer - David Raedeker
Colourist - John Claude
Digital Intermediate - Dirty Looks Belgium
VFX -
Producer - Sophie Venner
BFI FIlm
RSA Films
Black Dog Films
Scott Free Productions
Venner Films
Velvet Films
26/04/2021
BABY SURGEONS: DELIVERING MIRACLES
EP1 Airing Tonight on Channel 4!
Filmed, Produced & Directed by
Produced by Joy Ash
Wonderhood Studios
Katherine Patrick, Samantha Anstiss, Max Brunold, Casey McConnell
Broadcast Grade by
Colourist
Graded on Baselight
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Dirty Looks is an independent post production house in London's west end and in central Brussels. Launched by Tom Balkwill in 2010, DL specialises in colour grading and mastering of independent British feature films and broadcast drama and also collaborates with directors of commercials, music videos, documentaries, broadcast long form, short films and fashion promos.
Clients trust our highly experienced team to take care of every detail of your project, offering a bespoke service tailored to their needs.
Over the years we have worked on many exciting projects, from Danny Boyle’s London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony shorts to William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth, Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin and Shane Meadow's 4 part TV series, The Virtues.
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Baselight Grading Theatre
4K Christie DCI Projection
Large comfortable grading theatre with a 6m screen, 5.1 genelec sound, 3D capabilities and comfy sofas for up to 20 guests.
Broadcast Dolby Vision Suite
Sony X310 HDR Monitoring
4K Dolby Vision Certified Suite centred around a Baselight system connected to ournew Flame suite and a dedicated QC room.
Flame Online Suite
Linux Flame 2020 suite for VFX work
Also for generating cards, rollers, captioning, subtitling etc. Also running Baselight BLG for live review of colour work
DCP Mastering
Encrypted digital cinema prints
DCP authoring and review of encrypted DCPs in our own theatre at 2K or 4K, delivering on CRU or via upload. KDM and DKDM encryption and festival key deliveries.
VFX Reviews
Secure data management and colour pipeline
Hire our large theatre for multi-vendor VFX reviews. Studio clients can connect to theatres globally for live 2K reviews. Recent attending directors include Tim Burton and Steve McQueen.
Deliverables, QC and Film Servicing
Quality Control and TVR Suite
In-house QC services are available working from file or tape formats with 5.1 Genelec sound. Titles servicing for distributors including film storage, versioning and upload.
