DIRECTOR SUCCESSES
2024
Academy sign Eugen Merher
BBC directing the new series of Shetland Giulia Gandini
BFI Future Film Best Documentary - shortlist Safeen James
BFI Future Film Best Documentary - shortlist Sofia Negri
BFI Future Film Best Director Bonnie MacRae
Blink sign Container Love (Ben Galster & Christian Ruess)
British Arrows Best Branded Entertainment: Shortlist Curtis Essel
British Arrows Best Charity & Public Service: Shortlist Daniel LIakh
British Arrows Best Charity & Public Service: Shortlist Libby Burke Wilde
British Arrows Best Charity & Public Service: Silver Will Wightman
British Arrows Best Financial & Corporate Services: Shortlist Charlotte Regan
British Arrows Best Seasonal Celebrations: Shortlist Andzej Gavriss
British Arrows Green Arrow & JOHN WEBSTER AWARD: Shortlist Angelo Cerisara
British Arrows JOHN WEBSTER AWARD: Shortlist Bine Bach
British Arrows Social Media: Bronze Jesse Lewis-Reece
D&AD Top 100 Directors Rankings Andrzej Gavriss
DOGEATDOG sign Jean-Sébastien Degni
FRIEND sign Pedro Takahashi
Intergalactic Studios sign Jasmine De Silva
LBBO feature Charlie Dennis
Magna sign John Ogunmuyiwa
NM Productions sign Emma Scott
NM Productions sign Julia Kupiec
NM Productions sign Rob Sanderson
REPmedia sign Kay Ibrahim
RSA sign Nicolee Tsin
shots/ The Talent feature Irene Baque
shots/ Unsigned feature Andy Mihov
Tantrum sign Beth Park
Tubby Brothers sign Issey Penwarden
WeTransfer/ WePresent feature Somayeh
SHINY AWARDS 2024
SA20 PRIZES
Abroad Films meeting Giulia Mucci
AMVBBDO Red Studios meeting with HoP for Iulia Voitova
AVENUES use of an edit suite Lubos Vacke
CANADA meeting James Philip McGoldrick
Chelsea meeting Jake Bradbury
Craft Worldwide meeting with HoP for Iulia Voitova
Craft Worldwide meeting with Snr Producer James Philip McGoldrick
DadBod Films meeting Nick Flugge
DOMA free grade Nick Flugge
Draftline meeting Jake Bradbury
FMLY CRTV meeting Giulia Mucci
Grey meeting with Creative for Marleen Valien
Grey meeting with Head of Production for Theresa Varga
Havas London meeting with Creatives for Charlie Rees
Hero Films career advice Bec Evans
Iris Worldwide meeting with Creative for Tai Campbell
Iris Worldwide meeting with Head of Moving Image for Charlie Dennis
Kode meeting Freddie Cattaneo
LS Productions location services & production Bec Evans
McCann meeting with ECD for Marleen Valien
McCann meeting with Creatives for Iulia Voitova
Mrs Baxter meeting Iulia Voitova
NM Productions meeting James Philip McGoldrick
Not Just Any meeting James Philip McGoldrick
Odelay meeting Nick Flugge
Our House meeting & mentoring Bec Evans
Prettybird meeting Freddie Cattaneo
Prose on Pixels meeting with HoP for Issey Penwarden
Prose on Pixels meeting with HoP for Zoe Hunter Gordon
Rogue meeting Issey Penwarden
Saatchi & Saatchi meeting with CPO for WAXXWORK
Saatchi & Saatchi meeting with Creative Director for Phoebe Brooks
Snapper meeting Zoe Hunter Gordon
Spotlight 1 year membership Lubos Vacke
Uncommon meeting with CPO for Evan Bourque
2023
1.4 Awards shortlist Werner Vivier
Alfredo (Canada) sign Amy Becker-Burnett
Anthem Awards - winner x 3 Zen Pace
AOI Global (Japan) sign The Berry Boys
Bacon sign Bianca Poletti
BAFTA Connect select Ben Doyle/ rvbberduck
BBC series Dreaming Whilst Black created & directed by Adjani Salmon
BBC series 'Champion' directs x3 eps John Ogunmuyiwa
Berlinale Talents select Iggy London
BFI Flare London select Gabriel B Arrahnio
Biscuit sign Rosie May Bird Smith
Blink sign Emma Parkinson
Blink sign Rosco 5
BlinkInk sign Will Wightman
British Arrows Best New Director - winner Rob Sanderson
British Arrows Bronze Fiona Jane Burgess
Camp Productions sign Samuel Douek
CANADA sign Alex Gargot
Caviar sign pip + lib
Ciclope Bronze for Best New Director International Rosie MBS
Ciclope shortlist Natascha Stogu
Ciclope shortlist Nathalie Lamb
Ciclope shortlist Sandro Rados
Ciclope shortlist Sinan Sevinç
Ciclope shortlist Frankie Spence
Ciclope shortlist Florian Reittner
Common People sign Najeeb Tarazi
Creators Inc. sign Evan Bourque
Curly Films sign Anthony Rubenstein
Curtis Brown sign Hugh Clegg
Darling Films - Ridley Scott Creative Group sign Irene Basque
Eleanor sign Daniel Lundh
Eleanor sign Zornitsa Dimitrova
EMMY - shortlist Zen Pace
Frenzy Paris sign Bianca Poletti
FRIEND sign India Harris
FRIEND sign Terence Chim
Giants & Toys sign WATTS
Greatcoat sign Aleah Scott
Greatcoat sign Kemi Anna Adeeko
Hamburg Internation Queer FF - winner Gabriel B Arrahnio
Hello Love sign Callum Lloyd-James
Hero Films sign Juliane Taudt
Hero Films sign K+K (Anna Dobos & Susannah Kala)
Hungry Man (USA) sign Iqbal Ahmed
Immigrant sign Lubos Vacke
Kinsale Shark Awards x2 Gold Werner Vivier
KO Collective sign Ilan Lampl
Kode sign Emily Freda Sharp
Kode sign Meena Ayittey
Lemonade reps sign Chris Fowles
Lemonade reps sign Lauren Midwinter
Match & Spark & Mamma Team sign Greta Grinuite
Merman sign Hannah Berry George
Method & Madness (USA) sign Jessica Batson
MindsEye sign Dylan Holmes Williams
MOFA for New Zealand & Australia sign Bianca Poletti
My Accomplice sign Diana Olifirova
Nowness feature David Findlay
Ocurens sign Sasha Rainbow
Park Pictures sign Jake Erland
Park Pictures sign Iggy London
Park Village sign Hanna Seidel
Park Village sign Jack Turner
Partisan sign Machine Operated
Porsche Awards - special mention Steven Tralongo
Porsche Awards - winner Eugen Merher
Porsche Awards - winner Max Bach
ProdCo sign Jara Moravec
Pulse sign Tom Emmerson
Radical Media sign Nina Meredith
Rattling Stuff (Rattling Stick) sign Lauren Midwinter
Rattling Stuff (Rattling Stick) sign Louis Norton Selzer
Rattling Stuff (Rattling Stick) sign Rob Sanderson
RSA sign Hannah Bon
Section80 (Italy) sign Enea Colombi
Short of the Week Awards - winner Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Short of the Week Awards - winner Kyle Thrash
shots Awards America Best New Director - shortlist Bianca Poletti
shots Awards EMEA - shortlist Charlie Watts
shots Awards EMEA - shortlist Jan Dybus
shots Awards EMEA - shortlist LIAKH
shots Awards EMEA - shortlist Sinan Sevinç
shots Awards EMEA - shortlist Werner Vivier
shots Unsigned feature Alexandre Do
shots Unsigned feature Brandon Tauszik
shots Unsigned feature Ricky Allen
Snapper sign Ellie Heydon
Spindle sign Lydia Garnett
Spindle sign Mar-del-Corral
Spindle sign Maxim Kelly
Sticker Studios sign Imogen Harrison
Sundance - wins with her first feature 'Scrapper' Charlotte Regan
SXSW Film Festival - official selection Pranav Bhasin
The Sweetshop sign Dorothy Allen-Pickard
Thursdays Child sign Terry Paul
UKMVA Best Animation in a Video Jordan Clarke
UKMVA Best Alternative Video – Newcomer Kyryl Volovych
UKMVA Best Alternative Video – Newcomer Lubos Vacke
UKMVA Best Animation in a Video - shortlist Jordan Clarke
UKMVA Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer India Rose Harris
UKMVA Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer - nominated Alfredo Vidal
UKMVA Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video - UK - winner Tom Emmerson
UKMVA Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer - nominated Brightnight
UKMVA Best Live Video - shortlist Balan Evans
UKMVA Best New Director - nominated AboveGround
UKMVA Best Pop Newcomer/ Best R&B / Soul Video – Newcomer - nominated Devon Kuziw
UKMVA Best R&B / Soul Video – Newcomer Korrie Powell
UKMVA Best R&B / Soul Video, Newcomer - winner Jay Green
Untold Studios sign Gabriella Kingsley
Vimeo Best Branded Content - winner Freddie Leyden
Vimeo Best Branded Content - winner Naghmeh Pour
Vimeo Breakout Creator Abdou Cisse
Vimeo Breakout Creator Arthur Studholme
Vimeo Staff Pick David Findlay
YDA Animation Gold Eugenia Hamilton
YDA Gold Florian Reittner
YDA Gold Jackie Lee
YDA Silver Ben Galster
YDA Silver Daniel "Jun Ho" Lee
YDA Silver Daniel LIAKH
YDA Silver Jakob Havmøller
YDA Silver Josh Sondock
YDA Silver Kevin Jin Kwan Kim
YDA Silver Nicolás Bori
YDA Silver Rosie May Bird Smith
YDA Silver Tom Emmerson
You Are Here sign Aisha Schliessler
Young Arrows Best New Director - winner Jesse Lewis-Reece
Young Arrows Best Student Director - winner Constanca Rodrigues
Young Arrows nominate Andy Mihov
Young Arrows nominate Angelo Cerisara
Young Arrows nominate Dylan Holmes Williams
Young Arrows nominate Eugen Merher
Young Arrows nominate Freddie Leyden
Young Arrows nominate Freshteh.
Young Arrows nominate Imogen Harrison
Young Arrows nominate James Arden
Young Arrows nominate John Ogunmuyiwa
Young Arrows nominate Jordan Rossi
Young Arrows nominate Korrie Powell
Young Arrows nominate Lauren Midwinter
Young Arrows nominate LIAKH
Young Arrows nominate pip + lib
Young Arrows nominate Ricky Allen
Young Arrows nominate The Berry Boys
Young Arrows nominate Thomas Davis
Young Arrows nominate Vincent René-Lortie
Young Arrows winner Amy Becker-Burnett
Young Arrows winner Curtis Essel
Young Arrows winner Will Wightman
Young Guns 21 for 2023 Sinan Sevinc
Rob Sanderson: “Shiny was my first award entry and win which led to me entering other awards like YDA, Young Arrows and British Arrows which I won. The Shiny win gave me the confidence (and excuse) to cold email production companies with something interesting in the subject line. And that eventually led to me working with Rattling Stuff, alongside Rattling Stick, one of the UK’s most respected production companies”
Directed by Charlotte Regan
Shiny Awards winner 2018
Directed for the BBC by John Ogunmuyiwe
Shiny Awards winner 2019
SHINY AWARDS 2023
SA17 PRIZES
CANADA career advice Jordan Clarke
Cheat grade for Zoë Neary
DOME grade with Nielsan Bohl colourist for Snorre Ruhe
FAMILIA director shadowing Hanna Lange
Great Guns meeting Apiwat Pattalarungkan
Knucklehead meeting Azeez Bello
Knucklehead US meeting Max Ksjonda
Lemonade Reps meeting Jessica Batson
Lemonade Reps meeting Jordan Clarke
LS Productions bespoke deck of location options for her next film Hanna Lange
No.8 half-day with colourist, 2D artist and sound designer for Martyna Sikonczyk
Odelay meeting Owen Tooth
Odelay meeting Vanessa Stachel
Snapper meeting Monique Needham
Spindle director mentoring and meeting Tanvi Chowdhary
Spotlight Six months’ subscription & advice session for Daniel McKee
TAG actionable advice with offline editors Julia Zlotnick
The Berry lunch Vanessa Stachel
Created & Directed for the BBC by Adjani Salmon
Shiny Awards shortlist 2022
2022
Adjani Salmon nominated for an Emmy, wins BAFTA
Alexis Gómez sign to Lammas Park
Alfie Barker selected for Unsigned Union showcase at Mother
Aliyah Otchere signs to Agile
Andzej Gavriss wins Silver Lion, Cannes Lions
Angelo Cerisara signs to Biscuit Films, wins Silver at YDA
Anna Fearon signs to Black Dog
Arthur Studholme wins Gold at YDA, signs to Pulse
Balazs Simon wins Young Arrows, best Animation
Ben Galster wins at the NRFF Festival
Ben Lankester wins silver at Ciclope
Bernd Fass official selection Berlin Commercial, signs to Hamlet
Bianca Poletti signs to Epoch Films, wins gold at Ciclope
Bine Bach wins best branded content Vimeo
Bonamaze signs to Flipt
Broken Antler signs to Dark Energy (winner Radar Festival)
Charlie Watts shortlist shots EMEA
Chirolles Khalil opens the New Creator Showcase @CannesLions
Chris Fowles wins UKMVA Best Pop Video – Newcomer
Conor Byrne signs to Bold
Corry Wiens signs to Accomplice (USA)
Curtis Essel selected for Unsigned Union showcase at Mother (winner of the first Shiny Awards 2018)
Danae Gosset wins Vimeo Best of Year
Daniel Liakh signs to Sticker Studios, official selection Berlin Commercial
David Findlay selected as Breakout Creator Vimeo
Denisha Anderson signs to Caviar
Diana Olifirova selected in BAFTA Breakthrough
Dylan Friese Green signs to Intergalactic Studios
Dumas Haddad selected as Breakout Creator Vimeo
Edie Lawrence selected for the New Creator Showcase Cannes Lions
Ella Ezeika selected for Unsigned Union showcase at Mother
Emma Parkinson wins Homespun Yarns
Ethan & Tom win UKMVA Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer
Eugen Merher wins Gold at YDA, finalist at Ciclope
Freddie Leyden best branded content Vimeo
Freddie Wright wins UKMVA Best R&B / Soul Video – Newcomer
Fredrik Bond wins best branded content Vimeo
Greta Grinuite signs to Match & Spark (Poland), and Mamma Team (Spain)
Grayson Whitehurst signed by Los York (USA)
Hannah Bon wins Aesthetica Best Fashion Award
Harun Güler finalist at Ciclope
Iggy London signs to Stink Films
Iqbal Ahmed signs to Rattling Stick (USA)
Imogen Harrison wins at Young Arrows
India Rose Harris signs to Kode
Isaac Tomiczek wins at the NRFF Festival
Isabel Garrett shortlist YDA
Jade Ang Jackman signs to Lammas Park
JAK aka Jo & Katie sign to Knucklehead US
Jara Moravec signs to Kode Media
Jay Green signs to COMPULSORY
Jay Walker signs to Radical Media
Jeremy Nachbar selected in Shoot Online New Directors
Jesse May Fisher signs to Agile
JJ Augustavo signs to Bold
Joel Jay Blacker signs to Park Village
John Ogunmuyiwa named in Screen Daily's Stars of Tomorrow, named as a Film London Lodestar
Jordan Coolbear signs to Agile Films
Josh Sondock wins UKMVA Best Alternative Video – Newcomer
Josh Thornton-Allan full-length feature in PromoNews
Julia Kupiac shortlisted YDA
Kevin Wilson Jr wins Gold, New Director of the Year, Shots Americas, winner Porsche Awards, wins Silver at YDA
Kimberly Stuckwisch shortlisted at YDA and selected in Shoot Online New Directors
Kristyna Archer signs to ArtClass (USA)
Lauren Midwinter signs to The Visionaries/ Lemonade Reps for UK representation
Lea Thurner shortlisted YDA and Ciclope
Lewis Arnold directs Sherwood for the BBC (Radar winner)
Libby Burke-Wilde signs to new-land
Loyle Carner (with Greg Hackett) wins UKMVA Best Performance In A Video
Lucas Hrubizna signs to Blink, wins UKMVA Best Special Visual Project
Luke Brookner signs to Sticker Studios, official selection Berlin Commercial
Mario Dahl works with CZAR
Max Bach wins Young Arrows, best Student Commercial
Milo Blake signs to Eleanor for US representation, spotted via Shiny.
Najeeb Tarazi wins Vimeo Best of Year
Natascha Stogu shortlisted for the Porsche Awards
Nicolee Tsin signs to Kode
Pardeep Sahota wins at British Arrows/ Young Arrows
Phillip Youmans wins UKMVA Best R&B / Soul Video – UK
Regina Sepp selected for the New Creator Showcase Cannes Lions
Renee Zhan wins Vimeo Best of Year
Ricky Gibb signs to Kode Media
Riffy Ahmed selected for @circa.art x @dazed #Classof2022
Robert Sanderson in development for a feature doc as a result of Shiny, Silver at YDA, wins Young Arrows
Rosie May Bird Smith official selection for the APA Show, wins at Young Arrows
Ruda Santos wins UKMVA Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer
Sam Pilling featured in New Wave Directors, Little Black Book
Samona Olanipekun signs to Lammas Park
Sau Ali featured in Shots
Seb Edwards signs to Anorak
Seb Whyte signs to The Visionaries
Sceal signs to Curate Films
Sebastian Hill-Esbrand wins gold at YDA
Sheena Brobbey signs to The Visionaries/ Lemonade Reps, signs to Untold Studios
Sina Dolati featured on Directors Notes, nominated at Berlin Commercial
Sinan Sevinc winner at the Porsche Awards, signs globally to Stink Rising
Stanley Brock featured in Shots & Little Black Book for TikTok/ Louis Theroux
Stuart Langfield signed to Mallinson Television Productions
Taylor Ellis features in Shoot New Director Showcase at the DGA
The Berry Boys sign to Kode Media (UK), sign to Ampersand (USA & Japan)
Theo James Krekis wins New Director of the Year and gold at shots EMEA
Theodore Selekos sign to Lammas Park
Tim Fox signs to The Mill
Toby Auberg selected as one of the 10 Best Vimeo Staff Picks of 2021, selected for the New Creator Showcase Cannes Lions
Tom Wakeling signs with Irresistible Studios
Tomson Tee featured in Shots Unsigned
Valentino R. Sandoli signs to Garlic.tv for Spain representation, Shots Unsigned feature
Vasilisa Forbes Shots Unsigned feature
WATTS signs to Stink
Werner Vivier wins x2 Gold awards at the Kinsale Shark Awards, shortlisted for a YDA and 1.4 Award
Will Wightman selected for the New Creator Showcase Cannes Lions
Wukda screened at Homespun Yarns
Zen Pace featured in Little Black Book and Free The Work, shortlisted at Tribeca Film Festival
Zoe Neary signs to Ruffian, wins Silver New Director of the Year at Shots Americas
Zornitsa Dimitrova signs to Zauberberg
“Shiny continues to be an important pathway for us to seek out new and emerging directors for projects across the BBC Studios group – it provides great networking – and they are a brilliant group of people”
“Gives real exposure to new directors and is a wonderful network to connect with. supports emerging talent from all over the world and is an incredible platform to connect people.”
“Honestly - I’ve had so many messages today and that’s down to you and your platform. I’m blown away… (after winning at the Shiny Awards)”
Zen Pace is nominated for an Emmy for ‘See Us’,
shortlisted at the Shiny Awards 2022
“I wanted to say thank you so much for putting the awards on last Thursday, my team and I had such a wonderful time 😊 It was our first awards with you and we made some great connections”
“We signed 2 directors we found through Shiny: K + K (Anna Dobos & Susannah Kala Limbu) and the Germany-based Juliane Taudt. Both are great creative talents and amazing people that we are excited to help to break in the big agencies in the UK.
Shiny points underrepresented directors our way and creates awareness of our directors at agencies”
“It was so worth entering my videos to Shiny. It helped build my profile in London and I’m now signed to Park Village. Also I really appreciate the amazing exchange with other creatives” Hannah Seidel
“It's tough for emerging talent to be seen in such a competitive industry. SHINY is a true champion of unsigned and underrepresented directors”
2021
Abdou Cisse signs to Independent
Alex Gargot signs to Friend, wins at 1.4
Alexander Gilbert wins at YDA, and at 1.4
Alexander Kuhn wins at 1.4
Alfie Barker wins at London Film festival, 2 wins at Encounters
Angelo Cerisara wins Shots EMEA New Director of the Year
Andzej Gavriss wins at UKMVAs, at Ciclope, and at 1.4
Anthony Rubinstein wins at 1.4, wins at YDA
Barbara Farre wins at Berlin Commercial
Bianca Poletti selected for Shoot's New Director Showcase
Bine Bach Damsgard signs to Biscuit and to Bacon
Bill (WAM) Bleakley signs to Untold Studios (they spotted his work at the VCCP Shiny Awards, and phoned him on the spot)
Charles de Meyer signs to Las Bandas after connecting on a Shiny Q&A
Charlie Watts wins at 1.4
Chloe Hayward selected for Shoots New Directors Showcase
Curtis Essel wins ‘Best of Vimeo Staff Picks’ 2021
David Trivino wins at Berlin Music Video Awards
Devon Ferguson signs to Birth and Cortez Brothers
Edd Carr wins at Depict!
Elliot Gonzo signs to Kode Media
Ethan & Tom sign to Academy
Farhad Ghaderi signs to OB Management, wins at 1.4, named as one of 6 Best New Creators in Vimeo's Best of the Year
Gabriel Arrinhos wins 2 Cannes Dolphins, Francis Bacon Trust Commission
Guilia Gandini wins at Shark Awards
Hanna Siedel signs to Park Village
Iqbel Ahmed selected for the AICP DGA Commercial Director Diversity Program
Jara Morovec signs to Hamlet
Jesse Lewis Reece signs to Armoury, signs to Loveboat, BAFTA nominated
John Ogunmuyiwa signs to Blink
Jordan Findlay awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick
Kevin Wilson Jr signs to Chelsea wins at YDA
Kristyna Archer signs to Odelay
Kimberly Stuckwisch shortlisted Best New Director at the MVPAs
Libby Burke Wilde wins at Gerety Awards, awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick
Meredith Hama Brown signs to Doomsday Entertainment, shortlisted for the MPVAs
Milo Blake signs to Spindle
Oz Arshad selected for Warner Media Director mentorship for HBO Drama
Pardeep Sahota wins 3 Clios
Shan Phearon signs to Greatcoat & to Las Bandas
Sinan Sevinc wins at Shark Awards, Berlin Commercial, and at 1.4
Somayeh signs to RSA
Taisia Deeva wins at Ciclope and wins YDA
Thessa Meier signs to Halal and wins YDA
Toby Auberg wins at 1.4
Tom Clover signs to Sticker Studios
Vincent Rene Lortie wins at 1.4, at YDA, signs to The Corner Shop, signs to Henry
Wesley Walker wins Shots North America New Director of the Year