LEO LEIGH'S 'SWEET SUE' OUT IN CINEMAS!
It’s great to see that SWEET SUE is hitting cinemas today! Leo Leigh’s debut film features Hair + Makeup Design by echo artists' Natasha Lawes. Don’t miss it!
ECHO TOP 10 COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2023!
Here’s our Top 10 Commercials + Music Videos of the year!
10. Jungle - Back on 74, dir. Charlie Di Placido & J Lloyd
9. Squarespace, dir. Aoife Mcardle
8. James Blake - Big Hammer, dir. Oscar Hudson, (DoP Ruben Woodin Dechamps)
7. Son Lux - Undertow, dir. Alex Cook
6. Adidas Originals, dir. Daniel Wolfe
5. The Smile - Wall of Eyes, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (Costume Design by Susie Coulthard)
4. Channel 4 Idents, dir. Saman Aminzadeh, Optical Arts, Bafic, Mike Battcock, Will Dohrn, Daniel Eatock
3. Mette - Mamas Eyes, dir. Camille Summers-Vall
2. Apple Music - Run this Town, dir. Tajana Tokyo
1. Troye Sivan - Rush (Pictured), dir. Gordon von Steiner
ECHO TOP 10 FILM + TV!
2023 has been a pretty turbulent year for the industry (to say the least). As we come out the other side, it's important to reflect on the excellent Film + TV that has got us through the year…
Here are the Top 10 Projects we’ve been raving about at echo this year:
10. SUCCESSION S4
9. THE BEAR S2
8. FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE
7. SCRAPPER (Production Designer Elena Muntoni; Editor Matteo Bini; Hair + Makeup Designer Nora Robertson, and Costume Designer Oliver Cronk)
6. PAST LIVES
5. ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
4. FEMME (Costume Designer Buki Ebiesuwa)
3. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
2. HOW TO HAVE SEX (DoP Nicolas Canniccioni, Costume Designer George Buxton and Hair + Makeup Designer Natasha Lawes)
1. 🎉 ALL OF US STRANGERS (Costume Designer Sarah Blenkinsop)
GOLDEN GLOBES 2024 LINEUP!
The 81st Golden Globe Nominations have arrived!
This year has a great range of films and series under it’s belt, including HBO’s THE LAST OF US (pictured) up for Best Drama Television Series with Ali Abassi’s episodes shot by echo’s DoP, Nadim Carlsen DFF. The ceremony will be held on 7th January 2024!
EUROPEAN FILM AWARD WINS FOR 'SCRAPPER' AND 'HOW TO HAVE SEX'!
Congratulations to all the winners at Saturday night’s European Film Awards! The must-watch SCRAPPER (pictured) picked up the Young Audience Award, featuring work by echo’s Production Designer Elena Muntoni, Editor Matteo Bini, Hair + Makeup Designer Nora Robertson and Costume Designer Oliver Cronk.
Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut HOW TO HAVE SEX won the European Discovery Award ‘Prix Fipresci’, shot by echo DoP Nicolas Canniccioni with Costume Designer George Buxton, and Hair + Makeup Designer Natasha Lawes.
'WONKA' IS FINALLY HERE!
WONKA is finally here! The film was cut by echo’s wonderful Editor Mark Everson, working with Director Paul King, who he has previously collaborated with on Paddington 1 + 2, The Mighty Boosh and Bunny and the Bull. Catch it in cinemas worldwide now!
SUNDANCE 2024 LINEUP!
The Sundance Film Festival 2024 lineup is here! It’s great to see some films featuring echo client work on this year’s lineup, including:
THE OUTRUN (pictured), with Production Design by Andy Drummond and Hair and Makeup Design by Kat Morgan
SEBASTIAN, also designed by Kat, with Costume by Frank Gallacher and cut by Editor Arttu Salmi
HOW TO HAVE SEX, shot by DoP Nicolas Canniccioni, with Costume Design by George Buxton and Hair + Makeup Design by Natasha Lawes
THE 2024 INDIE SPIRIT NOMINATIONS ARE HERE!
The 2024 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are here! We are thrilled to see ALL OF US STRANGERS (pictured), featuring Costume Design by echo’s Sarah Blenkinsop, up for Best Feature and Best Director, as well as GODLAND, shot by Maria von Hausswolff, nominated for Best International Film. The awards will takes place on 24th February, we’re crossing our fingers for these brilliant films!
ECHO 2023 BIFA WINS!
Congratulations to all the winners at last night’s BIFA Awards! ALL OF US STRANGERS, featuring Costume Design by Sarah Blenkinsop, was the big winner with 7 wins, including Best British independent Film and Best Director!
Echo’s Buki Ebiesuwa took home the ‘Best Costume Design’ award for her work on FEMME, which won 2 more awards!
IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE, lensed by Ruben Woodin Dechamps, won The Raindance Maverick Award and Best Feature Documentary!
HOW TO HAVE SEX, with work by DoP Nicolas Canniccioni, Costume Designer George Buxton and Hair + Makeup Designer Natasha Lawes, picked up 3 awards!
Well-deserved wins all round!
ECHO EDITOR SARAH BREWERTON AWARDED 'CONTRIBUTION TO THE MEDIUM' WOMEN IN FILM + TV AWARD!
We are so proud of echo Editor Sarah Brewerton, who won the ‘Contribution to the Medium' Award at last night’s Women in Film + TV Awards!
With over twenty years of experience cutting fantastic projects including: IT’S A SIN (Pictured - which she won a Best Editing BAFTA and RTS Award for), NOLLY, RAGING GRACE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 5 DAYS and DON’T TAKE MY BABY, Sarah is undoubtedly deserving of this award and recognition! A huge congratulations to you!
DON'T MISS 'FEMME' IN CINEMAS TODAY!
Don’t miss the brilliant FEMME, out in cinemas now! NG Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman’s film features BIFA-winning Costume Design by echo’s Buki Ebiesuwa and stars George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett!
'THE SWEET EAST' IS HITTING THE US TODAY!
THE SWEET EAST is hitting US cinemas tomorrow! Lensed and directed by echo DoP Sean Price Williams, his debut feature has had fantastic reviews since it’s world premiere at Cannes Directors' Fortnight. Stay tuned for the film’s UK release, we can’t wait!
ECHO'S KAT MORGAN ANNOUNCED AS 2023 BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH!
We are unbelievably proud of echo Hair + Makeup Designer Kat Morgan, who has been named as one of the BAFTA Breakthroughs of 2023. This recognition for Kat is so hugely deserved.
Still from BLUE JEAN.
It’s long been the case that the hair and make up team are the unofficial therapists of any film and television set. The intimate nature of their work, coupled with being the first ones in and the last ones out, means they can be hugely influential for setting the right mood for the day. The make up truck is also often the choice destination for those who need to just hang out, decompress and have “a wee chit-chat”. That’s the kind of positive environment that Scottish hair and make up designer Kat Morgan wants to cultivate, where everyone feels safe, welcome and can enjoy a good work-life balance.
“It’s important that we promote a good work-life balance, especially for women. I just don’t believe people have to give up parts of their lives for their job. The landscape is changing and that’s down to people like me, heads of department who can cultivate that for those who are up-and-coming.”
“It’s a lot to process that I am [a BAFTA Breakthrough]. I don’t know whether that’s imposter syndrome or not. I never imagined someone like me being somewhere like this. It does feel like validation of who I am, what I do and how I like to work... A lot of love and care went into the making of Blue Jean and the people who made it. It was the right way to do things and it translates on camera and to people all over the world who love it.”
'LOCKERBIE' IS OUT NOW!
Be sure to catch LOCKERBIE on Sky and NowTV! The four part documentary about the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, features Cinematography by echo DoP Will Pugh. Here are the lovely words Will wrote about his time on the project:
John Dower’s LOCKERBIE, produced at Mindhouse for Sky, was shot over 12 months - a long weaving thread from the Isle of Skye, to Lockerbie itself, then on to Zurich, D.C, New York, Paris, Malta, Tunisia and London.
In the world of documentary we seemed to have reached peak style, that is to say doc filmmaking seems to have become about Hollywood lenses & aspect ratios, multiple cameras, gliding gimbals and stylised lighting. On LOCKERBIE we just went back to basics. 16:9. Camera on sticks. Old school. Tell the story.
And what a story. Others will be writing more eloquently about the worst terrorist attack before 9/11. I am just left with a feeling. We went around the world talking to people whose entire lives have been defined by this event. Who, 35 years later, are still deeply haunted, all of whom will go to their graves without knowing the whole truth, without real closure. Today terrorism seems almost accepted as part of the warp & weft of global politics. But really it just represents political failure and nihilism. When you zoom into a single family’s life it represents unimaginable pain and suffering for the rest of their lives. It’s hard not to think of the thousands of people undergoing this appalling transformation at this very moment in Palestine & Israel (and depressingly so many other countries). And yet these people often display unbelievable resilience, courage and humanity.
Congratulations to John who had to pick his way through an unbelievably complicated narrative yet kept his contributors front & centre. Also to Barnaby Fry his talented producer and Clare McFall who came in to take some of the tail pressure off. It’s hard to make a great series without a supportive exec & commissioner, so major props also to Nancy Strang & Poppy Dixon. From me, thanks to the production team at Mindhouse, esp Dejan Cancar & Dami Mabadeje, to my ACs Ben Crossley & Katie Soper, and to DOP Jamie Quantrill for so ably stepping into a couple of gaps!
JAMES BLAKE'S 'BIG HAMMER' MUSIC VIDEO WINS GOLD AT SHOTS!
James Blake’s ‘Big Hammer’ Music Video has won Music Video of the Year: Gold at this year’s Shots Awards! The video was directed by Oscar Hudson, with Cinematography by echo DoP Ruben Woodin Dechamps! Congratulations to everyone behind this fantastic video!
CATCH 'GIRL' IN CINEMAS TODAY!
Don’t miss Adura Onashile’s debut feature GIRL, out in cinemas today! The film has already received great critical reception since it premieres at this year’s festivals, including London Film Festival and Sundance. Look out for the fantastic work by echo artists Costume Designer Kirsty Halliday and Hair + Makeup Designer Kat Morgan!
'AFTERSUN' AWARDED 3 SCOTTISH BAFTAS!
AFTERSUN picked up three awards at the BATFA Scotland Awards earlier this week! Congratulations to the cast and crew behind this brilliant film, including echo artists Costume Designer Frank Gallacher!
'THE VELVETEEN RABBIT' IS OUT NOW!
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT is out today! Cut by echo Editor Sarah Brewerton, the film is based on the 1922 children’s book by Margery Williams!
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON DIRECTS MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SMILE!
Paul Thomas Anderson has directed the latest music video for The Smile ‘Wall of Eyes’, featuring work by echo Costume Designer Susie Coulthard!
BUKI EBIESUWA WINS BEST COSTUME DESIGN BIFA FOR 'FEMME'!
We are so proud of echo Costume Designer Buki Ebiesuwa who has won the Best Costume Design BIFA award for her fantastic work on Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s feature FEMME! Congratulations Buki!