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Live action direction. CGI direction. Creative direction. Cinematography. Editing. Post production.

Guy Nisbett is an award winning, multi-skilled freelance director of ads, content and corporates, for global brands.

Trained at BBC Television, he directed a string of top ten music videos before moving into advertising, combining live action, motion graphics and CGI with award winning results. Alongside work with larger crews and post-production facilities, he began shooting and editing many of his films, pushing the boundaries of multi-skilled production. His work spans automotive, luxury, travel, architecture, technology, lifestyle, documentary and more, using location and studio shooting, green screen, drones, voice over, interviews, motion graphics, CGI, 360 and VR. A multi-skilled approach allows him to work flexibly with both large and small teams. All the way from developing creative treatments and scripting, to directing live action and CGI, and delivering remotely from his own suite. He is based in the City of London, UK.

Selected clients
 

 
 

Showreel

Live Action and CGI Direction

Work for Land Rover, Honda, British Airways, Santander, Gtech, Hewlett Packard, Earth+Sky, Molton Brown, Aspria, Expo2020, Populous, Alcatel-Lucent, Ripper Street, Hotpoint & Reto Moto.

Recent Awards

Virgin O2 + Carers UK

WINNER OF TWO EVCOM FILM AWARDS, 2022
NOMINATED FOR TWO EVCOM CLARION AWARDS, 2022

To launch the partnership of Virgin O2 and Carers UK, a dramatised story based on interviews with three carers, with an uplifting twist.

Director & Creative: Guy Nisbett

Production Company: Taylor Made Media
Client: Virgin O2
Producer: Sophie Taylor
Head of Production: Ian McGinty
DoP: Steve Moss
Sound recordist: Sam Diamond
Editing and Post: Guy Nisbett

Technology

Levidian - LOOP

Levidian’s clever technology turns the greenhouse gas methane into hydrogen and graphene. Clean energy, and a building block for advanced materials. See how it works in this CGI film, directed for INK.

Director & Creative: Guy Nisbett


Production Company: INK
CGI Production: INK
Client: LEVIDIAN

 

Fashion

Resort 2021

A social, online and in-store campaign for the EUDON CHOI Resort 2021 collection, exploring the boundaries of film and photography with a series of seamless, slow motion loops.

Client: EUDON CHOI

 

Formula 1

The London Grand Prix by Santander

World Champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button imagine a London F1 street race, in an award winning live action and CGI film, directed, scripted and cut by Guy Nisbett.

Production Company & CGI Production: INK

Motion Graphics: Territory Studio

Client: Santander

 

Technology

The Gtech Mountain eBike

Live action, motion graphics and drones in Snowdonia, with voice over provided by Gtech’s founder, Nick Grey. Directed and cut by Guy Nisbett.

Production Company: INK

Client: Gtech

 

Lifestyle

HP Envy X2

Everything you can do with with the Envy x2, including shoot yourself dancing.

Directed and cut by Guy Nisbett

Agency: AMVBBDO

Client: HP

 

Luxury

Molton Brown - Tobacco Absolute

Botanist Dr. Mark Spencer explains the allure of the tobacco plant, from a series of films exploring the ingredients of their perfumes.

Directed, shot, and cut by Guy Nisbett.

Production Company: Connected Pictures

Client: Molton Brown

 

Design

BA - Behind the Design

For the launch of the redesigned British Airways cabin, we go ‘behind the design’, to show the passion and attention to detail of the designers, as well as their influences in luxury products.

Directed, shot, and cut by Guy Nisbett.

Production Company: Connected Pictures

Client: British Airways

 

Architecture

The Copyright Building

An interview lead film without talking heads, based on audio recordings of the architects in conversation with the director.

Following its successful launch, The Copyright Building is set to become the UK headquarters of Netflix.

Directed, shot, cut and graded by Guy Nisbett.

Production Company: INK

Client: Piercy&Co

 

Automotive

Land Rover Future Technologies

Scripted and directed by Guy Nisbett, the Discovery Vision Concept is brought to life using CGI, voice over, and artful sound design.

Production Company & CGI Production: INK

Client: Land Rover

 

VR / 360

ENEC Nuclear Reactor Tour

Designed to be viewed in 3D using the Samsung Gear, this 360 film gives a guided tour of the Barakah reactor, explaining how electricity is generated.

Scripted and directed by Guy Nisbett, the film offers an audience of students and school children a compelling and comfortable experience of VR.

On mobile devices, for the best experience watch the film in the YouTube app, here.

Production Company & CGI Production: INK

Client: ENEC

 
 

Architecture

Winstanley & York Road Masterplan

The masterplan for a new district in south west London is brought to life with CGI, motion graphics and voice over in a film scripted, directed and cut by Guy Nisbett.

Production Company & CGI Production: INK

Client: Balfour Beatty

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