Ed Edwards is an advertising executive and filmmaker.

Career

Ed Edwards has created commercials for companies including

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, the

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, and

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. In 2003, he won the

D&AD Design and Art Direction (D&AD), formerly known as British Design and Art Direction, is a British educational organisation that was created in 1962 to promote excellence in design and advertising. Its main offices are in Spitalfields in London. I ...

Yellow Pencil for the BBC "Love of Life" campaign. He directed the Yoomoo "Ice Skater" commercial produced by Donnie Masters of Serious Pictures, Viasat Film Channel "Love Christmas" (which was nominated for a

Promax Award The Promax Awards (also known as the PromaxBDA Awards) honor promotion, design, and marketing by a company or individual that is broadcast, published, or released in their respective markets. Promax International/BPME (branded as "Promax") sponsor ...

in 2013), MTV Rocks "Car Guitar", and the cinema ad "Pamina" for the charity Against Breast Cancer. Edwards is the co-founder of Ragged Crow, an independent film production company with producer and writer Sam Edwards. He has directed several short films, including ''Solstice'' (2008) (which he co-wrote), ''Bad Obsession'' (2009), ''Doggoy'' (2009) (which he wrote), and ''Insomnia'' (2010) (which he co-wrote). His short film ''War Dance'' (2011) was nominated in the newcomer category at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2011 and screened at the Portobello Film Festival 2011,

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International Film Festival 2011,

Aesthetica Short Film Festival The Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) is an international film festival which takes place annually in York, England, at the beginning of November. Founded in 2011, it is a celebration of independent film from around the world, and an outle ...

2011, where it was also nominated, and the

London Short Film Festival The London Short Film Festival, founded in 2004, is a film festival held annually at various locations in London, in January. The festival celebrates short film production. Each year the festival appoints an international jury who award prizes wor ...

2012 and subsequently qualified for BAFTA. Edwards' first feature film as a director was '' Stealing Elvis'' (2010) ^{/sup> which debuted at the Portobello Film Festival

The Portobello Film Festival is an independent international film festival based in London, which annually premiers over 700 new films, including feature films, features, short films, shorts, documentaries, music films, and animation. Additionall ...
, where it was nominated for Best Soundtrack, was the opening film at the London Independent Film Festival

The London Independent Film Festival is a British film festival that takes place annually in April. It was founded by Erich Schultz and specialises in low-budget independent films. It offers a screenplay competition and distribution fair.
Hist ...
2011, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the London United Film Festival 2012 (The United Film Festivals) and won an award in the Best Crime Drama category at the Indie Gathering International Film Festival 2012.

'' The Promoter'' was Edwards' second feature film, which debuted at the London Independent Film Festival in 2013, going on to win both the Grand Jury and the Audience Award at the London United Film Festival 2013 as well as being nominated Best Documentary at the Indie Gathering 2013, and Best Rock & Roll Film at the Portobello Film Festival 2013.

Edwards' debut photography exhibition was at The Society Club, Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century.

The area was develop ...
, London W1 in October 2011. Entitled ''Iron Horse'', it displayed a series of 19 limited edition (x10) photographs depicting images of rockers, bikers, and their motorcycles. He has had a series of photographs printed in ''Plectrum-TCP May'', 2012, Issue 12, and in ''Vive Le Rock'' magazine, Vive Le Valentine, Issue 2012.

References

External links

Edwards at IMDb

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Advertising directors
British film directors
Living people
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