Tom Reilly
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Tom has traveled a varied path through animation, drama and documentary to gather a whole bunch of gongs. He won the New Zealand New Filmmaker of the Year Award 2003 and the Audience Choice Award at the London International Animation Festival 2004. On seeing one of his claymation shorts Saatchi & Saatchi voted Tom onto their New Directors Showcase 2007, the only Kiwi amongst 12 other international directors. It was a stellar starting point to his commercial career. He leaped at the chance to develop his skills in female beauty therapy with his spot for PULP magazine which was a finalist at AXIS and AWARD 2007. His six tvc campaign for Auckland City Mission Xmas Appeal through Publicis Mojo was a finalist in numerous categories at AXIS 2008 and was selected as a finalist at Annecy Animation Festival, France. Tom has a great sense of humour and a truly original take on things. He is more interested the ideas than in the fiscal side and therefore can work well with varied budgets providing they have a strong premise. Tom is now turning his talents to live- action and performance. He has completed live-action campaigns for Griffins and CAANZ through Saatchi and Saatchi and is also doing some funny work for Publicis Mojo and Y&R. |