Johnny Kelly

Stop motion film launching the new name and logo for Humane World for Animals (formerly The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International).

Sia recorded Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" especially for the film's soundtrack, with all proceeds from the full length track going directly to the Humane World for Animals.

The puppets were designed by Michael Kirkham and built by Sculpt Double.

Client: Humane World for Animals
Executive Producer: Alison Corcoran
Executive Producer: Robin Vancura
Snr Program Director, External Affairs: Donna Gadomski
Snr Principal Strategist, Media Relations: Rodi Rosenweig
Snr Director, Media Relations: Anna West
Snr VP of Communications & Brand: Carrie Allan
Snr Creative Director: Jennifer Beel
Snr Director, Performance Media: Trevor Griffith
Snr VP, Marketing & Growth: Kevin Biondi
Senior VP of Philanthropy: Kimberlee Dinn

Agency: FlyteVu
Consulting Chief Creative Officer: Linda Knight
Creative Director: Lane Latimer
Partner: Laura Hutfless
Partner: Jeremy Holley
General Manager: Sina Seger
Director of Content Production: Kaetlin Fehl
Production Coordinator: Mary Spaulding
Account Coordinator: Ashley Nguyen
Project Manager: Renee Bearb
VP of Talent & Partnerships: Ally Venable
Snr Director of Talent & Partnerships: Jen Amendola
Talent & Partnerships Coordinator: Reiley Beers
Music Licensing: Laura Fuller
VP of PR: Brooke Vane
Snr Director of PR: Brittany Canty
Snr Manager of PR: Sharon Okaah

Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Johnny Kelly
Executive Producer: Julia Parfitt, Ryan Goodwin-Smith
Senior Producer: Isobel Conroy
Production Manager: Ruyi Meer
VFX Supervisor & Lead Compositor: Gareth Tredrea
CG Supervisor: Mark Davies
Art Director: Melanie Climent
Character Designer: Michael Kirkham
2D Animator: Marylou Mao
Matte Painter: Melanie Climent
Compositors: Hugo Vieites Caamaño, Chiara Feriani, Alex Gaudiano, Valérie Guichard
Editor: Andrea Zantiras
Head of Studio: Gérman Diez
Head of Production: Rachel Moss
Creative Development: Delfina Maria
Creative Manager: Jade Duncan Knight
Image Researcher: Alyaa Ridha
Production Runner: Gianluca Scatto
Pipeline: Tom Melson, Michael Bond
IT: Jeremy Parnell, Vinny Donadio
PR & Marketing: Nancy Edmondson, Bruce Bigg, Alyaa Ridha
Clean Up: Team VFX Artist

Director of Photography: Toby Howell
1st AD: Robert Thorpe
1st AC: Mark Swaffield
Gaffer: Aldo Camilleri
Sparks: Rob Collins, Dominik Palgan
Moco Op: Max Halstead
Animators: Tobias Fouracre, Mark Waring
Animation Rigger: Robin Jackson
Model Making: Sculpt-Double
Lead Model Maker: Nathan Flynn
Model Makers: Kat Probert, Rachel Brown, Joshua Flynn
Art Director: Gordon Allen
Assistant Art Directors / Puppet Maintenance: Jasmine Nixon, Rosie Tonkin, Sarah Crombie
Stop Motion Studio: Clapham Road Studios
Studio Manager: Daisy Garside
Studio Assistants: Laura Puig, Ben Côté
Software Engineer: Jonathan Hearn
Medic: Helen Turner
LED Screens: Hire Intelligence
Courier: Don Garland
Intern: Billy Fouracre

Grade Studio: Halo Post
Colourist: Duncan Russell
Grade Assistant: Caoimhe McCarthy
Post Producer: Will Garbutt
BTS Film by: Juliette Dalton at 2Dice
BTS Titles: Erwin van den IJssel
Composition Title: Solsbury Hill
Composer: Peter Gabriel
Artist: Sia
Producer: Greg Kurstin
Sound Studio: Lime Studios
Sound Design and Mix: Tom Paolantonio
Producer: Cassie Underwood

The film was shot over 9 days at Clapham Road Studios in London.

A film for Back Market that encourages people to reconsider how they buy their tech, starring Monster. This is a combination of live action puppetry, 2D facial animation, stop motion and anything else we could get our hands on.

A lovely bunch of people worked on this, to name but a few: James Noellert designed the human characters. Andy Gent and his team made the puppets and some sets. Other sets were made by Aslyum.

The film was shot over 6 days in Arch Model Studio in London.

Client: Back Market
Co-Founder & CCO: Vianney Vaute
Strategic Advisor: Seth Farbman
Creative Director: Jeff Johnson
Creative Director: Steve Peck
Head of US Marketing: Woody Wright
Executive Producer: Melanie Baublis
Strategic Consultant: Jeff Kenyon
Lead Art Director: Victor Antonelli
Head of Content: Eugena Ossi
Expert Copywriter: Adam Pasulka
Hannah Laloum: Creative Studio Manager
Lucy Hargrove: Social Media Manager

Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Johnny Kelly
Executive Producer: Josephine Gallagher
Executive Producer: Camila de Biaggi
Senior Producer: Josephine Gallagher
Production Manager: Ruyi Meer
Production Assistant: Max Bigg
VFX Supervisor & Lead Compositor: Germán Diez
Studio CG Supervisor: Mark Davies
Editor: Dave Slade
Art Directors: Melanie Climent & Callum Strachan
Character Designer: James Noellert
2D Animators: Chris Cray, Joe Sparkes, Matt Partridge
Motion Graphics Animation: Bethany Levy, Abel Kohen
Compositors: Gareth Tredrea, Hugo Vieites Caamano, Sacha Danjou, Sander Saks, Victori Jalabert, Alexandre Gaudiano
Storyboards: Richard Buxton
PR & Marketing: Valentina Tarelli, Nancy Edmondson, Isobel Wise, Stephanie Anjo

Puppet & Set Build: Arch Model Studio
Sets & Puppets: Andy Gent, Lisa Hill
Set Build: Asylum
Set Supervisor: Peter Tilbe
Set Technician: Josh Guess, Tom Bull, Daniel Tynan

Director of Photography: Matt Fox
1st AD: Robert Thorpe
Production Manager: Rhian Gwenlan
Runner: Kai Rajakulasingam
2nd AC: Rosamund Freeman
Grip: Kevin Foy
DIT: Phoebe Frazer
CCTV Operator: Liam Coles
Focus Puller: Ben Jones
Gaffer: Paul Allen
Electricians: Jono Yates, Bill Rae Smith, Michael Smit, Ed Riley, Tim Jordan, Auxane Verdier, Ana Krkljus
Catering: Lords of Poké
Behind The Scenes: Juliette Dalton @ 2Dice Productions
Medics: Simon Lee, Paul Mawson

Lead Puppeteer: Tim Cherry Jones
Puppeteers: Shakara Carter, Kim Scopes
Lead Animator: Tobias Fouracre
1st AC (stop motion): George Warren
Set Maintenance: Mark Chippington
Puppet Maintenance: Sofia Serrano

Grade: Aubrey Woodiwiss
Post house: Untold Studios
Grade Producer: Simon Downie
Voice Over: Geoff Grimwood, Pacific Blain
Sound Design and Mix: Jon Clarke
Audio Producer: Ciara Wakley
Sound Studio: Factory
Music Composition: Q Department

Four films that encourage kids to be kinder to each other. Cheerios and 72andSunny commissioned songwriter Walter Martin to write some lovely songs and I was given the task of directing them.

I gave a talk about this project for It’s Nice That which you can watch here.

I roped in illustration collective Nous Vous to design the characters and handed these over to model maker Andy Gent and his team to bring them to life, creating a cast of 98 crazy little puppets. Over an intense 3 days in Clapham Road Studios, we shot over 70 setups.

Client: Cheerios

Agency: 72andSunny
Executive Creative Director: Justine Armour
Creative Director: Devon Hong
Senior Writer: Eric Dennis
Senior Writer: Hunter Fine
Senior Designer: Gustavo Dao
Senior Designer: Jon Randazzo
Group Brand Director: Sveta Doucet
Brand Director: Caitlin Patrick
Brand Director: Alexia Schwartz
Brand Manager: Dylan Levy
Brand Manager: Blake Eisenberg
Brand Coordinator: Anne MacKay
Director of Production: Lora Schulson
EP, Interactive: Vishal Dheiman
EP, Film: Julia Lafferty
Producer: Samira Mostofi
Interactive Producer: Erica Kirsch
Sr Partnerships & Legal: Marissa Burnett

Production Company: Nexus Studios
ECD / Co-Founder: Chris O’Reilly
Director: Johnny Kelly
Senior Producer: Isobel Conroy
Production Manager: Rebecca Archer
Lead / Supervisor: Mark Davies
Character Design: Nous Vous
Environment Design: Callum Strachan
Compositing / Tracking: Germán Díez, Ken Hau, Chris Glew, Ewelina Freuer, Gareth Tredrea, Gökçecan Gürsoy, Robin Yoojin Rhee, Peter Bailey
Editor: David Slade

Puppet and Set Fabrication: Andy Gent
Art Department: Marina Ralph, Mich Chippington, Robin Jackson, Sofia Serrano, Nadine Patterson, Colin Armitage, Peter le Pard, Tom Sinden, Maggie Hayden, Nathalie Ellner, Jade Gerrard, Ola Kucharska

1st Assistant Director: George Cassavetti
Director Of Photography: Matthew Day
Camera Assistant: Toby Goodyear
DIT: Matthew Hutchings
Gaffer: Max Halstead
Lead Puppeteer: Matthew Cooper
Assistant Puppeteer: Molly Freeman
CRS Studio Managers: Elizabeth Day, Jen Newman
BTS Cameraman: James Alexander
Catering: Konrad & Cissi Hammarborg
2D Animation: Alasdair Brotherston

Music: Walter Martin
Music Supervisor: Jessica Dierauer
Sound Design And Mix: Mark Hills @ Factory
Special Thanks: Elizabeth Day

A stop-motion animated film about farming commissioned by Chipotle Mexican Grill, a follow up to ‘Back to the Start’.

10 years after the last film, ‘A Future Begins’ tells the story of a farmer struggling to sustain his ethically-run family farm until his son returns to take over, introducing technology and sustainable growing techniques, modelled off Chipotles own suppliers. The soundtrack is a cover of Coldplay’s “Fix You” sung by Grammy Award–winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves.

The film was shot over 6 weeks in Clapham Road Studios in London. The puppets were created by Sculpt Double.

Client: Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMO: Chris Brandt
VP, Brand Marketing: Stephanie Perdue
Sr. Director, Brand Marketing: Michael Kotick
Creative Director: Shelley Sheppard
Sr. Manager, Art Director: Bianca Pettinicchi

Agency: Observatory

Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Johnny Kelly
Senior Producer: Isobel Conroy
Production Manager: Nicole Lopez
Production Assistant: Delfina Maria
Art Director: Melanie Climent
Storyboards: Johnny Kelly
3D Previs: Mark Davies, Steve White
3D Previs Modeller: Fabien Glasse
Studio Technical Lead: Mark Davies
Lead Compositor: Germán Diez
Compositors: Osman Baloglu, Dalvir Matharu, Gareth Tredrea

DOP: Toby Howell
1st AD: Robert Thorpe
Moco Operator: James Gillett
Camera Assistant: Max Halstead
Gaffer: Aldo Camilleri
Best Boy: Genki McClure
Lead Animators: Gary Cureton, Matthew Cooper
Additional Animator: Tobias Fouracre
Animation assistant: Ieuan Lewis
Animation Rigger: Robin Jackson
Puppet Makers: Joshua Flynn, Nathan Flynn @ Sculpt Double
Puppet Model Makers: Laura Tofarides, Rachel Brown @ Sculpt Double

Art Director: Gordon Allen
Assistant Art Director: Jasmine Nixon
Sculptor and Scenic painter: Araba Ocran
Modelmakers: Areeya Bass, Connor Chung
Laser cut prep: Collette Pidgeon
Laser cutting: Ewen Dickie
Standby Art dept/ Set Dressing: Rosie Tonkin, Brin Frost
Stage Construction: Ben Côté
Scenic and props painter: Richard Davidson
Studio Manager: Daisy Garside
BTS Cameraman: Thomas Heleta
BTS Editor: Dave Slade
Covid Officer / Medic: Paul Mortimer
Team Sustenance / Cleaner: Valerie
Catering: Konrad’s Kitchen

Music: Kacey Musgraves
Music Production: Ian Fitchuk Daniel Tashian Kacey Musgraves
Additional Production: The Elements Music
Recording and mix: Craig Alvin
Additional Mix: Source Sound Inc & The Elements Music
Sound Design: Fonic
Sound Supervisor: Barnaby Templer
Sound Designer and Dubbing Mixer: Christopher Swaine
Foley Recordist: Rory Hunter
Foley Artist: Sue Harding
Sound Assistant: Ryan Kelly
Audio Post Production Coordinator: Eugénie Dunster
Published by: Universal Music – MGB Songs on behalf of Universal Music Publishing: MGB Limited (ASCAP)
Written by: Chris Martin
Written by: Guy Berryman
Written by: Will Champion
Written by: Jonathan Buckland
Published By: Universal Music – MGB Songs
Produced by: Kacey Musgraves
Produced by: Ian Fitchuk
Produced by: Daniel Tashian
Mixed by: Craig Alvin
Vocals: Kacey Musgraves
Drums: Ian Fitchuk
Keyboards: Ian Fitchuk
Acoustic Guitar: Todd Lombardo
Programming: Daniel Tashian
Production Coordinator: Kristen Clark
Engineered by: Craig Alvin
Additional Engineer: Josh Moore
Engineered by: Zack Pancoast
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Mastering Engineer: Steve Fallone
Background Vocals: Daniel Tashian
Guitar: Daniel Tashian
Keyboards: Daniel Tashian
Programming: Ian Fitchuk
Cello: Nathaniel Smith, Vincent Pedulla
Drums, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Piano, Ukulele, Violin: Vincent Pedulla

A woman loses her husband, and finds a potted plant.

'Fern' is a short film commissioned by Channel 4 starring Monica Dolan.

This black comedy charts the complicated and intense love that grows between a woman and a plant. It’s situated entirely inside one woman's apartment, in the weeks following her husband’s death.

Woman: Monica Dolan
Man: Frank Bourke
Old Woman: Helena Jinx Jones

Writer / Director: Johnny Kelly
Produced By: Greet Kallikorm
Executive Producers: Isobel Conroy, Christopher O'Reilly, Charlotte Bavasso
Development Producer: Claire Cook
Production Manager: Caroline Milsom
Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director of Photography: Matthew Day
Editor: Charlie Fawcett

Production Design: The Joy of Sets
Art Directors: Jess Linares, Alex Grant Said
1st Assistant Director: George Cassavetti
Gaffer: Max Halstead
Focus Puller: Toby Goodyear
Puppet Maker: Rose Popham
Puppeteer: Kim Scopes
Costume Designer: Nat Turner
Hair and Make Up: Siobhan Harper Ryan
Horticulturist at Worm: Terri Chandler
Title Design: Simon Sweeney
Runner: Iris Abols
Catering: Floyd's Catering
Lighting and Camera Equipment: Clapham Road Studios

Sound Post Production Services: Factory
Supervising Sound Designer: Jon Clarke
Sound Design Assistant: James Utting
Audio Producer: Lou Allen
Original Music: Antfood
On Set Sound Recordist: Filipe Pinheiro
Colour Grade: Time Based Arts
Colourist: Simone Grattarola
Post Production: Nexus Studios
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Ken Hau
Additional Digital Animation: Bin Liu
Offline Editor: Dave Slade

Thanks To:
Jennifer Chan, Elizabeth Day, Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Jo Bierton, Fernanda Garcia Lopez, Julio Bonet, Judy Hill, Elliott Kajdan, Lucy Mitchell, Richard Taylor, Work, The Kelly family

A stop-motion animated film about farming commissioned by Chipotle Mexican Grill.

The film shows the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory, before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable future.

Willie Nelson recorded a cover version of Coldplay's song, 'The Scientist', especially for the film's soundtrack.

Client: Chipotle

Agency: CAA and Chipotle

Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Johnny Kelly
Exec Producer: Cedric Gairard , Chris O’Reilly Charlotte Bavasso
Producer: Liz Chan
Production Managers: Claire Thompson, Alistair Pratten
3D Previs Lead: Mark Davies
3D Previs Modelling: Wayne Kresil
Compositors: Alasdair Brotherston, John Taylor

Director of Photography: Matthew Day
Camera Assistant: Max Halstead
Model Assistant: Joe James
Electrician: Aldo Camileri
Model Rigger: Gary Faulkner
Character Animator: Gary Cureton
Set Animator: Matthew Cooper
Studio Manager: Elizabeth Day

Production Designer: Graham Staughton
Art Department: Gordon Allen, Ben Côté, Joe Kirton
Models: Bob @ Artem

Music Supervision: David Leinhart at Duotone Audio
Music Producers: Justin Stanley and Doyle Bramhall
Content Manager: Liz Graves
Artist: Willie Nelson
Sound Design: Barnaby Templer @Fonic

A little suitcase follows her dreams.

I directed this fun adventure for AIB bank, brought to life using a fully puppeteered bag (named Casey).

Client: AIB
Chief Marketing Officer: Mark Doyle
Head of Marketing, Consumer: Paul Fisher
Marketing Manager, Consumer: Claire Lynch
Brand Manager, Personal Credit: Aine Brady

Agency: Droga5
Head of Production: Margaret Levingstone
Executive Producer: Jessica Derby
Agency Producer: Jen Wu
Executive Creative Director: Alan Kelly
Creative Director: Stephen Rogers
Senior Copywriter: James Pash
Senior Finished Artist: Mickey Hughes
Business Director: Jimi McGrath
Senior Account Director: Emily Lyons
Account Manager: Amy Harrington
Account Executive: Dairiona Ryan
Director of Strategy: Patrick Ronaldson
Strategy: Tara Finnegan

Production Company: Antidote
Director: Johnny Kelly
Producer: Andrew Freedman
Line Producer: Glen Collins
Production Coordinator: Paula Stewart
Assistant Coordinator: Emer Molloy
Director of Photography: Matt Fox
Production Designer: Joe Fallover
Puppeteer: Damien Farrell
Assistant puppeteer: Colin Purves

Locations Manager: Peter Conway
1st Assistant Director: Nick Thomas
3rd Assistant Director: Conor Flannery
2nd AC / DIT: Peter Delaney
Grip: Jimmy Gillen
Video Assist: Will Rothschild
Video Assist Asst: James Fagan
Standby Props: Harrie Fallover
Prop Buyer: Jeannie O’ Brien
SFX Coordinators: Martin Fitzpatrick and Liam McDonald
Gaffer: Addo Gallagher
Electricians: James Doyle and Joseph Mylotte

Production Manager: Ivan “Kebapa” Ivanov
Location Managers: Ivaylo Genov and Stefan Mutafchiev
POC: Monika Spasova
Production Assistant: Nasko Atanasov
1st Assistant Director: Edis Seliminski
3rd Assistant Director: Vanina Gerova
Casting: Kristiya Tombusheva
1st AC “A” camera: Boryana Papazova
2nd AC “A” camera: Zdravko Shalichev
Video Control: Angel Babarev
Key Grip: Vihar Nikolov
Gaffer: Petar Kostov
Prop Master: Vasil Ivanov
Stand By Props: Teodor Tomov
SFX Coordinator: Antonia Tocheva
Key SFX Technician: Jivko Delchev
Costume Designer: Sergei Yordanov

Post House: Screen Scene
Editor: Jake Walshe
Post Production Supervisor: Anne Marie Downs
VFX Supervisor: Allen Sillery
Music: Woodwork Music
Composer: Philip Kay
Sound Design: Jon Clarke @ Factory UK
Audio Producer: Deborah Whitfield
Colourist: Gary Curran @ Outer Limits

A stop motion title sequence for Dutch science show "Het Klokhuis" (The Apple Core). It is the longest running youth television show in The Netherlands, covering everything from the history of dinosaurs to how an iPhone is made.

Client: NTR

Agency: KesselsKramer
Creative Team: Christian Borstlap
Agency Producer: Pieter Leendertse

Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Johnny Kelly
Executive Producers: Christopher O'Reilly & Charlotte Bavasso
Producer: Luke Youngman
Production Manager: Jo Bierton
Creative Development: Beccy McCray

Model-maker: Jethro Haynes
3D printed model design: Ben Cowell, Matt Clark
Animators: Matthew Cooper, Tine Kluth
Runner: Xaver Böhm
Compositing: Alasdair Brotherston
Director of Photography: Matthew Day
Filmed at: Clapham Road Studios

Music: Harry Bannink
Sound Design: FC Walvisch Amsterdam