Top 10 Filmmakers in Cornwall (2024)
As new businesses come to Cornwall and existing businesses look to reimagine their digital strategy the demand for quality film makers in Cornwall has never been higher.
Luckily, there’s no shortage of good talent and as filmmakers in Cornwall ourselves we’re proud to call a lot of them our friends.
We'll provide a breakdown of the different services each film maker offers and highlight particular talents including drone videography, in-water videography, documentary, and branded filmmaking.
What’s In this Blog?
1. How To Pick A Filmmaker in Cornwall
2. Top 10 Filmmakers In Cornwall
3. Here Now Films
4. Twin Fin Film Co
5. Oatey Media
6. Tin & Copper Media
7. Ben Battell
8. Atlas Film Co
9. Bull & Wolf
10. Crow Creative
11. Best Drone Filmmakers
12. Drone Overview
13. Bad Wolf Horizon
How we picked the top 10 filmmakers in Cornwall…
It’s really hard to work out who to trust and who not to trust with your brand.
In the end of the day a film is one of the most valuable pieces of marketing you can ever make, done badly… it’s a huge waste of money.
Our top ten filmmakers were selected based on the following criteria:
Quality and creativity of their previous work
Reputation and client testimonials
Range and diversity of services offered
Experience working with businesses and marketing campaigns
Availability and adaptability to different project scopes and budgets
Top 10 Filmmakers in Cornwall…
Yep that’s us!
Me (Ed) and Ollie have been making films in Cornwall, and across the rest of the UK, for over 5 years.
You may think it’s a little unfair putting ourselves first on the list but we’re proud to be one of Cornwall’s most trusted filmmakers.
We can back this up with the lovely bunch of clients we’ve worked with over the years including:
FatFace, AirBnB, The Eden Project, The Tate and The Cornwall Wildlife Trust to name just a few.
We’ve also got over twenty seven five star reviews on Google from our previous happy customers.
At Here Now Films we help our clients with the following:
Brand films: We’ve spent the last five years creating bespoke brand films that take many shapes and forms. From hard hitting commercials to subtle blends of documentary and brand film to create a genre we like to called a docummercial.
Events: We work across the country filming events, conventions and festivals to share brilliant, engaging and important moments for years to come.
Documentary: It was documentary film that first inspired us to go into film and is one of the main reasons we make films today. We live and breath documentary film. Over the last few years we’ve delivered documentaries to BBC World, BBC South West, The Tate and number of Cornish companies looking to add a new dimension to their storytelling.
Drone videography: Big drone, small drone, fast drone… what ever you need. For any job we can’t do we can put you in touch with some of Cornwall’s very best drone pilots.
In-Water Videography: Filming in water is no small feat. We’re a group of water trained filmmaking experts with a track record of working in the sea. We use state of the art dive housings shooting on 4k cameras to ensure your water sequences don’t let you down.
Here are a few of our most recent projects…
FatFace
We had the privilege of spearheading the production of FatFace's 2023 Spring campaign, which was a brilliant opportunity, given the reputation of the brand in the UK.
Our team was tasked with the challenge of creating a documentary-style advertisement that embodied the sophisticated and refined aesthetic of their fashion campaign. We are proud to share that we exceeded expectations, delivering a result that truly encapsulated the essence of the FatFace brand.
Our films for the Spring campaign have been prominently featured on FatFace's website and are being showcased across major stores, serving as a testament to the success of the collaboration. We are really pleased with the outcome and grateful for the opportunity to have partnered with such an authentic bunch of people.
Centrical
We had the privilege of producing two high-impact testimonial videos for Centrical, one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world. Our objective was to showcase the remarkable power, connectivity, and capabilities of their software to potential customers.
We're stoked to report that Centrical was exceedingly satisfied with the final outcome, going as far as to proclaim them the best videos they've ever had. This overwhelmingly positive feedback is always great to hear.
Following the success of the testimonial videos, we've continued to forge ahead with Centrical on an array of projects. Working with such an ambitious company has been a great experience, and we're looking forward to a continued partnership moving forward.
St. Eval Candles
St Eval candles are one of Cornwall’s most loved brands. They produce environmentally concious candles from their family home on the North Coast of Cornwall. Once run from their kitchen they’ve now expanded to transform their local sheep barns into a state of the art factory over looking the North Atlantic. We spent a week with St Eval to capture the essence of this family business run for the benefit of the local community and environment. St Eval were over the moon with the end product and are looking to produce another film with us later on in the year.
Today, we work on films large and small, from local brands to household names. If you have a project that you want to chat, we’d love to hear from you. Just get in touch through the button below to see how we can hep you.
2. Twin Fin Film Co
Founded by Filmmaker Adam Watson, Twin Fin Film Co is an all singing all dancing film studio capable of Water based and arial videography. Adam’s cut his creative teeth on creating fast turnaround, emotive short films for local companies and brands. Adam’s our go to for all things drone and in water.
Adam’s clients include Surfers Against Sewage, Berghaus, Flite and Big Blue Ocean Cleanup.
3. Oatey Media
Sam Oatey is one of Cornwall’s most trusted creative personalities. His films are known by the whole creative community and he’s renown for being not only incredibly competent but just a general top guy. Sam’s main line of work has been in transforming the visual identity of farming, agricultural, industrial and manufacturing companies. If you thought a factory couldn’t be sexy… think again. Sam’s now beginning to branch out and show his skills across the creative board in the form of events documentary, character profiles and more.
Sam’s clients include Hello Fresh, Teagle Machinery, Harper Adams College and Claas Tractors
4. Tin & Copper
Run my Morgan Cartlidge, Tin & Copper is a full service video production and film making company offering a range of services from social media shorts and tactical films through to full blown festival media packages and documentaries for film buff. The name Tin and Copper is a nod to where the value of Cornwall once lay and is a waypoint for where the future value will come… from the creative talent that now call Cornwall home. As well as being a great film maker Morgan is also a qualified drone pilot and one of Cornwall’s leading photographers.
Morgan’s clients include Rock Oyster Festival, FatFace, Berghaus and Sharps Brewery
5. Ben Battell
We cam across Ben recently and instantly wished we’d met him sooner. Not only is Ben a great filmmaker he’s a photographer, in water videographer and really competent editor. Ben’s knowledge a an in water surf photographer is no joke… he had the most read article on the subject on the internet and has worked with some serious brands. Based In Newquay, Ben is as at home on a full blown London based production set as he his working with a local jewellery company needing some socials.
Previous clients include: Reef, Peta, Pineapple Island and Cornwall’s ver own Tarquins Gun.
6. Atlas Film Co
Founded and run by the lovely Samuel Davies Atlas Film Co is a serious production outfit. Sam began his trade as a creative director in London where he rubbed shoulders with the legendary Brother Film Co, an iconic London based film company admired by creatives around the UK. Standing on his own two creative feet Sam has delivered standout productions for the likes of IWC and has worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Sam’s a bit of a secret Gem in Cornwall as he works mainly in London but with his studio being based in Newquay you’d be silly not to give him a shout.
Previous clients include: Faberge, IWC, BBC Earth, ITV & Strava to name just a few.
7. Bull & Wolf
No list of film makers in Cornwall would be complete without Joe and Chris from Bull and Wolf. Bull & Wolf are one of the UK’s leading video production agencies for the corporate and education sector. Trusted by the likes of Circular (you know, those reusable coffee flasks that EVERYONE uses) on an ongoing basis and clients like Truro and Penwith collage for the curations of a cinema advert. Bull and wolf can do anything from animation, photography and video to photography, creative direction and more. Oh… and they’re also a B corp which is great.
8. Crow Creative
Founded by Fionn Crow, Crow creative is a brilliant local film crew with years of experience delivering film large and small. They’re actually an offshoot off of a very succesful documentary studio that makes films for the likes of Nat Geo and BBC. This is great as it means you get the quality and skill of some of the world’s top creative talent helping with you Cornwall based project.
Best Drone Pilots in Cornwall…
9. Drone Overview
Joe Lawson is a on stop shop for any arial project, his studio is like a scene out of James Bond with every flying contraption you could possibly ever imagine. On top of that, he’s also a damn good pilot. Drone videography is no simple task and you need a steady, experienced hand when flying a metal camera, with spinning blades, a meter above the ground at 50 miles per hour.
Joe’s previous clients include some of the biggest car companies in the world, Virgin and many others.
10. Bad Wolf Horizon
Tom Wadsworth is one of Cornwall’ brightest creative talent. He began flying drone before they were cool and made a career for himself flying the FPV drones (the small ones that go reaaaally fast). If that wasn’t enough he started driving them through the windows of moving cars, around huge indoor spaces and down epic landscapes all in the name of pushing drones to the limit. Tom and Joe work really closely together and are some of the best pilots the UK has to offer.
Previous clients include: Apple, Lego, Ford, The National Trust and many others.
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