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Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright


Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright


Edgar Wright’s career began with the cult sitcom “Spaced” which cemented himself as an exciting new creative voice in the British comedy  scene. His first two feature films, “Shaun of The Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”,  delivered back-to-back genre hits with frequent collaborators Simon Pegg  and Nick Frost. 

Edgar then co-wrote, produced and directed the comic book adaptation  “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” in 2010. In 2013 he released “The World’s End”,  the final instalment of what became known as the Cornetto Trilogy, his big  screen partnership with Pegg and Frost. This was followed by the high 

octane heist-thriller “Baby Driver” which grossed over $220 million  worldwide. 

In 2021, Edgar released two features in a single year with the British suspense  thriller “Last Night in Soho” and "The Sparks Brothers" a heartfelt documentary love-letter to the greatest band you've never heard of. 

Beyond the world of Film and TV, Edgar has directed commercials for  SquareSpace, Hotels.com, Nike and McDonalds, and music videos for  artists such as Pharrell Williams, Beck, The Bluetones and Mint Royale. 

Most recently, he Executive Produced a new anime version of the Scott  Pilgrim series with manga creator Bryan Lee O’Malley called “Scott Pilgrim  Takes Off”. The new series premieres on Netflix in November 2023.

Chaka Sobhani

Chaka Sobhani
Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide

Chaka Sobhani

Chaka Sobhani
Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide

Chaka Sobhani is Global Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide and Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett UK and Fallon UK.

Before joining the ad industry, Chaka spent over a decade as an award winning film-maker and in television.

She set up ITV’s first in-house creative agency, during which time the network regained the no.1 position in the UK, created its most successful global formats and content in shows like the X Factor and Downton Abbey, and won the prestigious Channel of the Year for the first time as well as numerous BAFTA’s, Golden Globes and the prestigious Rose D’Or.

Chaka then spent a number of years at leading independent agency Mother, running a number of key accounts and building their content capability, before joining Leo Burnett.She has worked on countless brands including McDonalds, Coca Cola, Google, Kelloggs, Samsung, Boots, Skoda, AXA, Co-op, Tui, Premier Inn, Sky, P&G, General Motors, Stella Artois, National Lottery, Agent Provocateur, The Design Museum and Adidas.

Highly awarded amongst all the major honours, she has been privileged to serve as jury member and President numerous times at the world’s greatest awards shows including Cannes, D&AD, One Show, the Andy’s, Art Directors Club, Eurobest, Clios, LIA’s, the IPA, the Creative Circle and the British Arrows.

She was named Campaign’s Creative Leader 2022, and has featured in Campaigns Top 10 Creative Leaders consistently for the past 5 years, as well as Adweeks Creative 100. During her tenure, Leo Burnett London has won Campaign Agency of the Year 2022, and Leo Burnett Worldwide has been named Network of the Year at Clios, ADC, Dubai Lynx and Spikes, with Leo Burnett Chicago named Agency of the Year 2022 at One Show, D&AD and the Clios. Leo Burnett India were also named Indian Agency of the Year 2022 at Cannes, D&AD and Spikes, with Leo Burnett Middle East winning Most Effective Global Agency at the Effies and Agency of the Year for Dubai at Dubia Lynx in the same year. Chaka is also a regular speaker at Cannes, AdWeek, D&AD, the One Show Exec Summit, Creative Circle, IPA, Creative Equals, Meta’s Internationals Women’s Day Festival and numerous Podcasts.

Chaka sits on the External Affairs Committee for the Design Museum as well as on the board of D&AD, The One Club International Board, the British Arrows, Creative Circle and Facebook EMEA Creative Council, Snapchat Global Creative Council and WARC Advisory Board.

Charlie Gatsky

Charlie Gatsky
Chief Production Officer, Uncommon Creative Studio



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Charlie Gatsky

Charlie Gatsky
Chief Production Officer, Uncommon Creative Studio



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Charlie has consistently worked on award wining work at London’s most creative agencies; most notably as Head of Production at BBH.

Since 2017, she has pursued her love of music working both at Warner Music & Driift - a live streaming events company, which saw her produce shows for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Andrea Bocelli and Niall Horan.

2021 saw her produce her first feature, with artist Nick Cave, ‘This Much I Know To Be True’ directed by Andrew Dominik, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in Feb 2022.

A new feature is due for realese in 2023.

Developing talent has always been important to her and she continues her work as an ambassador to ‘Creativity Works’, a charity specialising in skills for entry level underrepresented talent in the creative sector.

Kristie Girvan

Kristie Girvan
Head of Integrated Production, Creature London


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Kristie Girvan

Kristie Girvan
Head of Integrated Production, Creature London


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Kristie first dipped her toe into the world of advertising at independents and networks in Auckland and Sydney.

In 2008 she produced the first-ever digital project for Sydney International Airport, before leaving the southern hemisphere for the sunny shores of England. On arrival, she met a Spice Girl, won a Promax & became head of stills at C5. Her heart still held a flame for agency life, which led her to The Corner, where she helped build one of the first truly integrated production departments in London. 

There she did all sorts, including using scooters to deliver wifi like pizza, won a 'Good' Lion for 'Heart Immigration', and bossing around Gerard Butler. At Creature, she brings our partnership promise to life: making sure that the right idea comes to life brilliantly, whatever shape or form it may happen to take.

Maxine Hose

Maxine Hose
Head of Production, Grey London


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Maxine Hose

Maxine Hose
Head of Production, Grey London


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Maxine has been in the industry for nearly 20 years, starting in art buying, before transitioning from stills to film production.

She is a multi-award winning, fully integrated producer, truly skilled in all aspects of production, passionate about craft, with well-established industry connections. She has bags of energy and infectious enthusiasm for solutions. She loves nothing more than finding ways to produce ambitious and inspiring creative and prides herself in a no-nonsense approach.

Maxine is currently an Executive Producer at Grey London. She loves cheesecake and hates writing bios.

Melody Sylvester

Melody Sylvester
Chief Production Officer, TBWA London


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Melody Sylvester

Melody Sylvester
Chief Production Officer, TBWA London


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Melody Sylvester entered the industry some 25 years ago now. Her outstanding track record has covered agency producer at Mother, senior animation producer at Nexus and 10 years at Ridley Scott Associates as Executive Producer running animation, fashion, design and art projects. She joined Engine as Head of Film in 2019. There she led a large team of producers and editors in Engine Film, working with clients such as Sky, Santander, Warburtons, EON, Green Flag and Royal Navy. During that time, the work of the team garnered a great deal of attention and awards for work for The Kiyan Prince FoundationBorn FreeWomen’s Aid and Alzheimers Society.

Melody is now the Chief Production Officer at TBWA London, part of the global TBWA collective within Omnicom. She remains committed to making great work for clients, delivering industry change through the craft and nurturing the talent of an even wider creative team within the agency and beyond. Her strong leadership shows a careful balance of sentiment and impact, always hitting the right cultural notes and striving for inclusivity and excellence behind and in front of the camera.

Private Island

Private Island
Production Company where Live Action meets Animation & AI


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Private Island

Private Island
Production Company where Live Action meets Animation & AI


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Amy Charlotte Kean

Amy Charlotte Kean
CEO and Creative Director, Good Shout



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Amy Charlotte Kean

Amy Charlotte Kean
CEO and Creative Director, Good Shout



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Amy Charlotte Kean is a bestselling author, poet, creative sociologist, public speaker, diversity activist, futurist, cult leader, experimenter and rampant people pleaser. Hey, it works.

She’s also founder of Six Things Impossible, a creativity and culture company. If you need fresh ideas, creative experimentation, brand prominence and a recharged company culture that lets imaginations flourish… Six Things Impossible is the only place you should go. I’m not even joking.