Fern Berresford is a London based director and photographer.
A storyteller with work spanning across film, music videos, TV commercials and photography.
Fern’s work combines clever concepts with beautifully bold aesthetics.
She has a witty and distinctive visual style, often creating quirky characters that belong to the weird and wonderful worlds she constructs.
Whatever the medium, film, TV or photography, Fern’s imagery is full of atmosphere and cinematic drama.
Her work has been recognised across the industry picking up 2 British Arrows for her commercial work, a film funding prize from Ideas Tap, a nomination for the Young Directors Award at the Cannes Lions and her first film ‘Man Made’ was the winner of Best Film at the Women In Film Festival.
Fern’s photography has also received numerous awards including D&AD, Creative Circle and the International Photography Awards in New York and has most recently been selected as a winner of the British Journal Of Photography’s ‘Female in Focus Awards’.
Fern is represented by Fat Lemon.
Projects
- LinkedIn - Find Your Space300 cast, 100 crew, 5 days shooting, 16 locations; just a few of the key ingredients used to bring this wonderful world of connection and curiosity to life for the new LinkedIn #Findyourspace campaign. I LOVED every second of working on this commercial. A huge thanks to LinkedIn and VCCP for having me onboard and to the team of incredibly creative people that made this project such a joy to work on.
- World's Strongest WomenA TV campaign I directed for Women's Aid in associate with Allianz. Agency: In the Company of Huskies Creative: Aoife McCleary Creative: Laura Rice Producer: Ciaran Walsh Production Company: Rattling Stick Director: Fern Beresford Producer: Kelly Spacey EP: Johnnie Frankel EP: Josie Juneau DOP: Murren Tullet Editor: Rebecca Luff - The Quarry Absolute Post Colourist: Juliette Wileman Producer: Ollie Ireland Producer: Sarah Maerz Sound: Parv Thind - Wave
- A winner of the British Journal of Photography's Female in Focus AwardsThe British Journal of Photography's 'Female in Focus' award is purposed to discover, promote and reward a new generation of women-identifying and non-binary photographers around the world. Female in Focus was born to help create the conditions for change by driving awareness, producing resources and promoting female talent. Two images from my 'Time to Reign' series, 'Crisps' and 'Queen' were selected as winners and went on to be exhibited in New York.
- Time To ReignTime To Reign is a photo series that comments on the cyclical nature of fashion and trends. Celebrating the reprise of 90s sports fashion infused with a regal baroque aesthetic. Working class meets high art. Merging the old with the new to create something that we’ve never seen before. The photographic series aims to raise questions about the subjective nature of fashion and the ever changing qualities of popular culture and trends. ⠀ ⠀ The series has been published on Vogue Italia & Hunger Ma
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Skills
- Photography
- Directing
- Creative Direction
- Art Direction
- Writing
- Idea Generation
- Retouching
- Design
Awards
Aesthetic Art Prize - 100 Contemporary Artists AnthologyAesthetica Magazine
Winner - Female In Focus AwardStudio 1854 – British Journal of Photography
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