Shimmy Ahmed Director

About me

Mostly Video Director Weekly Music Radio Breakfast Host + Selecta Sometimes Photographer + Producer Always Creative + Curious

Questions Projects Experience Team

Where my exciting, bold illustrators and animators at? I'mpitching on something q exciting hit me up with the best examples of your work!
Illustrator
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5 months ago35 Replies
Seeking a short film script to direct as I'd like to add more narrative to my directing work and know how to make things so could help.
Screenwriter
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8 months ago12 Replies

Projects

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Dior Homme Fall 2020 for Sorbet MagazineFrom Commissioner William Buckley "You dream. So happy we got to have YOU to shoot this! It’s a dream. Big shout outs to the full squad, see list below - Adore you." — Trekking through East London ends in these Dior garms gassed. Kim on some next-level flex, pearl and velvet opera gloves. What? Listen, yeah, it’s #JudyBlame, it’s Buffalo, it’s #LGBTQ+ club kids all singing with #ChristianDior couture archive-inspired silhouettes, and #Basquiat because. — #DiorMen #KimJones — Moving Image Video/
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The Breakfast BrappWeekly radio breakfast show, broadcast every Wednesday on Netil Radio.
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CHECK YOUR DMs || RED BULLA music documentary series I developed and directed episodes for Red Bull Music. Thanks to incredibly brilliant team at @LittleDotStudios and Beyond
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Smokey Glam Makeup Look with Lisa Eldridge | ALEXACHUNGMake Up Artist Lisa Eldrige does a Smoky Glam Look on Alexa Chung whilst they have loads of witty, fun bants.
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Tabula Rasa NY | Resort 2020Shot on location by Shimmy Ahmed in an ongoing collaboration with Tabula Rasa NY.
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FÄKENSCHMÏLEN | For Spoke LondonA film Co-written and Directed by me for Spoke London, Christmas Comedy Content. Don't risk FÄKENSCHMÏLEN by asking for "nothing" this Christmas. Get something you’ll actually want. Before it’s too late.

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Projects credited in

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PAPER LONDON FASHION FILMCommissioned by Paper London to create the fashion film for AW13 collection. The idea was inspired by their mood board which the Paper designers creatively brainstormed together. We (Hendrix & Belle) took the idea from that and turned it to a moving mood board. We were given 5 looks to animated and told the stories and inspirations of where each looks came from.
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BBC Arts x British Arts Council: PartitionsIn memory of the partition of India, 70 years ago, the film is a musical portrait of the thriving Punjabi community in London's Southall. The film looks to the past and the future, capturing both the younger and elderly members of the neighbourhood. The film has been produced by Somesuch and Co, British Arts Council, Asian Arts Agency and Canvas Studios. Director: Vivek Vadoliya Producer: Shimmy Ahmed DOP: Ben Marshall Music: Punjabtronix

Work history

Freelance FilmmakerFreelance

Jan 2004London, United KingdomFreelance

I currently work freelance, creating moving image content for various clients within - non-profit, fashion, music and advertising. I have worked with clients such as Bare Minerals, Superga, Made.com, Topshop, Stylist, SB.TV among others,

Director & Creative StylistThe Stylist Group

Jan 2016 - Mar 2016London, United KingdomFreelance

Creating video content for Stylist Digital.

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Skills

Music
TV
Final Cut Pro
Producer
Audio and Video Editing
Storytelling
Self-shooting
Canon 5D Mark III
Making of
Editing
Documentary Production
Audio Capture
Behind The Scenes Filming
Sony A7sii
Sony FS7
Adobe Premier Pro
Photoshop

Education

CSM Short Course Creative Writing Fact of Fiction Central Saint Martins (UAL)

Jan 2017London, United Kingdom

Awards

Raindance Film FestivalRaindance Film Festival

A film I wrote, shot and directed was accepted in the Lost Sensations strand of Independent Film Festival, Raindance, 2015. https://vimeo.com/140654014