Toby Anthonisz works both as a Creative Director for animated and live action campaign films and as a Producer for short film and music promos through his production company, Faded Neon Films, that he co-founded with his partner Charli Whatley.
With over a decade of experience working in animation & post-production in London and New York on large scale campaigns, his move to narrative and art based film has seen his work being selected for BAFTA qualifying and international film festivals and featured on Nowness and Schön! Magazine.
Projects
- BFI - Welcome HomeTo celebrate the reopening of cinemas in May 2021, this short trailer for the BFI screened nationally in over 250 independent cinemas, welcoming audiences back to their favourite screens. Agency: Hello Mozart Writer: Charli Whatley Illustration & Graphic Design: Matthew Johnston Creative Direction & Animation: Toby Anthonisz
- Oxford Street District Future VisionA short animated teaser summarising the huge urban design framework project that Westminster City Council is implementing for the Oxford Street District in central London. I was brought in to CD the project by Squint/Opera, working with their teams and partner agency Publica to condense down the 145 page framework document into a 60 second film. With the overarching aim to build up excitement and interest in the future vision of the district hit very hard by the repercussions of the covid-19 p
- Lockdown Anthology5 Directors, 5 Films. Drawing from multiple writers of varied backgrounds and perspectives, Lockdown Anthology was created to capture the temporary reality of worldwide quarantine. By using the very tool that is keeping us connected, video call software, this series gives audiences a poignant and relatable representation of this time. A series produced by Faded Neon Films.
- TIME dir. Charli Whatley (2020)Jean’s panic attacks are stopping her from entering her sister’s home, the place where she died. A poetic telling of the internal chaos sparked by grief, and the comfort found when sharing your sorrow with others. Writer + Director: Charli Whatley Producer: Toby Anthonisz a Faded Neon Films production Starring: Cat Whatley Naomi Nightingale Bobby Ray Whatley Charli Whatley Director of Photography: Alasdair K Boyce Editor + Composer: Matthew McKinnon Focus Puller: Elliot Dupuy 2nd AC: Luke Pri
- GAP dir. Emma Miranda Moore (2020)Stephanie’s daughter Beth is leaving home. As their final family meal together unfolds, tensions surface and Stephanie’s own gap year plans are revealed. Writer / Director: Emma Miranda Moore Producers: Toby Anthonisz & Emma Miranda Moore Director of Photography: Simona Susnea Editor: Roberta Bononi A Faded Neon Films production
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Projects credited in
- The Journey ForwardsTo celebrate its launch, ROADBOOK has created a short film, The Journey Forwards, asking a small community of global creatives about the future of travel. Their responses – ranging from pithy to poetic, entertaining to emotional – have been curated to demonstrate how different our personal journeys are. The answers are set to footage from a pool of directors and videographers around the world, taking you from New York to Shanghai, by way of London, Los Angeles and Brazil. Each moment has its o
- Social DistortionAn Art film that subverts the ostracising label of ‘otherness’. Social Distortion empowers the individual and collective refusal to accept social attitudes perpetuated through wilful ignorance. Director: Stefano Ottaviano Producer: Toby Anthonisz Exec Producer: Mike Samir Poem: Charli Whatley Director of Photography: Vlad Jakovlev 1st Assistant Camera: Efe Onikinci Choreographer: Theo TJ Lowe Krump Choreographer: Theophillus ‘Godson’ Oloyade Stylist: Gabrielle Tamasciuk Hair: Timea Cserekyle Ka
Work history
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Creative ProducerFaded Neon Films
London, United KingdomFreelance
Through the production company Faded Neon Films, which I founded with writer & director Charli Whatley. I work closely with a small roster of directors and produce short narrative film and music promos from script development & treatment through to production, post and market.
These films have gone on to be featured on Nowness and Schön! Magazine and selected for film festivals such as London Short Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival and DAM Short Film Festival.
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Creative Director / Motion Graphics Designermyself
- London, United KingdomFreelance
As a freelance creative director and motion graphics designer and animator I worked predominantly with Squint / Opera to create video based experiences for museum installations and architectural visualisation films for the likes of Victoria & Albert Museum, National Maritime Museum, Bjarke Ingles Group, MVRDV, Thomas Heatherwick, SOM Architects, Google and The Empire State Building Experience.
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Skills
- Pitch Development
- Producing
- Project Management
- Adobe After Effects
- Self Shooter
- Budgeting
- Casting