29th September 2026

40 Best APA / UK Creative Commercials of the Year (Part 2)

Adidas - Backyard Legends

Directors Info

Mark Molloy (@_markmolloy) https://smugglersite.com/global/commercial/directors/mark-molloy/

Credits

Featuring: Timothée Chalamet, Lionel Messi, Bad Bunny, Jude Bellingham, Lamine Yamal & Trinity Rodman Director: Mark Molloy Production Company: Smuggler Executive Producer: Jaclyn Larson & Sue Yeon Ahn Producer: Ben Croker Producer: Lucy Banks Director of Photography: Harry Wheeler Executive Creative Director: Mike Bokman Art Director: Alexa Aguilar & Catherine Soulé Edit House: Work Editorial Edit Producer: Drew Rissman Edit Managing Director: Marlo Baird Editor: Rich Orrick & Rain Keene Colour House: Company 3 Colour Producer: Brendan Mills Colourist: Tom Poole VFX House: Untold Studios VFX Executive Producer: Tomek Zietkiewicz VFX Producer: Nicole Duncan VFX Creative Director: Tom Raynor & Thiago Porto VFX Supervisor: Bruno Fukumothi, Alex Kulikov & Jack Harris Sound: 750MPH Sound Designer: Sam Ashwell & Jake Ashwell

Columbia - Engineered For Whatever

Directors Info

Henry-Alex Rubin (@henryalex) https://smugglersite.com/europe/commercial/directors/henry-alex-rubin/

Credits

Director: Henry-Alex Rubin Production Company: Smuggler Producer: Ray Leakey Production Manager: Mike Carr Managing Director: Fergus Brown Director of Photography: Oliver Millar & Mateo Akira Creative Director: William Cottam & James Crosby Creative (adam&eveDDB London): Ben Robinson & Mike Whiteside Edit House: Final Cut Editor: Joe Guest & Leah Burton Colour House: Company 3 Colour Producer: Chris Anthony Colourist: Matthieu Toullet VFX House: Framestore VFX Executive Producer: Alexia Paterson VFX Creative Director & Supervisor: Kamen Markov Sound: Wave Studios London Sound Designer: Parv Thind

Nike - Rip The Script

Directors Info

Dan Streit (@dan.streit) https://www.dan.house/home/ https://somesuch.co/directors/danstreit?section=biography

Credits

Director: Dan Streit Production Company: Somesuch Executive Producer/Managing Director: Seth Wilson Executive Producer: Ryland Burns Producer: Julie Sawyer Production Supervisor: Jared Plotin Production Coordinator: Camille Cotteverte Director of Photography: Norm Li Creative Director: Caleb Jensen & Blair Warren (Wieden+Kennedy) Art Director: Felix Heyes (Wieden+Kennedy) Edit House: Trim Editing Edit Executive Producer: Michael Miller Edit Producer: Lauren Pullano & Lisée Garza Editor: Dan Streit (Somesuch), Paul Hardcastle & Lucas Raimondo (Trim Editing) Colour House: Selected Works Colourist: Hannibal Lang Post Production & VFX: Selected Works VFX Executive Producer: Sean Costelloe VFX Producer: Will Howland VFX Creative Director: François Roisin VFX Supervisor: Pete Hodsman Sound: Field Day Sound Sound Designer: Noah Woodburn, Morgan Johnson & Mike Regan

Nike x Palace - This England

Directors Info

Burnermunde (@burnermunde) https://stinkfilms.com/directors/burnermunde/

Credits

Featuring: Wayne Rooney & Jill Scott Director: Burnermunde Production Company: Stink Films Executive Producer: Dom McKiernan Producer: Jens Nielsen Production Manager: Nathan M. Legger Production Coordinator: Rhiannon Nother Carter Director of Photography: Jack Hamilton Creative Director: Stuart Hammond Edit House: Trim Editing Edit Producer: Claudia Celeste Editor: Anders Mills Colour House: RASCAL Colourist: Tim Smith Post Production & VFX: RASCAL VFX Creative Director: Kalle Lundberg VFX Supervisor: Finn Rabbitt Dove Sound: RASCAL

Sound Designer: Izaak Buffin

Airwallex - Sparks

Directors Info

Sam Walker https://samwalker.org/ https://superprimefilms.com/directors/sam-walker/

Credits

Director: Sam Walker Production Company: Creators Inc. Executive Producer/Managing Director: Chris Barrett Producer: Ray Leakey Director of Photography: Chayse Irvin Creative Director: Nils Leonard (Uncommon Creative Studio) & Sam Walker (Creators Inc.) Edit House: Trim Editing Edit Executive Producer: Noreen Khan Editor: Thomas Grove Carter Colour House: RASCAL Colourist: James Bamford Post Production & VFX: RASCAL VFX Executive Producer: Magda Krimitsou VFX Producer: Chris Preston-Barnes VFX Supervisor: Andrew 'Barnsley' Wood Sound: Soundtree Music Sound Designer: Henning Knoepfel & Jack Patterson

Apple - I'm Not Remarkable

Directors Info

Kim Gehrig (@kimgehrig) https://www.kimgehrig.com/about/ https://somesuch.co/directors/kimgehrig?territory=uk

Credits

Director: Kim Gehrig Production Company: Somesuch Executive Producer/Managing Director: Seth Wilson Executive Producer: Vicky Ferraro (Wave Studios New York) Producer: Luigi Rossi Creative Director: Alice Tonge (Apple Marcom London) Director of Photography: Edu Grau Edit House: Trim Editing Editor: Tom Lindsay Colour House: Trafik Colourist: Ricky Gausis VFX House: Parliament VFX Supervisor: Steve Anderson Sound: Wave Studios Sound Designer: Aaron Reynolds Choreographer: Ryan Heffington

Anthropic, Claude - Can I Get A Six Pack Quickly?

Directors Info

Jeff Low https://jefflow.net/ https://biscuitfilmworks.com/us/commercial/jeff-low/

Credits

Director: Jeff Low Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks Executive Producer/Managing Director: Rupert Reynolds-MacLean Executive Producer: Hanna Bayatti Producer: Pete Vitale Head of Production: Emily Atterton Production Supervisor: Lauren Reese Director of Photography: Mihai Malaimare Jr. Executive Creative Director: Tom Bender (Mother London) Creative Director: Susan Payne (Claude, Anthropic) Creative (Mother London): Jack Willoughby & Matt Bladin Edit House: The Quarry Edit Producer: Dilia Knobel-Winterstein Editor: Scot Crane Colour House: Time Based Arts Colourist: Simone Grattarola Post Production & VFX: Time Based Arts VFX Producer: Jo Gutteridge VFX Supervisor: Miguel Wratten VFX Lead: Ria Shroff Sound: King Lear Sound Designer: Ed Downham

Directors Info

Yorgos Lanthimos (@_yorgos_lanthimos_) https://www.lanthimos.com/biography/ https://superprimefilms.com/directors/yorgos-lanthimos/

Credits

Starring: Emma Stone Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Production Company: Superprime Executive Producer: Rebecca Skinner & Michelle Ross Producer: William Green Head of Production: Matt Sanders Director of Photography: Robbie Ryan Edit House: Trim Editing Edit Executive Producer: Anne Lai, Luiza Naritomi & Noreen Khan Editor: Tom Lindsay Colour House: Company 3 Colour Executive Producer: Ellora Chowdhury Colour Producer: Edwin Elkington Colorist: Greg Fisher & Dominic Phipps VFX House: One of Us VFX Producer: George Butler VFX Supervisor: Adam Azmy & Christian Poullay Sound: Wave Studios Sound Designer: Johnnie Burn Composer: Jerskin Fendrix

40 Best APA / UK Creative Commercials of the Year (Part 2)

Adidas - Backyard Legends

Columbia - Engineered For Whatever

Nike - Rip The Script

Nike x Palace - This England

Airwallex - Sparks

Apple - I'm Not Remarkable

Anthropic, Claude - Can I Get A Six Pack Quickly?

Anthropic, Claude - How Can I Communicate Better With My Mom?

Clash Royale - Fill Them With Fear

Coinbase - Your Way Out

Coinbase - Everything is Fine

Electronic Arts, skate. - Drop In

Squarespace - Unavailable

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