There was massive cause for celebration at Monday’s British Arrows Craft Awards. MPC completed an unprecedented clean sweep collecting five major awards:
Gold for Best VFX for Dougal Wilson’s moonwalking pony for Three Mobile, awarded to and collected by Josh King, Carsten Keller, Tim van Hussen, Tom Harding, Stefano Salvini & Jake Mengers.
Gold for Best CGI for Dougal Wilson’s moonwalking pony for Three Mobile, proudly awarded to and collected by Carsten Keller, Tim van Hussen & Tom Harding.
Gold for Best Colourist for Jean-Clément Soret for Vodafone Kiss.
Silver for Best VFX awarded to and collected by Chris Allen, Franck Lambertz, Fabian
Frank & Ryan Hadfield for Assassin’s Creed IV, Black Flag, Defy.
A Fellowship Award for our Creative Head of Colour Grading Jean-Clément Soret.
Graham Bird, Global MD MPC Advertising said of the wins: “Each of these Awards are an acknowledgement of everyone in the team, they celebrate the talent and effort made by everyone at MPC, our clients and partners.”
Jean-Clément’s fellowship was presented early in the evening by Director Danny Boyle who he has worked with on movies including 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire and Trance.
The accolade is presented for outstanding contribution to the production of commercials.
Watch JC’s outstanding historic reel here.
Mark Benson Global MD of MPC had a few words to say on the well deserved win: “When we were first made aware of Jean-Clément’s work in 1996, we had never seen imagery quite like it. We knew straight away that JC would bring a rich vein of talent, a different aesthetic, a new language and an appreciation of fine cuisine to MPC; we did not anticipate the French revolution that followed his arrival to MPC London in February 1997.
JC challenged us. JC pushed us. JC made us think about our world of VFX in new and more imaginative ways. JC changed the ways in which MPC collaborated and engaged with Filmmakers.
JC’s passion for creativity was and is intoxicating. JC is a cerebral thinker, a consummate professional and an absolute delight to spend time with. So many of us have benefited from his experience, guidance and expertise, working with different images and scenes that have been shot all over the world. JC’s charisma and vision have had a memorable and positive impact on us all. So many of the relationships built around the crafting of spectacular images have also become wonderful long lasting friendships.
There is so much to admire about JC. Perhaps most importantly an everyday commitment to his work that never deviates from being all consuming. JC is an inspiration to us all, and we congratulate him on his award tonight.
Like another notable French export, fine wine; JC just keeps getting better and better.”