Ed Edwards

Ed Edwards is an advertising executive and filmmaker.

Career

Ed Edwards has created commercials companies including Audi, BBC, Levis and Lynx. In 2003, he won the D&AD 'yellow pencil' for the BBC 'Love of Life' campaign.

He directed the Yoomoo 'Ice Skater' commercial produced by Donnie Masters of Serious Pictures, Viasat Film Channel 'Love Christmas' which was nominated for a Promax award in 2013, MTV Rocks 'Car Guitar', and the cinema ad 'Pamina' for the charity Against Breast Cancer.

Edwards is the co-founder of Ragged Crow, an independent film production company with producer and writer Sam Edwards. He has directed several short films, including Solstice (2008) which he co-wrote, Bad Obsession (2009), Doggoy (2009) which he wrote, Insomnia (2010) which he co-wrote.

His short film Wardance (2011) was nominated in the newcomer category at Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2011, screened at Portobello Film Festival 2011,[1] Branchage International Film Festival 2011, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2011, where it was also nominated, and The London Short Film Festival 2012 and subsequently qualified for BAFTA.

Edwards' first feature film as a director was Stealing Elvis (2010) [6] which debuted at the Portobello Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Soundtrack, was the opening film at the London Independent Film Festival 2011, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at The London United Film Festival 2012 (The United Film Festivals) and won an award in the Best Crime Drama category at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival 2012.

The Promoter (2013 film) was Edwards' second feature film, which debuted at the London Independent Film Festival in 2013, going on to win both the Grand Jury and the Audience Award at The London United Film Festival 2013 (The United Film Festivals) as well as being nominated Best Documentary at The Indie Gathering 2013, and Best Rock & Roll Film at the Portobello Film Festival 2013.

Edwards' debut photography exhibition was at The Society Club, Soho, London W1 in October 2011. Entitled Iron Horse, it displayed a series of 19 limited edition (x10) photographs depicting images of the Rockers, Bikers and their Motorcycles. He has had a series of photographs printed in Plectrum-TCP May, 2012, Issue 12, and in Vive Le Rock Magazine, Vive Le Valentine issue 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Portobello Film Festival Programme 2011" (PDF). Portobello Film Festival. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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