Christopher Vickers

CHRIS VICKERS - DIRECTOR’S SPORTS REEL: The last few years of sports action work condensed into about 55 seconds. Extremely truncated/non exhaustive production credits below: Cheers to all the legend DOPs: Carl Burke @billyburkedop (Rexona; Alexia Putellas, Olivier Giroud, Toni Kroos, Ferran Torres, Selma Bacha) Jeremy Valender @jeremyvalender (Adidas FutureNatural) Sam Finney @srafinney (Sure ATP, Chelsea FC; Ben Chilwell, Enzo Fernandez) Isaac Eastgate @isaaceastgate (Liverpool FC; Predator) Chris Fergusson @chrisfergusson (Adidas; Copa, Melanie Leupolz) Myself (Guinness; Rio Ferdinand, Sure x Lauren James) Majority produced* by the GOATs @irresistiblestudios EP Harriet-Kate McKean @harrietkate7 & Matt Nelson Producers @matthew_craig @izzywilliams92 @blakekenward @ellruby Post teams: Jess Norton, Jodie Clarke-Mattis Edits: Chris Vickers, Ryan Kenwrick @ry_kenwrick.edits , Max Langlands @max_langlands , Clementine @clementine_editing Pretty much all production design by James Middleton @jamesmid Animation by Chris Vickers Massive thanks to all the agencies: Wasserman, CSM, DAZN, SuperImpose, Iris Worldwide - way too many excellent creatives to list here & wouldn’t want to miss anyone out. *Except Guinness Rio for DAZN (CD: j_mcdonnell_) & Adidas FutureNatural (EP: @ollie_ranger ) - many thanks Track: Pearson Sound - Work Them

Been a while coming this - introducing softform, a film-first visual agency working across the arts. For a long time, my work has run in two directions: commercial sport and lifestyle projects, and a quieter stream of films made for artists, galleries + cultural institutions , which, outside of a small (and infrequently updated) section of my website, haven’t had the push the projects + clients deserve on my own channels. Each side has a different cadence + sensibility, which never felt quite right to present under the same name. Hence - softform.work - a new space dedicated to the arts side — exhibition films, artist profiles, and pieces shaped with institutions and curators, but also things I’ve been doing ad-hoc over the previous decade; design, creative strategy, roll out & integrating animation. Expanding it into an agency allows the practice to move beyond single films into wider creative strategies and ongoing collaborations. It feels like a new horizon. Please give it a follow if you’re interested.

Creative direction alongside @cr_vickers for @newbalancelifestyle & @bodega With: @jpearsonhowes @james____beattie @studio__rm

first and possibly last annual round up but couldn’t not do it to ‘em for 2024 aka the year we decided to do everything; started as a 3, smashed the gaff up, put it back together, married my best pal surrounded by our closest mates in our wonderful hometown, did a bunch of tv ads for the euros, had another baby, cole palmer, finito. as my late granny said, never take to the chair, but maybe gonna chill out next year

new work; Rexona’s Euro 2024 campaign with Toni Kroos & Ferran Torres - director’s cut. absolute privilege to shoot Toni’s final campaign as an active player (we shot 5 days before the champions league final) & pretty mad to have 2 TV ads playing in Spain and Germany throughout the euros….thank you @irresistiblestudios and massive thankyou to Harriet, Matt & Carl and the Wasserman team who put the hard graft in on these…..🙏🏻 Client: Rexona Agency: Wasserman Production: @irresistiblestudios Director: Christopher Vickers Head of Production: Harriet-Kate McKean @harrietkate7 Producer: Matt Craig @matthew_craig DOP: Carl Burke @billyburkedop Service Company: Line Producer: Víctor Mínguez Production Manager: Nestor Caño Production Coordinator: Marta Garcia Production Assistant: Neiza Acebal Location / Unit Manager: Adrian Fernández Director´s Driver: César Herrera Agency & Client Driver: Iván Soriano Talent Driver: David Fidalgo Set PA: Natalia Garcia Set PA: Rafa Lopez 1st AD: John Line 2nd AD: Irene Gomez Focus Puller: Hector Rodriguez 2nd AC: Cecilia Lopez Video Assist: Jorge Beltran DIT: Montse Motril Roning 4D: Laurent Poulain Roning 4D: Jon Camara Gaffer: Pau Ramirez Spark: Raúl Garcimartín Spark: Marina Bryant Spark: Javier Pérez Spark: Diego Pérez Spark: Miguel Udo Truck Elex Driver: Álvaro De Felipe Gonzalez Genny Driver: Victor Energy Art Director: Maite Camisón Art Assist: Kia Garcia-Morteo Stand by Props: Jorge Garrido Stand by Props: Vicente Yestera Stylist: Paola Bosch Assist: Stylist Rocio Bayo Make Up & Hair Stylist: Perucha Make Up & Hair Assist: Rocío Calvente Tattoo Artist: Ruben Samos Sound Tech: Jesus Espada Choreographer: Pep Centano German Interpreter: Ana Sanchez English Interpreter as per Abaca Art Truck: Edwin Tufiño Camera Truck: Toni Serban Production Truck: Juan Carlos Gómez

new visuals for @berghausofficial - sustainable footwear direction, vfx, edits by me produced by @matthew_craig & @ellruby DOP @srafinney production design @jamesmid production company @irresistiblestudios EPs @harrietkate7 & Matt Nelson head of talent @rory.lever

new work for @berghausofficial - digging into backpacks past + future - with expert narration from adventure legend @leo_houlding Directed by me produced by @matthew_craig & @ellruby DOP @srafinney Edit myself production design @jamesmid stop frame @bill___porter sound composition @iamalexlight production company @irresistiblestudios Executive Producer @harrietkate7 & MATT NELSON Brand Manager Sherri Randell Head of Talent @rjl_rorylever_

New work for Christie’s; A Conversation Across Time featuring works by Damian Hirst, Grayson Perry, Marc Chagall & Diego Giacometti amongst many others. Direction & Edit by myself DOP: @srafinney Production Design: @jamesmid Gaffer: Ross Lusted

time to start posting these director’s cuts before the years out….work for Liverpool FC at the end of last season with Naby, Caoimhin & Stefan. Directed by yours truly PRODUCER Blake Kenward @blakekenward EXEC PRODUCER Harriet - Kate McKean @harrietkate7 DOP Isaac Eastgate @isaaceastgate DRONE Droneologist @droneologistuk ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY by @atalexcrane EDIT me & Clem @clementine__blue EFFECTS moi GRADE Jonny Tully at CHEAT @jonnytully PROD COMPANY & DIRECTOR’S REP Irresistible @irresistiblestudios Agency - CSM DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Johnny Durrant GROUP CONTENT DIRECTOR Jack Kenney-Herbert CREATIVE DIRECTOR Alex Kemp

work for @berghausofficial - 'Thermal Innovations' - the result of a good few days digging into the archive & bringing out some boundary pushing coats in the outdoor world. got to work with some elite talent on the berghaus team to bring these to life, few lads who've climbed everest amongst other things 🙏 long overdue director's cut here, much love to the A team as usual: Directed by yours truly producer @matthew_craig DOP @srafinney Edit myself & @max_langlands production design @jamesmid stop frame @bill___porter sound composition @iamalexlight production company @irresistiblestudios Executive Producer @harrietkate7 Brand Manager Sherri Randell Head of Talent @rjl_rorylever_

new work for @christiesinc ‘Inside The Box’ sale - the largest private Hermès collection to reach auction ever. had a lot of fun here - shot at the Palazzo Clerici in milan, I reckon shooting under neoclassical frescoes will add about 10% to your creative performance, thoroughly recommended. directed, DOP’d & edited by myself creative producer @sofieroberts_ expert stop frame animation by @thomas_harnett_omeara

some fun backstage stuff for @kikokostadinov womenswear SS22 by @laura_deanna_fanning