David Ranson

New work, new work, new work! A little burst of middle eastern sun to brighten up our cold winter days. So excited to share our series trailer and some BTS for our long awaited series Doha Diaries! A three-part mini-series where three friends explore, unwind and relax as they experience all that the Middle Eastern Peninsula of Qatar has to offer. Sound on to hear @karimah.hassan screaming down the sand dunes! Very lucky to have worked with such a great team on this project both home and abroad and with such a great cast. All three episodes can be viewed on my website (link in bio). Thanks all x Starring: @karimah.hassan @jess.k.clark , @tamburic   Commissioned by @bbcstoryworks for @visitqatar Exec Producer: @ellendefaux Creative Director: @alessio_nessi Produced by @pavilionworks Exec Producer: Alice Gilfillan @alice_gilfillan Producer: Cree Buttercup @cree_buttercup Director: David Ranson Cinematography: Kia Fern Little @kiafern Focus puller : @amrelmasry95 2nd Unit Cinematography: Vedran Strelar  @strelar Local Production: Edge Qatar @edgepicture Exec Producer: Poppy Clinton @poppyclinton Fixer: Karen Aboujaoudeh  @karenaboujaoudeh Post Producer: Cree Buttercup / Jake Evans Edit: Doma Works / Sam Hardy @samhardy.editor VFX: Doma Works Composition and mix : @hugoellingham // @brother___music Grade: The Mill (London) @millchannelcolour #filmmaking #qatar #travel #documentary #desert #commercial #pic #photo #film #35mm #Cinematography #picoftheday #luxury #unwind #ocean

New work for HOKA! Back in January we went and hung out with French Architect & Designer Anthony Authié, exploring the parallels between a runner’s high and creativity. Really loved working on this project with the whole team and massive shout out to Anthony for powering through an epic day running around Paris with us. BTS to follow! Client: @hoka_eu / @hoka Agency: @ogilvyuk Talent: @zyvastudio Creative Directors: Lewis Raven & Adam King Creative: Rebecca Channing // @rschanning Senior Designer: Dane Neil // @dane_neill Account Directors: Lori Murphy / Sam Mackenzie (@loriimurphy / @sam.mckechnie7 Senior Producer: Emma Tills @emmatills Producer: Jessica Clark // jessclarkk_ Director: David Ranson Director of Photography: Chris Marley // @_chrismarley Photographer: Matthew Pearson // @matt.pearsonn Cam Ops: Chris Marley & David Ranson Editor & VFX: Kieran Cossier // @kxeran Grade: David Ranson Music Agency: 12db // @twelve_decibels Music Composition: Father // @father_insta #hoka #running #runningcommunity #paris #marathon #bondi9 #film #commercial #sports #citylife #creativity #design #architexture

Headphones required! Directors cut of our commercial 'This Land'. An ode to the land of lakes, luxury watches and elite cyclists. Shot out in the Swiss alps starring olympian and cycling legend Fabian (Spartacus) Cancellera with the guys from Tudor Pro Cycling. Massive thanks to all everyone involved on the project, I'm very proud of this. Higher quality film (thanks insta compression) on my site - link in bio. Production: @imaginastudio Producer: @arnaudgantenbein Writer & Director: ✌ DP: @ahmet_husseyin Starring: Fabian (Spartacus) Cancellera Producer: Arnaud Gantenbein Line producer: Pascal Forney Production assist: Gaëlle Gros DOP:Ahmet Husseyin 1st camera assist: Guillaume Brandt 2nd camera assist: Thibaud Maury Gaffer/Grip: Sophie Poncin Tracking Vehicle: Samuel Gyger (Samcam) Golf Cart: Marc Burger Photographer: Patrick Güller Unit Manager: Nicolas Zen Ruffinen Set Assistant: Stephane Zurcher FPV Drone Op: Franky Moiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team Manager: Thibault Hofer Fabians Agent: Raphael Meyer Fabian Weiss Jakob Klahre Robin Froidevaux Petr Kelemen Ruben Eggenberg Editor: Samuel Johns GFX: Théo Donatantonio Sound Design and Mix: Ed Cook @edcooksound VO Artist: Hedda  Recording Studio: Nitro Sound (Oslo) Colour Grade: Timebased Arts London @timebasedarts Colour Producer: Dan Kreeger @thekreeger Colourist: Myles Bevan @m.y.l.e.s #commericial #cycling #switzerland #alps #film #advert #advertising #tudorwatch #bmc #cinema #cinematography #

Over the past year I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship. How people change and why people change. How someone you’ve known for years can suddenly feel completely different. I think a lot of us are grieving people who are still alive. The division growing around us right now is tearing apart friendships, families and entire communities. I’m sad about it. I’m angry about it. So I started writing a short film called Painted to talk about it. Painted is a story about friendship, masculinity and the grief of losing someone who is still standing right in front of you. Set against the backdrop of our towns and cities becoming increasingly divided by the flags being raised around them, the film follows two lifelong friends over the course of one summers day as they repaint a child’s bedroom together. But beneath the small talk, paint rollers and brushes, something far more unsettling begins to emerge. Over the coming weeks and months I’m going to be sharing the process of getting this film made and would love to bring people along on the journey. Stay tuned for updates and behind the scenes as we begin bringing Painted to life. Thanks everyone. More to come soon! David x #shortfilm #indiefilm #filmmaking #britishcinema #screenwriting

Post-production on our Amateur: A 5-9 Athlete documentary is well and truly underway! It's been a project that has spanned over 12 months of shooting, all over the UK from Dorset, Scotland and Wales. We can't wait to get this out into the world! Thanks to our partners, all the crew and friends that have chipped in with this project so far. This has been a passion project supported by so many. If you would like to know more about the project and Nickys quest to qualify for the world championships, please drop me a DM! @__nickthegreek__ @henryhayhay @mucoff @grallochgravel @gloriousgravel @britishcycling @darrencollins @hrrypwll #Cycling #Gravel #Gravelcycling #WorldChampionships #GravelWorldChampionships #Gralloch #documentary #Film #SonyFx6 #sonyfx3

2025 you were awesome. More of the same next year please. x

New work for Samsung! An absolute pleasure to direct "Life Unfolds Fast" with the legendary Martin Kemp, elegantly reciting poet Georgie Jones’ beautiful ode to life. A film about memory, meaning and the moments we hold close. Big shout out to @liamsimpsonfilm for bringing me onto the project, @jackjackhoward at @okaystudio and the lads at @gotmoves.co . This has been a great collab with so many talented people. Thanks to all our hard working crew all the way from pre-prod to post and Martin for our lovely chats about football and gardening. Directed by David Ranson (👋) Talent: Martin Kemp @martinjkemp Client: Samsung @samsung Agency: Taylor Herring @taylorherringuk Creative Directors: Lora Martyr & Peter Mountstevens Poet: Georgie Jones @georgie_jonez Production: St Marks Studios @stmarksstudios Exec Producer / Managing Partner: Liam Simpson @liamsimpsonfilm Producer (s) : Gav Mukerji / Dai Williams @gavmukerji @iamdaiwilliams Assistant Producer: Ben Golding 2nd AD: Sam Harris Runner : Imogen Reid Director of Photograph: Joe Guy @josephalexanderguy 1st AC : Connor Hutton 2nd AC: Riccardo Angei Trinity Operator: Jon Kassel Gaffer: Al Rice @alrice_ Spark: Declan Duffy Spark : Joel Blake Production Design : Ali Al Akel @thealiakel Art Assistant: Anna Abdullaeva Sound Recordist : Cael McNally Data Wrangler / Editor : Ben Taylor Photographer : Simon Jacobs Photographer: Matt Alexander HMUA :Jo Hamilton Stylist: Sian O’Donnell Acting Coach : Clare Davidson Autocue Operator: Anthony Jordan POST Editor: David Ranson (👋) VFX & Online: Ben Taylor @bentaylorfilm VFX: Adam Wilkes @adamwilkes Music Studio: @gotmoves.co Exec Producer: Richard Meller Composer: Stuart Thomas Sound Design: Got Moves Colour Grade: @katiedymmock @okaystudio Exec Producer: Jack Howard Colour Exec Producer: Franky Chadwick #Samsung #SamsungUK #GalaxyFold #SamsungGalaxy #TechMeetsArt #CommercialDirector #Filmmaking #CommercialFilmmaking #DirectorLife #MartinKemp #EastEndersLegend #UKTalent #BritishIcon #SetLife #BTS #CinematicVisuals #StorytellingMatters #CreativeVision #BoldIdeas #EmotiveFilm

New football work! Such a fun time making this film for Berko F.C. Shot at their final home game of the season (before they smashed the play-offs). Voiced by the football legend Peter Drury and airing in your local Berkhamsted Pearl and Dean cinema screen during the ad breaks. Thanks to everyone that donated their time, equipment and skills to make this little film happen. Big shout out to Stefan Yap for his camera kit, Pete Burch at Coffee and TV for hooking us up with a wicked grade by Liam, Ed Cook for his sound design and finishing for us, Rael for providing our track and last but so not least, Chris Foggin and Chris Ranson for pulling all the producer strings and making this happen. Director // Camera // Editor: 👋 Client: Berkhamsted F.C Supporters Association @berkhamsted_fc Producer(s): Chris Foggin & Chris Ranson @christopher_ranson Voice Over: Peter Drury @peter_drury_official Composer: Rael Jones @raeljones Sound Mix: Ed Cook @edcooksound Grade: Coffee and TV @coffeeandtv.colour Post Producer: Pete Burch Colourist: Liam Van Rooyen @liam_vans #football #grassroots #local #cinema #director #nonleaguefootball #footballcontent

Italy what a fever dream you were. A massive goal this year has been to complete my first Marathon, Lake Garda 42. Couldn't have chosen a better race to start out at. The weather, the course, getting Jack (my van) out and over into the Alps and amongst the mountains - and then the pizza and beer to finish (swipe right to see how that went down and the multiple pain faces I was pulling towards the end of the race). A finish time of 03:39. Now to see about doing that ultra.... #Italy #Marathon #Lakegarda #Running #Sport #Vanlife #Adventure #mountains

It's bye for now Joe and Lizzy. Take care of them Australia. You might have the sunshine and waves and the really nice everything, but we'll always our road trip in Portugal. #roadtrip #portugal #vanlife

Oh Snowdonia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Summer adventures from the van. Snapped on the fuji x-m1 and a budget samsung smartphone. #fujixm1 #vanlife #wales #adventure #snowdon

Some favourite frames from a brilliant project with @melle.brown . We went to @parklife_festival and made a homage to dance and rave music in reverse and it was a banger. All the Mels is out now! Thanks to all the crew who worked on this. More to follow! Director - @dranson4 DoP - @chalkdop 1st AC - @a.coleborn  @miriamfilm Editor - @e.c_creative Management - @crueljamila Archive - @miss_reenieb  @bluecanarinho Extras - @annamariedescartes  @miriam_mulla  @tasha.bwalya  divinekasomba @mya_roexx  @gisellamodahl_ Label - @utopia_worldwide_ #music #musicvideo #film #filmmaking #festival #parklifefestival #musicfestival