November 27th, 2025
Huge welcome to Martin & Lindsay, who join Spindle for representation in the UK & Amsterdam. The duo that have created some of the most powerful documentaries of the last 20 years, artfully capturing mesmerising moments and elevating rare archival footage into new contexts.
The pair came out of the gates strong with their Oscar-winning documentary ‘Undefeated’, which follows the struggles of a high school football team as they attempt a winning season after years of losses. They followed this with ‘LA92’, an Emmy-winning film that takes a powerful look at the 1992 Los Angeles uprising using rarely-seen archival footage from the days following the Rodney King verdict. And their most recent feature film ‘Tina’ about the life and career of musician Tina Turner, earned them multiple Primetime Emmy nominations including Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
Alongside documentary work, Martin & Lindsay have helmed acclaimed commercials for Meta, Google, Facebook, Gatorade, and more. Most notably was their groundbreaking six-part campaign ‘The Truth is Worth It’ for The New York Times. Made with Droga5 NY, the series emphasised the importance of thorough and investigative reporting. The campaign earned two Grands Prix at the 2019 Cannes Lions, two Black Pencils at D&AD, the Black Cube at the 2019 Art Directors Club, Best of Film at The One Show, and Best in Show and Best of Advertising at the AICP. The duo was also honoured in AdWeek’s 2019 Creative 100 as one of 11 Commercial Directors Who Are Elevating the Craft of Storytelling.
Watch their reel HERE
November 27th, 2025
We’re happy to say that we’ve been awarded for Best Practice in Sustainability – Production/ Experiential at Campaign’s Ad Net Zero.
Thanks to everyone that’s been involved in helping us in reduce our environmental impact ❤️
July 24th, 2025
We’re over the moon to finally be able to say we’re now a B Corp – ‘a purpose-driven company that meets high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. That positively impacts all stakeholders – workers, communities, customers, and our planet.’ As Stitch Richardson (MD / EP) says:
“We are now B Corp. It feels incredible to be able to say that. It’s taken us the best part of three years to get here, but the journey has been just as important as the end result in terms of what we’ve learned.
We started this process because we wanted the business to reflect our personal values more closely. We were making rewarding and recognised work, but we weren’t always comfortable with how the wider industry treats people or the planet. It didn’t sit right with us.
As business owners (myself, Greg Hackett and Tim Swaby) we’ve always tried to keep in mind where we came from. We didn’t grow up in London, we didn’t have money or family in the industry. That experience has shaped how we want to run Spindle: to create opportunities for people who might not otherwise get a foot in the door, and to run a company that does more good than harm.
During lockdown, Greg sat opposite his wife Oa Hackett, who runs Littlelifts, one of the fastest-growing charities in the UK, and that really cemented it. What impact were we having? Who were we helping? What were we building?
The first time we applied, back in 2021, we didn’t pass. Looking back, we had the right intentions, but we hadn’t done enough to turn those into real action.
So we got to work.
We launched People & Planet, a set of public commitments we report on every year. We created Open Studios, to offer a way in for young people who don’t have the right connections. We started tracking and offsetting our carbon footprint, using tools like AdGreen. We joined 1% for the Planet, committing 1% of our turnover to environmental causes.
Internally, we rewrote all our policies from the ground up, introducing uncapped holiday, private healthcare and better support for mental and physical wellbeing, because how we treat people matters as much as what we produce.
In 2022, we were lucky to be joined by our fourth partner, Emily Jordan-Wilson, who we instantly connected with, in part due to our shared values. And earlier this year, we legally updated our company structure to hold ourselves accountable to a triple bottom line: people, planet and profit. Not just the latter.
In June, we became a certified B Corp, with a score of 92.5 (pass mark: 80). We’re proud of that. But we’re under no illusions, we still feel like we’re at the starting line. There’s still a huge amount for us to learn and improve on.
If your company is exploring a similar path and wants to understand more about our journey, we’d be happy to share whatever we’ve learned. Just drop us a line.”
July 8th, 2025
Nora Kirkpatrick is a creative polymath, who’s work as a writer-director-actor-Grammy-winning-musician always leaves the audience with something they’ve never seen before. She radiates enthusiasm and is meticulous about every detail of directing. She loves hard hitting character comedy shrouded in intricate production design. Bright colours. Bold patterning. Something unusual just outside of our everyday world.Previously a member of the band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Nora went on to write and/or direct a range of TV, including ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’, ‘Best Seller’, and ‘Assisted Living’.
Her short film ‘Long Time Listener, First Time Caller’ garnered Best Female Director at the Prague International Film Festival, and her debut feature ‘A Tree Fell In the Woods’ is set to premier at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival. Her commercial career includes a ‘Bud Light Seltzer’ campaign created by Wieden + Kennedy, which gave her the distinction of being the first woman to direct for the brand.
And if all of that’s not enough, additionally as an actor she has played many roles in TV and film, including Esther, Dwight’s girlfriend, in the U.S. version of ‘The Office’.
Watch her reel HERE.
June 23rd, 2025
Huge congratulations to Milo Blake for picking up Gold Commercial at this year’s Young Director Awards. His film ‘The Empty Seat’ was made for Paralympic Team Belgium with Being and Mutant.
Thank you to all involved.
Watch The Empty Seat Here
June 23rd, 2025
Greg Hackett’s adidas spot is the gift that keeps on giving, picking up 3x Cannes Lions out of 6x shortlists. It was awarded Bronze – Film Lions for Single Market Campaign, Gold – Entertainment Lions for Music – Use of Licensed/Adapted Music and Bronze – Entertainment Lions for Sport – Fan Engagement/Distribution Strategy.
Huge well done and thank you to everyone involved, we’re beyond proud to see the recognition it’s been getting.
Watch Hey Jude Here
March 17th, 2025
Bonnie MacRae tells honest stories through rhythmic, colourful and darkly comic visuals. She is making a name for herself highlighting important subject matters through a lighthearted and stylistic lens.
Bonnie is an upcoming director, hailing from Dundee. She made her debut during the pandemic in 2020 with ‘Mind Yersel’, after surging suicide rates in her hometown named the city as the UK’s Suicide Capital. The film went viral and was featured on BBC Scotland and used by the NHS in a campaign created by Bonnie to establish improved mental health training practices for healthcare professionals across the UK.
She followed this with winning Best Director at the BFI Future Film Festival for her micro-budget dark-comedy ‘All Up There’, a relatable, immersive short around Endometriosis praised for its originality. Spinning her own lived experiences with the condition on its head, the film tackles the realities of medical misogyny, chronic illness and coming of age during the pursuit of a endometriosis diagnosis. Since its release, the film has screened in the UK Parliament, The Vagina Museum, as well as winning a Silver Screen at the Young Director Awards in Cannes.
In 2024 Bonnie moved to London and signed to Spindle, starting to work together behind the scenes and building her commercial reel. Together, All Up There has been developed into a 2025 awareness campaign for charity Endometriosis UK. She has recently completed her debut commercial for Heinz ‘Loved by Babies, Craved by Parents’ – a series of short & sweet comedy spots that show the irresistible nature of their baby food range.
Spindle have also just produced Bonnie’s latest comedy short ‘Happy Birthday Daniel’ in collaboration with Bacon. This tongue in cheek character comedy sees a novelty birthday present given between a young couple haunt them both post break-up. It stars Lizzie Davidson of BBC’s Such Brave Girls and Rhea Norwood of Netflix’s Heartstopper, and is currently starting it’s festival run. Most recently, Bonnie is also developing her debut TV project ‘F*CKGIRL’.
Bonnie is quickly establishing herself as one of the UK’s most exciting breakthrough talents, lauded for her bold, darkly comic but vibrant approach to serious topics.
Watch Bonnie’s reel HERE
February 13th, 2025
We’re proud to say that four of our directors, Greg Hackett, Milo Blake, LIKAH and Daniel Lundh, have been shortlisted at this year’s British Arrows. Thank you to all involved in bringing the projects to life.
January 15th, 2025
Click here for our 2024 Sustainability Overview.
In the interest of transparency and as part of our People + Planet commitments, here is our tCO2e impact across the year. It highlights areas that can account for the majority of carbon emissions within productions, and includes some comparisons of where this impact can be reduced.
November 28th, 2024
Molly’s A Loud Piece of Armour will premiere at the Oscar, BAFTA and Goya-qualifying festival Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the largest showcases of short-form cinema in North America. Watch it as part of the ‘Beneath The Surface’ program at 2.30pm 27.06.25.
Written by Riz Moritz and shot by Robbie Ryan, this short film stars Jo Hartley as Holly, who attempts to rediscover the primal scream she once had as a child. A huge thanks to everyone involved in bringing this labour of love to the screen.
Watch the trailer HERE
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