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
November 20th, 2024
Greg Hackett takes home the Grand Winner at Clio Sports for adidas ‘Hey Jude’.
Spindle also win 8 Clio Sports AwardsBig well done to Milo Blake, Greg Hackett and all the teams involved in ‘The Empty Seat’ and ‘Hey Jude’, and thanks to Clio Awards for the Gold, Silver and Bronze statues.
October 23rd, 2024
Big welcome to BRBR, who have joined Spindle for representation in UK & Benelux.
BRBR is a film collective who, over the the last ten years, have become known as one of Europe’s most promising talents. Their work hovers between a heightened, otherworldly aesthetic and powerful, raw storytelling, and has picked up multiple awards at Cannes Lions, YDA, Ciclope, Shots and more.
Watch their reel here
October 23rd, 2024
Congratulations to Milo and his film Paralympic Team Belgium ‘The Empty Seat’ for taking home the New Director award at 2024 Young Arrows. We’re hugely proud of Milo and everyone involved.
Watch ‘The Empty Seat’ here
October 17th, 2024
Big well done to Greg Hackett, Milo Blake and all the teams involved with ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘The Empty Seat’ for their wins at Ciclope.
Greg’s ‘Hey Jude’ picked up Gold for ’Best Music Adaptation’, taken from the iconic Beatles track performed live by Sir Paul McCartney. The film was made with Johannes Leonardo, adidas and Wake The Town Music.
Milo’s ‘The Empty Seat’ was awarded Silver for ‘Best Low Budget’ and also Bronze for ‘New Talent in Commercials’. It was made for Paralympic Team Belgium with Being and Mutant.
Watch adidas ‘Hey Jude’ here.
Watch Paralympic Team Belgium ‘The Empty Seat’ here.
September 19th, 2024
Adam will be overseeing commercials, originals and more, while nurturing and growing the company’s roster of progressive talent alongside fellow EPs Stitch Richardson and Mayling Wong.
Adam began his professional life working as a lawyer, before co-founding music events and promotion company, Tropico. With a love for creative talent, logistics and relationship building, he later swapped working with up-and-coming musicians for directors.
After cutting his teeth producing commercial and documentary projects around the world, Adam joined Havas to bolster their in-house production offering. He has spent the last 6 years at the forefront of its different iterations, from HKXP to Havas Studios to Prose on Pixels. He has produced and executive produced campaigns for brands such as Apple, Aston
Martin, EE, O2, PayPal, Heinz, Hilton and many more. Most recently, Adam has spent the last 18 months in New York, helping grow Prose on Pixels’ presence in the US market, and ensuring shoot craft and sustainability sat at the centre of its offering.
Adam also has a passion for nurturing upcoming directors. Throughout his time in production he has built a reputation for creating acclaimed work with young talent. For example, his work with Rosie May Bird Smith for ‘The Real Self Checkout’ for ASDA x Tickled Pink picked up a range of awards, as did her short ‘Herd Immunity’.
Adam says: “The ethos of Spindle has always been clear to me: Make great work. Be kind to the people around you. Minimise your impact on the planet. These things really matter to me and Spindle put them at the forefront of their work and actions. It sounds cliche, but it’s a family. A family of exceptionally talented individuals, who I can’t wait to work alongside and usher in the next chapter of Spindle with.”
Stitch Richardson (MD / EP) says: “We’re so happy to welcome Adam to the team. He brings a lot of experience across a wide range of productions, but also a passion for developing and supporting young directors, which has always been an integral part of Spindle’s DNA. He’s a wonderful person to know and work with, and I’m sure he will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Spindle.”
September 9th, 2024
Off the back of Maxim’s recent music video releases for Molchat Doma and Prefuse 73, he spoke with PromoNews about using AI in a new and imaginative way; subtly manipulating vintage social guidance films, educational videos, and propaganda in order to create an unsettling narrative around sensationalising crime. He also discussed the process of making his choreography-based film, set in a dive bar during a mysterious parasitic outbreak.
Read the full interview HERE
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