KODE - Key Persons
Edie is a director born and raised in London. Having worked with some of the world's most prominent music artists, including Coldplay, Stormzy, Little Simz, and Bastille, Edie has become one of the go-to directors in live music capture.
Joe Dixon is a Londoner, hailing from the leafy suburb of East Sheen. It was here that he had his first tentative flirtation with filmaking, at the tender age of 11 appearing as "naughty schoolboy #1" in the Mr Bean Episode, "Back to School Mr Bean" (for all you Bean enthusiasts, it's the one where he has his car crushed by a tank). NB: Photographic evidence is available on request.
Escaping the burbs as soon as humanly possible, Joe spent his youth finding himself in various tropical locations. And what he found there was a dodgy video camera on which he captured a bunch of supremely wobbly but somewhat charming vignettes. From the sweat drenched beaches of Sri Lanka, Joe's love of the art of film quickly had him packing his bags and winging his way back home to London to start his career. After cutting his teeth in music video, Joe moved swiftly into commercials beginning with his Shots YDA nominated Diesel ad, ‘Dogs in Sunglasses'. His interactive banger for Expedia landed him a nifty couple of Golds and a Silver Lion at Cannes, subsequent work arranging a Baby Banquet for Sainsbury's and shooting a world record 80 commercials for Argos added to his virtual awards cabinet, with more Cannes Lions, APA show and British Arrow awards.
Joe is in love the craft of filmmaking. His work never fails to bring a smile, a laugh and occasionally a little tear. His greatest love is to work with great talent both in front and behind the camera. It takes a village to bring an idea to life and for Joe, there's nothing more exciting in the world than doing just that. And so armed with his intrepid traveller spirit, his Londoner wit and wisdom, plus 12 years of filmmaking experience, Joe's on the look out for his next great project.
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Meena Ayittey is an award winning film director. From and based in London, her fascination with stories and human nature started from an early age. Through writing stories and making films she has developed a passion for emotional storytelling and a champion for voices who often go unheard. It is this passion that has been a driving force in her work. She draws inspiration from a broad range of subject matters including music, art, her own experiences as a Black woman as well as issues faced by the Black community.
Her Black Lives Matter film 'Mama' won gold at the 1.4 awards and was a finalist at Ciclope.
Alongside being shortlisted for the 2022 YDA's, Meena's work is often found on the awards circuit. Her award winning documentary 'Black Creative' which looks at what it is like to be Black in the UK advertising industry has been extensively screened worldwide and has been included in festivals such as the 'Toronto Film Festival and the 'Independent Film awards'. Her short film 'All the little things' was named the most watched film of 2021 on industry website Shots.net.
With a background in VFX She has also collaborated with the likes of Saatchi & Saatchi, Droga5, Grey, Ogilvy and Oliver ad has worked with clients including GSK, Puma, Olay and Panasonic.
An avid screenwriter, Meena also has several long form projects in development including her first feature film. She also loves cats.
Otis is a director, writer and filmmaker from North West London with British and St Lucian heritage.
Coming out of the pandemic, Otis's collaboration with Jorja Smith for her single ‘By Any Means' received two nominations at the UKMVA's, an MTV EMA nomination and a MOBO Awards Video of the Year nomination. The film is a breathtaking series of photojournalistic portraits documenting the breadth of the Black British experience and has been described as "one of the most powerful music videos of all time".