Smuggler (production company)
Industry | Production Company |
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Founder | Brian Carmody and Patrick Milling Smith |
Headquarters | New York City, Los Angeles, London |
Website | www.smugglersite.com |
Smuggler is a film, TV, commercial, music video and theatre production company founded in 2002 by Patrick Milling Smith and Brian Carmody. It has been awarded ‘Production Company of the Year’ by several leading commercial industry magazines and award shows over the past few years, including 2010 by Creativity magazine and has twice been awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.[1][2]
Smuggler works with directors Jaron Albertin, Brian Beletic, Adam Berg, Jun Diaz, Filip Engstrom, Todd Field, David Frankham, The Guard Brothers, Neil Harris, Tom Hooper (director), Randy Krallman, Samir Mallal, James Marsh (director), Renny Maslow, Bennett Miller, Mark Molloy, Joshua Neale, Tristan Patterson, PSYOP, Jamie Rafn, Henry Alex Rubin, Guy Shelmerdine, Chris Smith, The Sniper Twins, Stylewar and Ivan Zacharias.[3]
Commercials
Amongst the commercials Smuggler has created is the "Pretty" advertisement directed by Ivan Zacharias, starring Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, which won two Gold Cannes Lions in 2007,[4] and the Whopper Freakout Campaign directed by Henry Alex Rubin.[5] Whopper Freakout sparked numerous parodies, won the Cannes Lions Film Gold and Cannes Lions Integrated Lion in 2008,[6] and as of January 2008, the 71⁄2 minute video at Whopperfreakout.com has received more than 1.3 million views.[7] Psyop won an Outstanding Commercial Emmy Award for Coca-Cola 'Heist' in 2009 and Brian Beletic was nominated in the same category in 2010 for Nike 'Human Chain.' [8] In 2010, Henry-Alex Rubin's Best BuyTwelpforce campaign won the Titanium Grand Prix.[9] 2011 saw Ringan Ledwidge’s Puma commercial ‘After Hours Athlete’ with agency Droga5 win the Cannes Lions Film Craft Grand Prix and the company was awarded its second Cannes Lions Palme d'Or.
Music videos
Smuggler has created videos for The Rapture, Swedish House Mafia, Lady Sovereign, TV on the Radio, Gnarls Barkley, The Hives, Franz Ferdinand, Nas, T.I., Juvenile, Kaiser Chiefs, The Black Eyed Peas, Fatboy Slim, and Cee-Lo.
Long form work
Smuggler has created several long form works for Adidas, Officemax, Sony, and the eBay "Let Them Post" campaign. Director Randy Krallman recently won the Cannes Lions 2009 Film Bronze for "Zack 16."[10]
The Eckō viral ad Still Free depicts graffiti artists breaking into Andrews Air Force Base and tagging Air Force One. The internet hoax was released to a few websites. It was later picked up by the internet community, eventually reaching over 17,000 websites. The viral spoof took home the Cannes Cyber Lions 2006 Grand Prix.[11]
Film, theatre, and television
In 2009, Patrick Milling Smith and Brian Carmody formed a film, television and theater division which most recently produced Greetings from Tim Buckley featuring Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, Ben Rosenfield, and Kate Nash. It debuted at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013.[12] Smuggler executive produced Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian starring Benicio Del Toro which premiered at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival[13] and the upcoming Electric Slide starring Jim Sturgess, Chloe Sevigny and Patricia Arquette.[14] Upcoming film projects include Beautiful Ruins, a co-production with Cross-Creek based on the New York Times best selling novel Beautiful Ruins to be adapted by Todd Field,[15] Weightless written by Enda Walsh starring Jason Clarke, Ruth Wilson and Nick Nolte and a remake of cult classic Wild Geese written by William Monahan. Smuggler also plans to produce the adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s play Becket by Academy Award winner William Monahan and Redemption, based on the French Thriller Rapt to be adapted by Danish Academy Award winner Susanne Bier.[16][17]
Smuggler produced the play Seminar starring Alan Rickman which premiered on Broadway in November, 2011 [18] and has also acquired the stage rights to Hollywood legend Robert Evans' memoirs, The Kid Stays in the Picture and its sequel, The Fat Lady Sang.[19]
Smuggler has adapted the film Once for the stage. Once (musical) was adapted by Enda Walsh and directed by John Tiffany. It premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop on December 6, 2011 and is produced in association with Frederick Zollo and Barbara Broccoli.[20] After a successful run in previews Once moved to Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and officially opened Sunday, March 18, 2012.[21] Once is the fastest recouping musical to hit Broadway in over a decade, recouping its initial $5.5 million investment after only 21 weeks and 169 performances.[22]
Once is also among one of the top five most awarded Broadway musicals of all time, winning the Best Musical Award from The Drama Desk, The Outer Critics' Circle, Drama League, and The New York Drama Critics' Circle.[23] It was nominated for 11 Tony Awards in 2012 and won 8 including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, and Best Sound Design of a Musical.[24] On February 10, 2013, Once also took home Best Musical Theater Album at the 55th annual Grammy Awards.[25] In 2014, the West End production won two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music.[26]
Awards
- 2012 Clio Awards Production Company of the Year
- 2012 Drama Desk Award for Best Musical (Once)
- 2012 New York Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical (Once)
- 2012 Drama League Award for Best Musical (Once)
- 2012 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical (Once)
- Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
- Puma Social Film Craft Grand Prix 2011 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
- Made in New York Award 2011 [27]
- 2011 Clio Awards Production Company of the Year
- 2011 BTAA Panalux Award for Joint Production Company of the Year [28]
- Best BuyTwelpforce Titanium Grand Prix 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
- Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
- Eckō - Grand Prix Cyber Lion at 2007 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
- The Pool - Audience Prize at Sundance Film Festival
- The Pool - John Cassavetes' Independent Spirit Award
- Internet Campaign - Awards for Editing and Production Design
- Jane Lloyd - London Film Festivals ‘Best Short Film’
- Boards Magazine - 2002 "Breakout Bandit", "Production Company of the Year" Award in 2003 and 2007.[29]
- Creativity magazine - "Production Company of the Year" in 2010, 2007, and 2005.[30]
References
- ↑ "Creativity 50 2012: Brian Carmody, Patrick Milling Smith, Once | Special Report: Creativity 50 - Advertising Age". Adage.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "Production Company of the Year: Smuggler - Special Report: Top Production Companies". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ http://smugglersite.com/directors
- ↑ "Maria Sharapova So Pretty for Nike". The Inspiration Room. 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑
- ↑ ""Whopper Freakout" Ambient Advert for Burger King by Crispin Porter + Bogusky". Coloribus.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "Analysis of the Whopper Freakout Campaign | So Good". Sogoodblog.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Parpis, Eleftheria (2009-09-14). "Coke's 'Heist' Wins Emmy for Best Commercial". Adweek. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Best Buy “Twelpforce” wins Titanium Grand Prix; Nike Livestrong, Integrated Grand Prix | adobo magazine live in cannes 2010
- ↑ "Zack 16" TV Commercial for Tampax by Leo Burnett Worldwide
- ↑ Woods, Sarah (2006-06-22). "Spoof viral scoops top digital Cannes prize for droga5 - Brand Republic News". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Patten, Dominic. "'Greetings From Tim Buckley' Starring Penn Badgley To Premiere In 2013". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "festivalcannes.fr". festivalcannes.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Smith, Jordan M. "2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tristan Patterson’s Electric Slide - U.S. Indie News, Filmmaker Interviews, Film Festivals, Movie Reviews". Ioncinema. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "Todd Field To Direct Movie Adaptation Of Jess Walter's Bestseller 'Beautiful Ruins'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑
- ↑ TIM ADLER in London. "Oscar-Nominated Susanne Bier Remaking French Thriller ‘Rapt’". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Lahr, John. ""Seminar" and "Private Lives" Reviews". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/theater/11evans.html?hpw
- ↑ David Rooney (2010-02-10). "Robert Evans’ ‘Kid’ heading to Broadway?". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/theater/reviews/once-with-steve-kazee-and-cristin-milioti-at-jacobs-theater.html
- ↑ Lehman, Daniel (2012-08-14). "Broadway's 'Once' Recoups Initial $5.5 Million Investment". Backstage. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Sheward, David (2012-06-04). "'Once,' 'Tribes' Win Top Drama Desk Awards". Backstage. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "The Tony Award Nominees - TonyAwards.com - The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® - Official Website by IBM". TonyAwards.com. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "Grammy Awards 2013: Broadway hit 'Once' wins award for Best Musical Theater Album". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Daisy Wyatt (2014-04-13). "Olivier Awards 2014: Winners list in full - News - Theatre & Dance". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "Made in NY - Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - About". Nyc.gov. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "''Creativity Online''". Creativity-online.com. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ Boards Still free
- ↑ "Production Company of the Year: Smuggler". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2014-04-30.