SO LONG - has been since our last update - that you may be forgiven for thinking that Deckchair has been so laid back, it has been practically dormant! Well you'd be right... Beware the sleeping monster! For the last two years...
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Freddie Mercury. Whitney Houston. Elton John. Starlight Express. We Will Rock You. Annie. Hot Gossip…the list goes on… and on... Arlene Phillips has been an inimitable choreographer and director for over four decades...
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Historically Parker was the instrument of choice for Arthur Conan Doyle whilst writing Sherlock Holmes, and was the icon of every CEO in the 1920’s. Then in the 1980’s and 90’s, many of us have the nostalgic association of learning to write with a Parker at school...
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In the last year we have made hundreds of films for OVO Energy alone. Deckchair was first instructed in 2012 to revamp the quality of OVO's film presentations both internal or external. OVO Energy, now 6 years old, set out to make an impact on an energy run by the dominant 'Big Six'...
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TEN YEARS AGO today - I started Deckchair as a platform for my play 'Good Name' at University College London - named after an infamous school report which described me 'as laid back as a deckchair.' ...
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After an extended period of stress, we are all immensely proud to announce that the team behind FULL TIME, Director MARK GILL and producer BALDWIN LI have today been nominated for the BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT OSCAR 2014 for 'THE VOORMAN PROBLEM' starring Martin Freeman and Tom Hollander.
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Are corporate films dull? A little like the boring science videos we were forced to watch in class or a David Brent-style office presentation - traditionally corporate videos have had a bad image - considerably dull and cringe-worthy...
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Being BAFTA-nominated consisted of a full weekend of events, with the entire team behind 'Full Time' in attendance: Mark Gill, Baldwin Li, Alistair Connolly and Harry Otto Brünjes. On the Friday evening at BAFTA HQ, Piccadilly, was a special reception and screening of the nominated films in the short category.
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James ran a successful design consultancy before working with CNN, where he is Head of Digital at Turner Commercial Productions, responsible for global advertising campaigns for all CNN’s major clients...
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Edward's first film was the award-winning feature documentary 'Plastic Shores', filmed around the globe and premiering at the UN in March 2012 and has since shown at the OECD, the European Commission, and the US House of Representatives...
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Hailing from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. Fernando showed great passion for film since an early age, winning an award for his first short film “Despierta” at the age of 14. His short film “La Máscara de Juan Rana” was awarded Best Screenplay Award at 2005 Jaen Film Festival as well as...
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Shortly after winning an Royal Television Society Award with his graduation film, Mark Gill began production on his first major short film, THE VOORMAN PROBLEM, a whimsical dark comedy starring Martin Freeman and Tom Hollander.
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For the past several months Deckchair have been filming the College of Medicine's 'First Thursday Lecture' series. This month is no different and several days ago saw the latest event take place at the prestigious venue of the Honourable Artillery Company...
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The artistic culture of Youtube mashups is a growing one. Above are two anonymous viral's from their latest EP: 'Lost Generation' and 'Bolt from Blue'...
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Periodically we will send out a newsletter to keep our partners and supporters informed of all we are working towards. If you wish to hear also about up-coming events and potential investment opportunities, feel free to join...
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Deckchair, on behalf of Capita Health recently covered an all-day industry conference and presentation held at the RAC Club on Pall Mall. The special guest for the afternoon talk was one of the UK's great raconteurs, the cricket commentator Henry Blofeld...
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At long last, "La Bella Figura" is available on DVD through Amazon as a special edition collector's item. Taking three years to complete, the film was famously made with zero resources in 2006, and after travelling festivals worldwide, celebrated with a London screening at BAFTA in 2009...
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Last year filmmakers Chris Howarth and Lee Kazimir, were introduced through their connection with Deckchair to collaborate on an incredible documentary in support of street children in Africa - 'Across Kenya'.
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In October 2012, Deckchair Artistic Director Harry Otto Brünjes had the fortunate experience of being accepted to Ondarte, a unique artists residence in Akumal Mexico. Curated by ex-hollywood actor turned award-winning artist Alec Von Bargen...
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