ANTHONY RUBINSTEIN – DIRECTOR / VFX

ANTHONY RUBINSTEIN  – DIRECTOR // VFX // MAKER OF THINGS

Shots – Why Conflict Can Inspire Creativity

Shots – Peer Review

LBB – Pioneering Production Technologies That Can Set Fire to TikTok

Launching the Canon R5 mkII Camera 

From Spec to Spotlight: How ‘Cry Like a Guy’ Caught Movember’s Eye 

1994-2010: nothing much, lots of LEGO, avid doodler  

2011(ish): started to play around with cameras & editing  

2013: Engineering degree @Uni of Cambridge 

2016: Finished engineering. Decided not to be an engineer.

2016-18: Junior Creative producer / general content Ninja @Red Bull Media House 

2018: Started calling myself a director, got really into VFX  

2019: a few ok music vids 

2020: Gold @1.4 awards for a zero budget pandemic short

2021: Won silver screen in YDA @Cannes, first TV commercial (Just Eat), some better music vids 

2022: got repped by Unit9, more commercials (Meta, Ford, Pepsi, Co-op Bank, Mastercard) Pandemic short film preserved in BFI national archive.   

2023: Kinsale Sharks Best New Director Shortlist  

2024: Made a short film about Crying, it scooped a bunch of awards, became a campaign for Movember

(P.S. Like any good borderline Gen-Z / mid 1990s kid I post a lot on Instagram and do a bit on the YouTube too, so that’s a good place to keep up with what I’m doing)