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Wendy Watts & Ben Baruch

Commercials

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Co-represented by WME – Los Angeles

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2023
Production (role):
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
Company:
Searchlight Pictures
Project details:
Dir: Andrew Stanton
Prod: Jared Goldman
Date: 2022
Production (role):
GOOD GRIEF
Company:
Sister Pictures, Netflix
Project details:
Dir. Dany Levy
Prods. Samatha Thomas & Debra Hayward
Date: 2021
Production (role):
TICKET TO PARADISE
Company:
Working Title Films / Universal Pictures
Project details:
Dir: Ol Parker
Prods: Deborah Balderstone, Tim Bevan, George Clooney, Eric Fellner, Marisa Yeres Gill, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Sarah Harvey, Grant Heslov & Julia Roberts
Date: 2020
Production (role):
ALI & AVA
Company:
Fable Pictures / BFI / Film4
Project details:
Dir: Clio Barnard
Prod: Tracy O'Riordan
Date: 2019
Production (role):
MINYAN
Company:
AgX
Project details:
Dir: Eric Steel
Prods: Ben Howe & Luca Borghese
Date: 2018
Production (role):
JUDY
Company:
BBC Films / Pathé
Project details:
Dir: Rupert Goold
Prod: David Livingstone

2019 BIFA nomination
Date: 2017
Production (role):
THE LITTLE STRANGER
Company:
Potboiler Productions / Element Pictures / Film4 / Focus Features
Project details:
Dir: Lenny Abrahamson
Prods: Andrea Calderwood, Ed Guiney & Gail Egan
Date: 2017
Production (role):
AMERICAN ANIMALS
Company:
RAW / Film4
Project details:
Dir: Bart Layton
Prods: Katherine Butler, Poppy Dixon, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger & Mary Jane Skalski

2018 BIFA nomination
Date: 2016
Production (role):
GHOST STORIES
Company:
Warp Films / Altitude Film Entertainment / Lionsgate
Project details:
Dirs: Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman
Prods: Robin Gutch & Claire Jones
Date: 2016
Production (role):
A DATE FOR MAD MARY
Company:
Element Pictures / StudioCanal
Project details:
Dir: Darren Thornton
Prods: Juliette Bonass & Ed Guiney
Date: 2015
Production (role):
LISTEN TO ME MARLON
Company:
Cutler Productions / Passion Pictures / Universal Pictures
Project details:
Dir: Stevan Riley
Prods: John Battsek, George Chignell & R.J. Cutler
Date: 2013
Production (role):
MISTER JOHN
Company:
Artificial Eye
Project details:
Dirs: Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy
Prods: Fran Borgia, David Collins & Joe Lawlor
Date: 2012
Production (role):
UP THERE
Company:
UK Film Council / BBC Films
Project details:
Dir: Zam Salim
Prod: Annalise Davis
Date: 2010
Production (role):
THE ARBOR
Company:
Artangel Media / Verve Pictures
Project details:
Dir: Clio Barnard
Prod: Tracy O'Riordan
Date: 2008
Production (role):
HELEN
Company:
Desperate Optimists / New Wave Films
Project details:
Dirs: Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy
Prod: Joe Lawlor

2009 Durban International Film Festival Best Cinematography Award
TELEVISION
Date: 2025
Production (role):
SECRET SERVICE
(Eps 1-3)
Company:
Potboiler Productions / ITVX
Project details:
Dir: James Marsh
Prods: Gail Egan & Andrea Calderwood
Date: 2024
Production (role):
LOVE STORY
Company:
Dancing Ledge / Freemantle / BBC
Project details:
Dir: Philippa Lowthorpe
Prods: Jenny Frayn, Laurence Bowen & Chris Carey
Date: 2022
Production (role):
NEVER LET ME GO
Company:
DNA / FX Disney
Project details:
Dir: Marc Munden
Prod: Cahal Bannon
Date: 2020
Production (role):
PIECES OF HER
Company:
Made Up Stories / Netflix
Project details:
Dir: Minkie Spiro
Prods: Darren M. Demetre & Jeanne Snow
Date: 2020
Production (role):
THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN
Company:
Sky Studios / HBO / Plan B Entertainment / Punchdrunk
Project details:
Dirs: Marc Munden & Felix Barrett
Prods: Gareth Collins, Sarah Goodfellow & Suzanne Reid
Date: 2020
Production (role):
TALES FROM THE LOOP
(Eps 2, 4, 5 & 8)
Company:
6th & Idaho Productions / Amazon
Project details:
Dirs: So Yong Kim, Andrew Stanton, Tim Mielants, Jodie Foster
Prod: Ellen Rutter
Date: 2018
Production (role):
HIS DARK MATERIALS
(Ep 6)
Company:
Bad Wolf / HBO
Project details:
Dirs: Euros Lyn & William McGregor
Prods: Laurie Borg, Dan McCulloch & Jane Tranter
Date: 2017
Production (role):
PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS "CRAZY DIAMOND"
Company:
Anonymous Content / Left Bank Pictures / Channel 4
Project details:
Dir: Marc Munden
Prod: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Date: 2016
Production (role):
NATIONAL TREASURE
Company:
Channel 4
Project details:
Dir: Marc Munden
Prod: John Chapman

2017 BAFTA TV nomination
2017 BAFTA TV Craft nomination
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE CROWN S1
(Eps 4, 6, 8 & 10)
Company:
Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Project details:
Dirs: Julian Jarrold & Philip Martin
Prods: Andrew Eaton, Faye Ward, Peter Morgan & Michael Casey
Date: 2014
Production (role):
THE MISSING
Company:
Company Pictures / BBC
Project details:
Dirs: Tom Shankland, Ben Chanan & Michael Samuels
Prods: Chris Clough & Julian Stevens
Date: 2013
Production (role):
UTOPIA S1
Company:
Kudos Film and Television / Channel 4 / Netflix
Project details:
Dirs: Marc Munden, Alex Garcia Lopez & Wayne Che Yip
Prod: Rebekah Wray Rogers

2014 BAFTA Television Craft Award Nomination
SHORT FILM
Date: 2013
Production (role):
THE PHONE CALL
Company:
RSA Films
Project details:
Dir: Mat Kirkby
Prods: Mat Kirkby & Michelle Kirkman
Date: 2013
Production (role):
PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
(3 Eps)
Company:
Warp Films / Sky Arts
Project details:
Dirs: Matt Smith, Peter Straughan & Bruce Goodison
Prods: Adrian Bate, Pip Broughton, Margery Bone & Claire Russell
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS (selected recent credits)
Production (role):
DHSC
Company:
Various Films
Project details:
Dir: Tom Tagholm
Production (role):
NHS "Act FAST"
Company:
Various Films
Project details:
Dir: Tom Tagholm
Production (role):
DURAN DURAN "Black Moonlight"
Company:
RSA Films
Project details:
Dir: Jonas Akerlund
Production (role):
UNICEF
Company:
RSA Films
Project details:
Dir: Jamie Delaney
Production (role):
DUREX
Company:
Park Village
Project details:
Dir: Harry Bradbeer
Production (role):
SKY
Company:
Independent Films
Project details:
Dir: Philippe Andre
Production (role):
AVIVA
Company:
Stink
Project details:
Dir: Keith McCarthy
Production (role):
AGE UK
Company:
Independent Films
Project details:
Dir: Philippe Andre

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
    Company: Searchlight Pictures
    Project details: Dir: Andrew Stanton
    Prod: Jared Goldman
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): GOOD GRIEF
    Company: Sister Pictures, Netflix
    Project details: Dir. Dany Levy
    Prods. Samatha Thomas & Debra Hayward
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): TICKET TO PARADISE
    Company: Working Title Films / Universal Pictures
    Project details: Dir: Ol Parker
    Prods: Deborah Balderstone, Tim Bevan, George Clooney, Eric Fellner, Marisa Yeres Gill, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Sarah Harvey, Grant Heslov & Julia Roberts
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): ALI & AVA
    Company: Fable Pictures / BFI / Film4
    Project details: Dir: Clio Barnard
    Prod: Tracy O'Riordan
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): MINYAN
    Company: AgX
    Project details: Dir: Eric Steel
    Prods: Ben Howe & Luca Borghese
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): JUDY
    Company: BBC Films / Pathé
    Project details: Dir: Rupert Goold
    Prod: David Livingstone

    2019 BIFA nomination
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): THE LITTLE STRANGER
    Company: Potboiler Productions / Element Pictures / Film4 / Focus Features
    Project details: Dir: Lenny Abrahamson
    Prods: Andrea Calderwood, Ed Guiney & Gail Egan
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): AMERICAN ANIMALS
    Company: RAW / Film4
    Project details: Dir: Bart Layton
    Prods: Katherine Butler, Poppy Dixon, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger & Mary Jane Skalski

    2018 BIFA nomination
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): GHOST STORIES
    Company: Warp Films / Altitude Film Entertainment / Lionsgate
    Project details: Dirs: Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman
    Prods: Robin Gutch & Claire Jones
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): A DATE FOR MAD MARY
    Company: Element Pictures / StudioCanal
    Project details: Dir: Darren Thornton
    Prods: Juliette Bonass & Ed Guiney
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): LISTEN TO ME MARLON
    Company: Cutler Productions / Passion Pictures / Universal Pictures
    Project details: Dir: Stevan Riley
    Prods: John Battsek, George Chignell & R.J. Cutler
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): MISTER JOHN
    Company: Artificial Eye
    Project details: Dirs: Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy
    Prods: Fran Borgia, David Collins & Joe Lawlor
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): UP THERE
    Company: UK Film Council / BBC Films
    Project details: Dir: Zam Salim
    Prod: Annalise Davis
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): THE ARBOR
    Company: Artangel Media / Verve Pictures
    Project details: Dir: Clio Barnard
    Prod: Tracy O'Riordan
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): HELEN
    Company: Desperate Optimists / New Wave Films
    Project details: Dirs: Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy
    Prod: Joe Lawlor

    2009 Durban International Film Festival Best Cinematography Award
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): SECRET SERVICE
    (Eps 1-3)
    Company: Potboiler Productions / ITVX
    Project details: Dir: James Marsh
    Prods: Gail Egan & Andrea Calderwood
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): LOVE STORY
    Company: Dancing Ledge / Freemantle / BBC
    Project details: Dir: Philippa Lowthorpe
    Prods: Jenny Frayn, Laurence Bowen & Chris Carey
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): NEVER LET ME GO
    Company: DNA / FX Disney
    Project details: Dir: Marc Munden
    Prod: Cahal Bannon
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): PIECES OF HER
    Company: Made Up Stories / Netflix
    Project details: Dir: Minkie Spiro
    Prods: Darren M. Demetre & Jeanne Snow
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN
    Company: Sky Studios / HBO / Plan B Entertainment / Punchdrunk
    Project details: Dirs: Marc Munden & Felix Barrett
    Prods: Gareth Collins, Sarah Goodfellow & Suzanne Reid
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): TALES FROM THE LOOP
    (Eps 2, 4, 5 & 8)
    Company: 6th & Idaho Productions / Amazon
    Project details: Dirs: So Yong Kim, Andrew Stanton, Tim Mielants, Jodie Foster
    Prod: Ellen Rutter
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): HIS DARK MATERIALS
    (Ep 6)
    Company: Bad Wolf / HBO
    Project details: Dirs: Euros Lyn & William McGregor
    Prods: Laurie Borg, Dan McCulloch & Jane Tranter
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS "CRAZY DIAMOND"
    Company: Anonymous Content / Left Bank Pictures / Channel 4
    Project details: Dir: Marc Munden
    Prod: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): NATIONAL TREASURE
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details: Dir: Marc Munden
    Prod: John Chapman

    2017 BAFTA TV nomination
    2017 BAFTA TV Craft nomination
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE CROWN S1
    (Eps 4, 6, 8 & 10)
    Company: Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
    Project details: Dirs: Julian Jarrold & Philip Martin
    Prods: Andrew Eaton, Faye Ward, Peter Morgan & Michael Casey
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): THE MISSING
    Company: Company Pictures / BBC
    Project details: Dirs: Tom Shankland, Ben Chanan & Michael Samuels
    Prods: Chris Clough & Julian Stevens
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): UTOPIA S1
    Company: Kudos Film and Television / Channel 4 / Netflix
    Project details: Dirs: Marc Munden, Alex Garcia Lopez & Wayne Che Yip
    Prod: Rebekah Wray Rogers

    2014 BAFTA Television Craft Award Nomination
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): THE PHONE CALL
    Company: RSA Films
    Project details: Dir: Mat Kirkby
    Prods: Mat Kirkby & Michelle Kirkman
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
    (3 Eps)
    Company: Warp Films / Sky Arts
    Project details: Dirs: Matt Smith, Peter Straughan & Bruce Goodison
    Prods: Adrian Bate, Pip Broughton, Margery Bone & Claire Russell
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): DHSC
    Company: Various Films
    Project details: Dir: Tom Tagholm
  • Production (role): NHS "Act FAST"
    Company: Various Films
    Project details: Dir: Tom Tagholm
  • Production (role): DURAN DURAN "Black Moonlight"
    Company: RSA Films
    Project details: Dir: Jonas Akerlund
  • Production (role): UNICEF
    Company: RSA Films
    Project details: Dir: Jamie Delaney
  • Production (role): DUREX
    Company: Park Village
    Project details: Dir: Harry Bradbeer
  • Production (role): SKY
    Company: Independent Films
    Project details: Dir: Philippe Andre
  • Production (role): AVIVA
    Company: Stink
    Project details: Dir: Keith McCarthy
  • Production (role): AGE UK
    Company: Independent Films
    Project details: Dir: Philippe Andre

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