Citizen K

Blue Spill worked closely with director Alex Gibney and the teams at Passion Pictures and Jigsaw Productions (NY) on Citizen K, Alex’s latest film exploring the life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. We came on board early during the NY based edit, and worked at finding a cohesive aesthetic for various graphical elements across the film. These included presentation credits, newspaper…

And We Go Green

And We Go Green Motion Reel And We Go Green | Director: Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville. Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher St. John, Zara Duffy, Jennifer Davisson Following it’s premiere at Cannes, And We Go Green will be holding their North American premiere at TIFF. We were closely involved with the film over the edit period, and worked with the NY based…

Untouchable

Having worked with director Ursula Macfarlane and editor Andy Worboys previously, Blue Spill was involved early during the editing process for initial conversations. As the cut developed we became more involved, designing several in film sequences for the film, which premiered Sundance 2019. Our early conversations with Urusula were directed around her thoughts for how she…

Why We Hate

We were delighted to be asked to create the title sequence and several in episode graphic sequences for Discovery six part series, Why We Hate. Led by executive producers Steven Spielberg and Alex Gibney, they were looking for a strong, cinematic, engaging and thought provoking sequence which explored the key theme of the series; Hate, with a…

Hillsborough

Blue Spill delivers 50 graphics + visual effects for Daniel Gordon’s BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated documentary on the Hillsborough disaster. Due to the ongoing inquest, the film has been in a two year holding pattern – and now that the inquests are finally over, the film can be shown in the UK. Having worked…

The Traffickers

Blue Spill designed the title sequence and in episode graphics for 8 part series, The Traffickers. Executive produced by Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn and Sam Collyns, the investigative series follows the illegal trades of precious minerals, counterfeit drugs and endangered species around the globe. We developed the series aesthetic with an initial exploration of the title sequence,…

The Final Year

https://vimeo.com/250428204 The film provides an unprecedented look at the shaping of US foreign policy by following key members of outgoing US President Barack Obama’s administration. Having worked with director Greg Barker previously (Legion of Brothers, Manhunt, The Thread, Sergio, Koran by Heart), we were approached by Greg early during the LA based edit to conceptualise an opening…

Eric Clapton | Life in 12 Bars

Blue Spill worked closely with Passion Pictures and director Lili Fini Zanuck (Rush, Cocoon) over a six month period to create a range of animation sequences for Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars. The film is an intimate, revealing musical odyssey on the life and career of Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King,…