Shynola

Shynola are a London-based directing team who have worked across live-action and animation for over twenty years.[1] Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy, Jason Groves and the late Gideon Baws formed Shynola while they were at art college in the late 1990s, and immediately earned recognition for their inventive work.

Their music video work includes all artists like Junior Senior, Radiohead, Beck, Blur, Coldplay, ABBA and Queens of the Stone Age, along advertisements for brands like Nike, Audi, PlayStation and Maserati. They also created notable title sequences for series and films: The IT Crowd, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Mandy, and Netflix’s GLOW.

They have received scores of awards including a British Independent Film Award and three times Emmy nominations, with multiple wins at Edinburgh International Film Festival, D&AD awards and UK Music Video Awards.

In 2008, founding member Gideon Baws, died at age 33.[2]

  1. ^ "Shining a spotlight on Shynola's 20-year legacy". 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Remembering and running for Gideon Baws". 22 September 2009.