Director Harry Deadman Joins Compulsory鈥檚 Worldwide Roster
After a standout collaboration for Hendrick鈥檚 Gin, written and directed by Harry, London鈥檚 COMPULSORY announces his signing to their diverse portfolio of talent.
Harry Deadman is a director and photographer with a bold grasp of colour, performance and humour, creating stylised films that celebrate the slightly absurd. His work balances between the worlds of comedy, drama and fashion and utilises styling, art direction and dynamic editing.
His latest commercial, and first collaboration with COMPULSORY, for Hendrick鈥檚 captured the joys of cucumbers for the premium gin brand, known for its quirky Victoriana sensibility. Harry shared creative responsibilities with the inhouse team, writing the narrative and collaborating with them to hit the well established tone of Hendrick鈥檚. 鈥楥ucumber Chronicles' crafted a more youthful side to the brand by casting two unknown talents as wiley reporters, placing them in situ with Hendrick鈥檚 master distiller Lesley Gracey.
Described as set in 鈥榮un drenched British suburbia鈥, Harry recently released his short film Step Aboard with the support of Kodak. The film follows a surreal cohort of colourful characters as they attempt to board a bus that may or may not actually be there.
Harry said about the signing 鈥淚鈥檓 so so excited to be joining the COMPULSORY family! Since moving to London from Australia, I have been closely following various director鈥檚 on their roster. I absolutely adore their focus on vibrant visuals and unique ways of storytelling. Working alongside COMPULSORY on the Hendrick鈥檚 鈥楥ucumber Chronicles鈥 film was incredible as it felt like old friends reuniting. It just felt right. Having been independent for several years, I felt so comfortable with everyone and couldn鈥檛 help but think鈥 well I guess, think 鈥楽imon Pegg 鈥榗heers鈥 meme鈥. It鈥檚 a vibe.鈥
COMPULSORY will be representing Harry for stills and film in Europe. See his reel .
