Credits – Will Simpson

Filmography &
Selected Credits

SELECTED CREDITS

Broadcast & Television
2023 — The Real Full Monty — Senior Editor — Exec: Glenn Coomber — ITV / SpunGold TV
2023 — Cause of Death, Series 2 — Senior Editor — Dir/Exec: Annaliese Edwards — Channel 5 / Candour Productions
2023 — The $21 Million Dollar Finger (Development Teaser) — Senior Editor — Exec: Hannah Demidowicz — Peacock US / Candour TV
2022 — Second Hand for 50 Grand — Lead Editor — Dir: Richard Macer — Channel 4 / Wise Owl Films
2021 — You Do You — Editor — Dir: Natasha Bardusco — Channel 4 / Instagram / Interstellar
2020 — The Pearl Island, Qatar (Episodes 1–4) — Editor — Exec: Nick Samuel Smith — Now TV / SpunGold TV
2020 — Our Lives: Building Our Street (Series 6 Ep 10) — Editor — Dir: Sally Ogden — BBC One / Candour Productions
2020 — A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain — UGC Logger — Dir: Anna Hall — Channel 4 / Candour Productions
2016 — Soldiering On — Editor — Dir: Tim Wheeler — Channel 4 / Mind the Gap
2014 — Born Survivor – Katy — Editor — Dir: Will Simpson — BBC Three

Commercial & Brand
2025 — Glam Global Launch Campaign (EMEA, featuring Maya Jama) — Senior Creative Editor — Shark Beauty / SharkNinja
2025 — Randox Grand National — Editor — Shakespeare Media / Randox
2024 — Courtney Cox “Clean Freak” EMEA — Senior Creative Editor — SharkNinja
2024 — Abbey Clancy “Champagne Sparkle” — Senior Creative Editor — Shark Beauty / SharkNinja
2024 — Summer of Sport (Peter Crouch, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thierry Henry) — Senior Creative Editor — SharkNinja
2024 — Creami UGC (EMEA Campaign) — Senior Creative Editor — Ninja Kitchen / SharkNinja
2024 — CryoGlow Launch — Senior Creative Editor — Shark Beauty / SharkNinja
2023 — Disney Soft Toys (TVCs) — Editor — Dir: Meng Han Hsieh — THG / Disney Consumer Products
2023 — BMW PGA Partnership Content — Editor — Ear to the Ground / BMW
2023 — Shell EV (TVC) — Offline Editor — Dir: Harry Smith — BraveSpark / Shell
2022 — PlayStation FIFA World Cup Campaign — Editor — Sony PlayStation
2022 — Carabao Cup — Editor — Social Chain
2021 — Asda Money — Editor — MSQ Agency
2021 — Childline — Editor — MSQ Agency
2021 — Royal Mail — Editor — MSQ Agency
2021 — Zalando — Editor — MSQ Agency
2021 — Skrill x Leeds United — Editor — Geldhart
2020 — BOXT – Good Morning Britain — Offline Editor — Dir: Greg Clark — Uber Agency
2020 — Tombola – I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here — Offline Editor — Dir: Greg Clark — Uber Agency
2020 — Tombola – Netherlands Launch — Offline Editor — Dir: Greg Clark — Uber Agency
2020 — Total Fitness “FitnessMyWay” — Editor — Dir: Dave Mullen — Loaf Agency
2019 — WWF 50th Anniversary — Editor — Big Picture TV
2018 — No1 Traveller — Editor — Dir: Phil Cameron
2018 — Big Phillies — Editor — Dir: Chantelle Davis

Projection Design — Theatre
2024 — The Kite Runner — North American Tour (US & Canada) — Dir: Giles Croft
2022 — The Kite Runner — Broadway (Helen Hayes Theatre, New York) — Dir: Giles Croft
2019 — The Kite Runner — West End (Wyndham’s Theatre, London) — Dir: Giles Croft
2017 — The Kite Runner — Dubai Opera (Dubai International Tour) — Dir: Giles Croft
2017 — The Kite Runner — UK Tour (Regional Revival) — Dir: Giles Croft
2017 — Derren Brown – Miracle — UK National Tour — Dirs: Andy Nyman & Andrew O’Connor
2016 — The Kite Runner — West End (Playhouse Theatre, London) — Dir: Giles Croft
2015 — Rocky the Musical — Stage Entertainment, Palladium Theatre Stuttgart — Dir: Alex Timbers
2014 — Of Mice and Men — National Tour — Dir: Tim Wheeler
2014 — Richard III — Nottingham Playhouse — Dir: Loveday Ingram
2013 — Charlie Peace — Nottingham Playhouse — Dir: Giles Croft
2013 — Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — West Yorkshire Playhouse & UK Tour — Dir: James Brining
2013 — The Kite Runner — Nottingham Playhouse (Original Production) — Dir: Giles Croft
2012 — Rapunzel — Liverpool Everyman — Dir: Mark Chatterton
2012 — Clockwork — National Theatre — Dir: Natasha Holmes
2011 — Darkness Darkness — Nottingham Playhouse — Dir: Jack McNamara
2010 — Piano Circus – Trilogies — Kings Place London — Dir: Piano Circus
2009 — The Mamba — West Yorkshire Playhouse — Dir: Kully Thiari
2009 — Treasure Island — Mind the Gap Tour — Dir: Tim Wheeler
2008 — Diary of a Football Nobody — Nottingham Playhouse — Dir: Matt Aston

Live Arts, Installation & Site-Specific Work
2023 — Theatre of Illumination — Light Night Leeds — Dir: Will Simpson
2018 — Rising Sun — Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival & Liverpool Tall Ships Festival — Dir: Will Simpson
2018 — Endless Means — Leeds Industrial Museum — Dir: Will Simpson
2016 — Secret Life of Trees — Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival — Dir: Will Simpson
2015 — The Megaphone Box — Hull Freedom Festival — Dir: Will Simpson
2014 — Theatre of Illumination — Light Night Leeds (Commissioned Centrepiece; 30K audience) — Dir: Will Simpson

Film & Moving Image Projects
2024 — Progress — Short film, Undivided Pictures — Dir: Kirsty Ward
2022 — Kite Strings — Short drama, Undivided Pictures — Dir: Kirsty Ward
2018 — Rana Begum: Breaking the Mould — Southbank Centre — Dir: William Simpson
2017 — Holly Hendry – Sculpture by Women since 1945 — The Hepworth Wakefield — Dir: William Simpson
2016 — Irresistible — Mind the Gap Theatre — Dir: Tim Wheeler
2016 — Roger Hiorns: Seizure — Arts Council Collection / Southbank Centre — Dir: William Simpson
2016 — Anish Kapoor – Flashback — Arts Council Collection — Dir: William Simpson
2016 — Antony Caro – Structure and Material — Arts Council Collection — Dir: William Simpson
2015 — Caro in Yorkshire — Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle — Dir: William Simpson
2014 — David Storey: A Tender Tumult — The Hepworth Wakefield — Dir: William Simpson
2013 — Stanley Spencer: Of Angels and Dirt — The Hepworth Wakefield — Dir: William Simpson
2013 — Stephen Sutcliffe: Twixt Cup and Lip — The Hepworth Wakefield — Dir: William Simpson
2012 — About Bill Viola — Yorkshire Sculpture Park — Dir: William Simpson
2012 — Thomas Houseago — Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle — Dir: William Simpson
2011 — Group Photo — Pavilion, Leeds — Dir: Claire Hope

Music, Performance & Miscellaneous
2018 — Jump the Fire — Melt Yourself Down — The Leaf Label — Dir: Will Simpson
2014 — It’s Not Over Yet — Middleman — Universal Records — Dir: Will Simpson
2013 — Lear Settings — Hull Sinfonietta — Composer: Lee Tsang — Edit by Will Simpson
2012 — Talking Transformations — World Wildlife Foundation — Dir: Will Simpson
2009 — The Gathering — Arts Council Collection — Dir: William Simpson

Selected Clients & Organisations
Disney • PlayStation • BMW • Shell • SharkNinja • Ninja Kitchen • Royal Mail • Asda • Childline • Carabao Cup • Randox • FIFA • PGA • WWF • Leeds United • Zalando • BOXT • Tombola • Skrill • Total Fitness • THG / The Hut Group • Social Chain • MSQ Agency • BraveSpark • Ear to the Ground • Uber Agency • Loaf Agency • Big Picture TV • Geldhart • Stage Entertainment • Channel 4 • Channel 5 • ITV • BBC One • BBC Three • Peacock • Al Jazeera • Wise Owl Films • SpunGold TV • Candour Productions • Interstellar • Mind the Gap Films • Undivided Pictures • Arts Council Collection • Southbank Centre • The Hepworth Wakefield • Yorkshire Sculpture Park • Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle • Pavilion Leeds • Opera North • Nottingham Playhouse • National Theatre • West Yorkshire Playhouse / Leeds Playhouse • Liverpool Everyman • Birmingham Rep • Kings Place London • Dubai Opera • Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival • Hull Freedom Festival • Leeds Industrial Museum • Light Night Leeds • École hôtelière de Lausanne • Invensys (JDK Systems, Chillventa, Sky Rainbow)