
SMUGGLER Named Production Company of the Year by shots Awards The Americas 2020
GOLD Sandy Hook Promise | Charity/PSA Campaign of the Year Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical | Branded Entertainment of the Year Skittles: Advertising Ruins Everything | Best Use of Music in a Commercial Jonah Hill | New Director of the Year SILVER Sandy Hook Promise | Best Use of Sound Design in a Commercial Apple…

SMUGGLER Wins at the 2020 CICLOPE Festival
SMUGGLER directors Mark Molloy and Henry-Alex Rubin secure wins in this year’s CICLOPE Festival. _ Director of the Year Mark Molloy Special Categories Grand Prix Apple – “the whole work-from-home thing” Production Company: SMUGGLER Director: Mark Molloy Cinematographer: Greig Fraser Advertising Agency: Apple SILVER in Direction – 90 seconds and under Director: Henry-Alex Rubin Sandy Hook…

Sandy Hook Promise’s “Back-to-School Essentials” Wins Primetime Commercial Emmy
SHOOTOnline: “BBDO NY, SMUGGLER score TV Academy honor for public service spot directed by Henry-Alex Rubin”

Apple Has Just Created The Most Endearing, And Disturbing, Ad About Working From Home
FORBES: “The same crew is back again, but with a new spin – everybody is in a lockdown and has to work from home. This lends itself to a zany state of affairs and awkward conversations over videoconferencing which we’ve all experienced.”

SMUGGLER Tops Production House Tally With 5 Honors at AICP Show
SHOOTonline: “The most honored production company in the AICP Show was SMUGGLER, with five honors…” Concept – Sandy Hook Promise – “Back to School Essentials” (dir. Henry-Alex Rubin) Direction – Apple – “The Underdogs” (dir. Mark Molloy) Editorial – Apple – “The Underdogs” (dir. Mark Molloy) Public Service Announcement – Sandy Hook Promise – “Back…

How a Wait in the RAINN Made Way For YDA Gold
SHOTS: “Back in November last year, before the ‘rona’ rose anxieties to unprecedented levels, SMUGGLER director Samantha Scaffidi justifiable raised our tension with an incredible PSA for charity RAINN.”

Sandy Hook Promise’s Harrowing ‘Back-to-School Essentials’ Wins the 2020 Outstanding Commercial Emmy
ADAGE: The “Back-to-School Essentials” commercial was created out of Sandy Hook Promise’s longtime agency BBDO New York and directed by SMUGGLER’s Henry-Alex Rubin, who also helmed other notable spots for the client, including the startling 2016 “Evan” ad, featuring a love story with a grim twist.

Top Spot of the Week: SMUGGLER, StyleWar “Keep Moving” During Lockdown For Bronson Music Video
SHOOTonline: “Swedish directing collective StyleWar has created during lockdown via production house SMUGGLER this “Keep Moving” music video for Bronson.”

My Most Immortal Ad: Sir John Hegarty & Mick Mahoney on Johnnie Walker’s 2009 One-Shot Masterpiece
Immortal Awards juror Bruno Bertelli is joined by Sir John Hegarty and Mick Mahoney, who helmed the Scottish whisky brand’s ‘The Man Who Walked Around the World’

5 Minutes with…Patrick Milling-Smith
LBB: “The co-founder of SMUGGLER on producing award-winning plays on top of ads, the foundations of his career and production company, and how the SMUGGLER family has adapted – and become closer – during Covid-19”