Fenn O’Meally directs ‘Signs’ for Maverick Sabre – the second installment of an on-going collaboration with the artist. Click here for the full article.

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.”  

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…

AD AGE: “DDB led the candy brand on Ad Age’s 2020 Creativity Awards Experiential Campaign of the Year”

SHOTS: “Longtime friends and collaborators Patrick Milling-Smith, co-founder and CEO of SMUGGLER and Greg Shapiro, Academy Award-winning producer of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, recently got together with shots to have a conversation about the future of advertising, entertainment and the intersection of the two worlds.”

SHOOTonline: “Swedish directing collective StyleWar has created during lockdown via production house SMUGGLER this “Keep Moving” music video for Bronson.”

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’

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”

D&AD: “Copenhagen-based director Nina Holmgren effortlessly incorporates her background in documentary and fine arts in her work. This is evident in I Want You to Panic, which serves as a harrowing commentary on people’s indifference towards climate change.”

AD AGE: “SMUGGLER’s Benji Weinstein channeled his boredom into ‘Join Meeting,’ a bitingly funny series about work life under lockdown.”