Tiger Pataudi the Prince who Came to Play

BBC News Longform

A film about one of India's greatest captains Tiger Pataudi a royal at birth and despite losing vision in one eye after a 1961 car accident.

I lost my sight in an eye, but didn't lose sight of ambition - Tiger Pataudi

Director of Photography & Editor: Louis Blair
Producer: Lewis Coombes
Presenter: Sanja Murphy

Castrads

Digital Branded Content Video Campaign

Castrads, a cast iron radiator company, wanted to show the forging of their radatiors. Starting with the molten iron at their foundry, to the sanding and painting of the finished radiators. The videos were to emphasise the handcrafted quality in these fantastic pieces of design.

The final delivered videos were:

  • A 90 second YouTube videos.
  • Twelve short snackable social media videos in vertical square.
  • 8 x website background videos.

Producer & Director of Photography & Editor - Louis Blair
Graphics - Matthew Stephenson

Depressed and Desperate to Die

Sky News Longform

This piece examines the legalisation of assisted dying in Canada for people suffering from mental illness, and highlights a potential endpoint for where assisted dying in the UK could lead in a society similar to our own.

I pitched this idea to Sky News, and it was commissioned to run alongside the assisted dying vote in 2024. The film is based in Canada, as it is widely regarded as a global leader in assisted dying legislation. As producer, I identified and built trust with contributors, some over the course of several years. The piece was produced in just 10 days.

Producer, Director of Photography & Editor: Louis Blair

Health Correspondent: Ashish Joshi

Mech-X4

Disney XD Campaign Launch

The Brief: To create a pacy, action-packed 15 second promo, highlighting the new episodes’ even tougher monsters for Disney XD.

I had the idea of showing a hype-reel of S2 from the point of view of the Mech, with quick cutting and a beefy music track, this promo left a clean and punchy impact.

Promo Producer: Louis Blair
Editor & Graphics: Matthew Stephenson

The Boy Who Made A Museum

24 Minute Documentary

The documentary, set in a remote part of arid North East Brazil charts an 11 year old boy’s quest to celebrate the Brazilian musician Luiz Gonzaga, and in the process highlights the culture and history of a Brazil unknown to many.
The documentary won the Foreign Press Association Member TV & Radio Story Of The Year 2018.
Director - Sergio Utsch
Cinematography - Louis Blair
Editor - Ed Coltman