[5] The company was founded by Lizie Gower in 1985 and is now run by joint Managing Directors / Executive Producers Simon Cooper and Medb Riordan.

[11] Commercials aside, Academy produces music videos, light and sound installations, digital work and short films.

For its music videos, Academy has won MTV awards, CADS, MVAs and D&AD Pencils for work by Glazer, Martin de Thurah, Walter Stern, Corin Hardy, Us and Seb Edwards.

The most recent music video output includes the title track from Jon Hopkins latest album 'Singularity' directed by Seb Edwards, 'Over & Over & Over' made for Jack White, 'Follow Me Around' by Radiohead and Rolling Stones track 'Scarlett' starring Paul Mescal made by directing duo, Us.

Academy have won commercial awards from around the world, including Lions at the Cannes Advertising Festival,[13] British Arrows and Arrows Craft,[14] APA Collection, Kinsale Advertising Festival, The Creative Circle, One Show, AICP, Epica, Eurobest, Clios, London International, Ciclope and Yellow Pencils plus two Black Pencils at the D&AD Awards.