Blink (company)

Their roster of directorial talent is drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds, whose work incorporates a variety of film crafts, including live-action, stop motion, puppetry, 2D animation and CGI.

[3][4] Other notable work includes: "All Through The House", an episode in season 2 of Tim Miller & David Fincher's animated anthology series, 'Love, Death + Robots' (Netflix 2021).

'Peter & The Wolf', a half hour special made in collaboration with BMG for HBO Max & Cartoon Network, with international distribution through BBC Studios.

[8] In 2019, Blink Industries produced 'Get Real Dude' a sketch show pilot written by and starring Edinburgh Comedy Award 2022 winner Sam Campbell for Channel 4.

Blinkink was founded by Bart Yates in 2005 to specialise in animation and mixed-media filmmaking, predominantly for commercials, music videos and broadcast promos.

Blinkink are active in the UK music industry and have made videos with artists including Dua Lipa, Elton John, Iron Maiden, Ashnikko, Jon Hopkins & Gorillaz.

Notable projects include: 'The Bear & The Hare' for British department store chain John Lewis, in their popular series of Christmas commercials.

It was directed by James Papper, featuring contributions from artistic collaborators including Ignasi Monreal, Jonathan Zwada, Missy Elliot, Hot Chip, Mmoodyman and Madonna.

The video has garnered over 475 million views on YouTube and was incorporated into Elton John's concert visuals for the 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' tour, which included his Pyramid stage headline set at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival.

[20] Blink Productions was founded in 1985 by producer James Studholme and director Bob Lawrie, originally with a reputation of being a “quirky, small animation shop” before they reinvented the company as a live action commercials operation during the first half of the 1990's.

Examples include Dougal Wilson, Nick Ball, Ivan Zacharius, Tom Kingsley, Aoife McArdle, Ben Wheatley, Andreas Nilsson, David Wilson, Pedro Martin Calero, Mark Denton, Blue Source, Juan Cabral, Adam Smith, Benito Montorio, Tom Tagholm, and Chris Sweeney.

Blink's peers within the advertising industry have credited the company's success to a "clever diversity of a brand giving it greater longevity and taking full advantage of an expanding marketplace".

[24][25] Blink have made commercials for major brands including Ikea, Guinness, BBC, Nike, Cadbury, John Lewis, Channel 4, Harvey Nichols, giffgaff, Fifa and Virgin.

Blink / Colonel Blimp have produced music videos for artists including Björk, The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Sad Night Dynamite, Lily Allen, Will Young,  Coldplay, Rag'n'Bone Man, The Streets, Bree Runway, George Michael, U2, Tinie Tempah, The Maccabees, Bat For Lashes, and Declan McKenna.

[33] Blink has produced several of the popular John Lewis Christmas commercial series - these were directed by Dougal Wilson and soundtracked by cover versions of famous songs by contemporary musical artists.

[34] Featuring fellow Canadian singer, Black Atlass, the music video has culminated 205 million views on YouTube to date.