Andy Lambert

Andy Lambert's first film was "Live From Britain" a 52 minute cine-essay looking at the construction of national identity during the Thatcher era commissioned by Channel 4 in the UK in 1990. He subsequently made several more documentaries for television, including a surreal history of shopping malls for BBC. He then moved into drama with two short films, "The Accidental Conspiracy", a comedy-thriller that takes paranoia to its absurd limits, and "More is Less", a comedy about a young London couple who are struck with 'option paralysis' on a Saturday night. Both films screened at many festivals winning prizes at Tampere and Bristol Brief Encounters. Lambert then began directing TV commercials and worked for a string of top companies (Partzan, Blink, HSI) and top clients (Nokia, Nike, Guinness) winning several awards. Many of the 100s of TV commercial he has directed are movie-esque homages, including the well-known 'Deer Hunter' spoof ad he shot for Revels. He recently returned to short films with The MUTE Series, short pieces with no dialogue and only containing one shot.