SMUGGLER

SMUGGLER is a production company working across commercials, film, television, theatre and music videos, and it represents a roster of award-winning directors with experience in multiple mediums. The company describes itself as a global studio and production company, and it presents its work under Commercial, Music Video, Theatre and Immersive, and Film and TV. In the production model this reflects, a company signs directors and then handles bidding, producing and delivery when agencies, brands, labels or studios hire that talent, so the strength of the roster largely defines what the business can offer.

Alongside its commercial and music video work, the company runs SMUGGLER Entertainment, an entertainment arm with its own leadership, programming and production staff, as well as a unit called SMUGGLER Experience. Its work has received recognition across these fields, including Emmys, Tonys, Grammys, Cannes Lions Grands Prix and the Palme d'Or five times. Running advertising, long-form entertainment and live work side by side lets directors move between formats, and the range of those awards reflects that mix.

SMUGGLER has offices in Los Angeles, New York and London, with the Los Angeles office on Seward Street, the New York office on West 21st Street and the London office at Bourlet Close. Its sales and new business staff cover the U.S. East Coast, West Coast and Midwest as well as the UK, and it has separate executive producers and heads of production for the U.S. and UK. The company says its approach rests on a commitment to craft and innovation and on the view that stories shape and bind culture, a focus on storytelling that fits a business built around director-driven work across advertising, entertainment and live formats.