Rebecca Manley Plus

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Rebecca is an experienced commercials director. Her work in this field includes a TV commercial for Sony’s Little Big Planet on PSP, a short film for the FIFA World Cup 2010 opening concert, and a short commercial film for Fairy Liquid and Make a Wish Foundation (in cinemas in the UK Nov 2012).

She has just finished directing a short stop-motion piece 'Duck Shoot' that she produced independently. Currently Rebecca is in the process of co-creating an animated e-book for i-Pad; and she has just been commissioned by Channel 4 to direct a short film for their daily arts strand Random Acts in 2013.

Her clients include: FIFA, Comic Relief, Sony/Playstation, Starbucks, Hershey’s chocolate, P&G, Google, Channel 4, BBC/CBBC/BBC3, Tiger Aspect, Polydor Records, Kraft, and Hewlett Packard.

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The World Cup film entitled '20 Centres for 2010', which Rebecca worked on with Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill), was screened at the (30,000 capacity) Orlando stadium in Soweto alongside performances from artists Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and Amadou and Mariam amongst others and shown all over the world.

Rebecca also works outside moving image, regularly producing design and model work. At the end of 2011 she was involved, as a team leader, in the Art department of the cult theatre experience You, Me, Bum Bum Train. In October 2011 she created the Halloween window display and store dressing for cutting edge fashion boutique Start London in Shoreditch, with her hand crafted Day of the Dead skulls.

Previously in 2009 Rebecca held a solo exhibition of these sculptures at TOPSHOP Oxford Circus, London. Also in 2009 Rebecca’s illustration Artichoke Hearts was part of Amelia’s magazine’s piece Shelter Card Quilt exhibited at the Haunch of Venison Gallery, London, W1, and later auctioned in aid of the charity Shelter. Other contributing artists included Vivienne Westwood, Damien Hirst, The Chapman brothers, and Tim Walker.

Rebecca has also directed a number of short films which have been screened at countless national and international festivals.

The short film Breaking the Mould co-directed with Luca Paulli won the Shooting People DepicT! Audience Award at Encounters Short Film Festival Nov 2008. And her graduation film Waiting for Dogot (starring the voice talent of Sylvester McCoy), won Best Animated Short Film at Kino Fest 2002.

Rebecca’s beautiful short The Girl & the Horse was screened at the National Gallery London, in conjunction with the Stubbs and the Horse exhibition. The film was a finalist in the Best Music category and nominated in the Public Choice Award at the British Animation Awards 2004. Both FIFA and Fairy – Make a Wish were shortlisted in different categories for the 2012 awards.