Adam Jennings
Encyclopedia
Adam Jennings is a British
actor
, producer
and film director
best known for his theatre work. He was born in Rochford
, England
.
Originally training as an actor, he has more latterly turned his hand to combining the Internet with entertainment and now owns and runs the Red Box Group of companies which include Red Box New Media, (a full service digital creative agency), and Peanut Films, (a UK based independent film production company).
In 2004, he took the film production arm of Red Box New Media and set it up as independent film production company Peanut Films. He has produced
and directed
two shorts for Peanut Films, Out Of The Frying Pan... and Toilet Humour.
His design work under the banner of Red Box New Media is varied but has always been related to the entertainment industry working on the official UK websites for films like Van Helsing
, The Bourne Supremacy
, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
, 9 Songs
and Racing Stripes
, as well as creation of the official UK websites for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
and Untold Scandal
.
He created the multi award-winning website for the BBC Two
cookery show The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook
and won more acclaim with the corporate website for independent film producers Barford Productions, (see external links below). He also produced and designed an award-winning, controversial animation for Greenpeace
, featuring a chainsaw wielding Ronald MacDonald
.
During the summer of 2007, Adam produced a set of creative global marketing elements for the Twentieth Century Fox film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
; that included animated winks, emoticons and dynamic display pictures the public could download and use for free on their Microsoft Windows
Live Messenger chat application. Later during the same summer he also produced a full campaign for The Simpsons Movie
which ran in over 25 markets throughout the world and included two full sets of Windows Live Messenger Personal Expression elements, a mini site, HTML emails and multiple variants of display advertising; all of which was localised for each market.
Following on a similar Windows Live Messenger related theme, Campbell-Ewald Digital, commissioned Adam's new media design studio, Red Box New Media to produce a full set of Personal Expression elements for General Motors
Chevy brand sponsorship of the Live Earth
events. The Messenger elements tied in with a larger campaign that included display advertising and an award-winning website to promote the various types of alternative fuel and hybrid Chevy vehicles available.
In 2008 Adam and his studio were awarded the contracts to design and build websites for UK Television and Radio comedy legends Pozzitive Television
, run by Geoff Posner
and David Tyler and also to completely re-vamp the website for The Theatre, Chipping Norton; a little Victorian gem of a theatre that has become a National treasure and is well respected internationally.
During the last 10 months of 2008, nearly 35 and a half million people saw his work around the world in one form or another; after he produced a number of high profile digital marketing campaigns, (or sections thereof), for clients such as Orange, Royal Mail
, Adidas
and Fanta
. In 2008 he also worked on the theatrical launch of 20th Century Fox's Horton Hears a Who!
movie and produced a bespoke ecard system for AOL Europe users to make use of by sending customised Valentines eCards.
Through 2009, well over 100 million Internet users saw the work of Adam and his design studio, Red Box New Media; after they produced a slate of extremely successful, multinational digital campaigns to promote the theatrical release of Dragonball Evolution, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
, Night At The Museum 2, Fantastic Mr. Fox
, Alvin & The Chipmunks 2 and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
.
Adam also launched the corporate websites of numerous TV and film prod cos; including: Pozzitive Television, Big Bear Films and Summer Films. He also oversaw the technical re-build of the new website for the multi award-winning production company Mind's Eye Media and designed the DVD cover art and promotional material for top UK stand up comedian Milton Jones' first DVD release.
Previously he worked as Head Of Internet for computer games developers Rebellion, where he designed graphics for numerous computer games including The Mummy, Asterix
& The Search For Dogmatix and Mission: Impossible
, as Senior Designer for pan-European ISP World Online and Senior Designer again for the UK arm of Italian ISP Tiscali and also as Creative Lead (EMEA) for Microsoft
s' Premier Media Group, handling art direction on accounts for the likes of Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros.
, Adidas
and Nike
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
best known for his theatre work. He was born in Rochford
Rochford
Rochford is a small town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. It is sited about 43 miles from Central London and approximately 21 miles from the Essex county town, Chelmsford...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Originally training as an actor, he has more latterly turned his hand to combining the Internet with entertainment and now owns and runs the Red Box Group of companies which include Red Box New Media, (a full service digital creative agency), and Peanut Films, (a UK based independent film production company).
Career
In 1996, Jennings set up a digital entertainment agency, The Red Box Group (now Red Box New Media), which provides support for entertainment based companies and charities. Racking up an impressive list of theatre credits his work on film and screen has been varied and usually comedic.In 2004, he took the film production arm of Red Box New Media and set it up as independent film production company Peanut Films. He has produced
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
two shorts for Peanut Films, Out Of The Frying Pan... and Toilet Humour.
His design work under the banner of Red Box New Media is varied but has always been related to the entertainment industry working on the official UK websites for films like Van Helsing
Van Helsing (film)
Van Helsing is a 2004 American action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale...
, The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy is the second Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, first published in 1986. It was the sequel to Ludlum's bestseller The Bourne Identity and precedes Ludlum's final Bourne novel, The Bourne Ultimatum ....
, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American pulp adventure science-fiction film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut. The film is set in an alternative 1939 and follows the adventures of Polly Perkins , a newspaper reporter, and Harry Joseph "Joe" Sullivan ,...
, 9 Songs
9 Songs
9 Songs is a 2004 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film...
and Racing Stripes
Racing Stripes
Racing Stripes is a 2005 comedy film directed by Frederik Du Chau, the director of Quest for Camelot. Although set in Kentucky, the movie was filmed in Pietermaritzburg and Nottingham Road, South Africa.-Plot:...
, as well as creation of the official UK websites for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 superhero film adaptation loosely based on characters from the comic book limited series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, who is also famous for Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. It was released on July 11, 2003, in the...
and Untold Scandal
Untold Scandal
Untold Scandal, originally titled Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa, is an award-winning South Korean film released in 2003. Adapted from the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, which takes place in late 18th century France, the film is set in late 18th century Korea, during the Joseon dynasty...
.
He created the multi award-winning website for the BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
cookery show The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook
The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook
The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook is a BBC television cookery and travel programme, that has so far run for four series and a Christmas special...
and won more acclaim with the corporate website for independent film producers Barford Productions, (see external links below). He also produced and designed an award-winning, controversial animation for Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
, featuring a chainsaw wielding Ronald MacDonald
Ronald McDonald
Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. In television commercials, the clown inhabits a fantasy world called McDonaldland, and has adventures with his friends Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, and...
.
During the summer of 2007, Adam produced a set of creative global marketing elements for the Twentieth Century Fox film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a 2007 American superhero film, and the sequel to the 2005 film Fantastic Four. Both films are based on the Fantastic Four comic book and were directed by Tim Story...
; that included animated winks, emoticons and dynamic display pictures the public could download and use for free on their Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
Live Messenger chat application. Later during the same summer he also produced a full campaign for The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
which ran in over 25 markets throughout the world and included two full sets of Windows Live Messenger Personal Expression elements, a mini site, HTML emails and multiple variants of display advertising; all of which was localised for each market.
Following on a similar Windows Live Messenger related theme, Campbell-Ewald Digital, commissioned Adam's new media design studio, Red Box New Media to produce a full set of Personal Expression elements for General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
Chevy brand sponsorship of the Live Earth
Live Earth
-Background:Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action...
events. The Messenger elements tied in with a larger campaign that included display advertising and an award-winning website to promote the various types of alternative fuel and hybrid Chevy vehicles available.
In 2008 Adam and his studio were awarded the contracts to design and build websites for UK Television and Radio comedy legends Pozzitive Television
Pozzitive Television
Pozzitive Television is a production company formed by producers Geoff Posner and David Tyler in 1992. Between them, they have produced and directed comedy shows in the UK including Spitting Image, Coogan's Run, Not The Nine O'Clock News, French & Saunders, Harry Enfield and Chums, dinnerladies,...
, run by Geoff Posner
Geoff Posner
Geoffrey Posner is a British television producer and director. Posner has directed and produced some of Britain's most successful comedy shows since the early 1980s....
and David Tyler and also to completely re-vamp the website for The Theatre, Chipping Norton; a little Victorian gem of a theatre that has become a National treasure and is well respected internationally.
During the last 10 months of 2008, nearly 35 and a half million people saw his work around the world in one form or another; after he produced a number of high profile digital marketing campaigns, (or sections thereof), for clients such as Orange, Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
, Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
and Fanta
Fanta
Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks from the Coca-Cola Company. There are over 90 flavors worldwide. The drink debuted in Germany in 1941 and originally sold only in Europe.-History:...
. In 2008 he also worked on the theatrical launch of 20th Century Fox's Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (film)
Horton Hears a Who!, also known as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, is a 2008 American CGI-animated comedy feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It is the fourth feature film from Blue Sky Studios, and the third feature film based on a Dr. Seuss book, following How the Grinch...
movie and produced a bespoke ecard system for AOL Europe users to make use of by sending customised Valentines eCards.
Through 2009, well over 100 million Internet users saw the work of Adam and his design studio, Red Box New Media; after they produced a slate of extremely successful, multinational digital campaigns to promote the theatrical release of Dragonball Evolution, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American action film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. The fourth installment in the X-Men film series, it was released worldwide on May 1, 2009...
, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
, Night At The Museum 2, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr Fox is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1970 by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S., with illustrations by Donald Chaffin. The book was later published with new illustrations by Jill Bennett, Tony Ross and Quentin...
, Alvin & The Chipmunks 2 and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a 2010 fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Columbus. The film is loosely based on The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan...
.
Adam also launched the corporate websites of numerous TV and film prod cos; including: Pozzitive Television, Big Bear Films and Summer Films. He also oversaw the technical re-build of the new website for the multi award-winning production company Mind's Eye Media and designed the DVD cover art and promotional material for top UK stand up comedian Milton Jones' first DVD release.
Previously he worked as Head Of Internet for computer games developers Rebellion, where he designed graphics for numerous computer games including The Mummy, Asterix
Asterix
Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on October 29, 1959...
& The Search For Dogmatix and Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...
, as Senior Designer for pan-European ISP World Online and Senior Designer again for the UK arm of Italian ISP Tiscali and also as Creative Lead (EMEA) for Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
s' Premier Media Group, handling art direction on accounts for the likes of Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
and Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
.
As actor
- Light Rain (2009)
- Target Sighted (1996)
- The Hamper (1995)
- The Intruder (1994)
As director
- Toilet Humour (2004)
- Out Of The Frying Pan... (2004)
- The World Of The Engine: Industrial Strength (2001)
Selected theatre credits as actor
- CinderellaCinderella"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
(Buttons) - Trainspotting (Renton)
- PygmalionPygmalion (play)Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of...
(Freddie) - MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
(Duncan) - Love Letters with Charlton HestonCharlton HestonCharlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
and his wife Lydia (Presenter)