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Biography
Campbell Beaton is a British producer.
About
Campbell Beaton is a producer and director. He began Fortune Films in 2005 over a £1 bet that ‘anyone’ could make films. He has made commercials for the likes of Mercedes, Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana for Mario Testino, and promos for artists ranging from Bjork, Professor Green and Unkle. He now runs Black Cap Films as well as other companies.
Campbell’s real passion is film. He has produced the multi award winning shorts, Half Hearted by Max McGill, The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp and Sean De Sparengo’s Counting Backwards. He has also produced the 2017 Cannes Lions Grand Prix award winning VR project "Not Get" for Bjork by directors Warren and Nick
Campbell finished the feature film Hot Property with Myanna Buring which premiered by closing the London Comedy festival in 2017.
VR Awards
Cannes Grand Prix winner 2017 for Bjork Not Get VR directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
Film awards
COWBOY BEN starring Shaun Dooley
- Best short film – Promax 2014
- Best short film – CPIFF 2014
- Best Drama Short Film – MIFF 2015
- Best Performance Award – Plymouth Film Festival 2015
THE KARMAN LINE Oscar Sharp DOP Robbie Ryan
Starring: Olivia Colman, Shaun Dooley, and Chelsea Corfield
- Winner – BIFA Best Short Film
- Nomination – BAFTA 2015 Best Short Film
- Winner - Aspen Shortsfest Best Comedy
- Winner - Aspen Shortsfest Ellen Prize for Originality
- Winner - Grand Prix Short - FIRST Film Festival, China
- Winner - Best Fiction Short - Deadcenter festival Oklahoma
- Winner - Best Short Film - Savannah Film Festival
- Winner - Best Short Drama - New Hampshire Film Festival
- Winner - Best Drama - San Jose Short Film Festival
- Winner - Best Short - UK Film Festival
Counting Backwards - Director Sean De Sparengo, DOP Adam Suchzisky
Starring Hetti Bywater, Kate Ashfield, and Craig Conway
- Winner – Great lakes IFF 2015
- Official Selection – San Luis Obispo IFF 2015
- Official Selection – Hamilton FF 2015
- Official Selection – River Bend IFF
- Official Selection – Bronx IFF