Martin Percy

Martin Percy is a director of interactive video. He has won a BAFTA British Academy Award, five Webby Awards and a Grand Clio;. He has also received three Emmy nominations, ten Webby nominations and fourteen Webby honorees. (See awards and nominations below). He has created interactive video pieces for the Tate Gallery, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, British Film Institute and National Theatre, working with people including Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Gordon Ramsay, Julie Walters, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Ross and Malcolm McDowell. (See external links below; all sites have a "credits" page crediting Martin Percy as director.) His interactive video pieces are integral to Tate Tracks, a marketing campaign for the Tate Gallery which won a Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. His work is discussed in an interview with Betsy Isaacson for The Huffington Post. In 2014 he gave a TEDx talk about his interactive film Lifesaver.
Martin is a graduate of Kings College Cambridge and an executive academy member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He is the son of the late Graham Percy, a noted illustrator.

• Virry (2015)

BAFTA British Academy Award 2015 - 'Children's Interactive: Original' - winner
Webby Awards - 'Family & Kids (Mobile Sites & Apps)', 2015 - People's Choice Winner

• Lifesaver with Charlotte King, Navinder Bhatti and Daisy Ridley (2013)

Clio Awards 'Healthcare - App', 2013 - winner, Grand Clio
BAFTA British Academy Award 2013 - 'Children's Interactive' - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Education & Reference (Handheld)', 2014 - People's Choice Winner
Webby Awards - 'Health, Wellness, Pharmaceutical', 2014 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Health', 2013 - Nominee
Creative Review The Annual, 2014 - Best in Book
FWA Site of the Month - August 2013
FWA Site of the Day - August 14, 2013
SXSW Interactive Awards 2014 - 'Educational Resource' - finalist
Lovie Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2013 - gold winner
Lovie Awards - 'People’s Choice, Best Use of Interactive Video', 2013 - winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Best learning game', 2013 - gold winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Excellence in learning content – public', 2013 - gold winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Excellence in learning content – not for profit', 2013 - gold winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Best use of mobile learning', 2013 - gold winner

• Jameson 1780 (2011)

Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2012 - Winner
Webby Awards - 'People’s Choice, Best Use of Interactive Video', 2012 - Winner
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Video', 2012 - Honoree
FWA Site of the Day - December 27, 2011

• Tate Kids: Wondermind (2011)

Webby Awards - 'Youth', 2012 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2012 - Honoree
FWA Site of the Day - February 12, 2012

• The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: The Bali Temple Explorer (2011)

Webby Awards - 'Travel & Adventure', 2011 - Winner
Webby Awards - 'Tourism', 2011 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Religion & Spirituality', 2012 - Honoree
FWA Site of the Day - July 19, 2011

• Tate Kids: Barbara's Garden (2010)

Webby Awards - 'Broadband', 2010 - Nominee

• Tate Kids: The Secret Dancer (2009)

BAFTA British Academy Award 2010 - 'Children's Interactive' - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2010 - Nominee
British Interactive Media Association BIMA Awards 2010 - Arts & Culture

• Tate Modern: Street Art HD (2008)

Emmy Awards - New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture 2009 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Broadband', 2009 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Cultural Institutions', 2009 - Honoree

• Tate Modern: The One That Spoke to Me (2008)

Emmy Awards - New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture 2009 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Art', 2009 - Honoree

• Meyers Hill (2008)

Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - Honoree

• Derek Jacobi on The GPO Film Unit (2008)

Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - Honoree

• Tate Tracks (2007)

Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 'Integrated' 2007 - Gold Lion (Campaign)
The One Show - "Best of Show" 2007 (Campaign)
The One Show - Innovative Use of Media - TV - "Gold Pencil" 2007 (Campaign)
Webby Awards - 'Music' 2008 - Honoree (Website)
Webby Awards - 'Cultural Institutions' 2008 - Honoree (Website)
Webby Awards - 'Broadband' 2008 - Honoree (Website)

• A Conversation with Sir Ian McKellen (2006)

BAFTA British Academy Award 2006 - 'Interactive Innovation' - nominee
Emmy Awards - 'Outstanding Arts, Lifestyle & Culture Programming For Broadband' 2007 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Documentary: Individual Episode' 2008 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Broadband' 2008 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Cultural Institutions' 2008 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - nominee

• Tate Modern - the BT Series featuring Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread and Anthony Gormley (2006)

Webby Awards - 'Art' 2006 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Art' 2007 - honoree
IVCA Awards - 'Web TV' 2007 - silver

• BFI Archive interactive with Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Ross and Paul Merton (2005-6)

British Interactive Media Association Awards - 'Education' 2006 - nominee

• "Let's Play 66" video quiz

Webby Awards - 'Broadband' 2005 - honoree