Ali Kurr a British-Polish director who in 2019 was named an ‘Emerging Brit’ by the National Youth Film Academy. With an award winning background in commercials and music videos since 2012 Ali has directed a wide range of talent from Bollywood icons including Ranbir Kapoor to Netflix breakout star Simone Ashley (Bridgeton, Sex Education). Ali’s first short, an acute retelling of two lover’s on holiday, ‘Sparrow’, starring Simone Ashley and Catriona Stirling (Yerma), opened BFI Flare’s ‘Calm Before the Storm’ screening and won at Underwire festival. Her music videos for artists including Loyle Carner, Poppy Ajudha and Connie Constance have seen her nominated at the UK Music Video awards and named one of ‘Vevo’s One To Watch’. In 2020 she was asked to direct two adverts for Sport England’s acclaimed ‘This Girl Can’, which saw her win a prestigious D&AD wood pencil. Recently, Ali has written and directed videos for Rina Sawayama’s ‘Hold The Girl’ album, with her queer-poly-pop-mash-up of a film ‘The Hell’ being nominated at the 2022 MTV VMAs.
Contact: alessandra.e.kurr@gmail.com
+44 (0) 7584244264
UK PARTIZAN
Commercials - jenny.beckett@partizan.com
Content - jackson.forsythe@partizan.uk
Music Videos - mayling.wong@partizan.com
GERMANY AKKURAT
Commercials - anna@akkurat.tv
US PARTIZAN
Commercials - lisat@partizan.us
Content - pegah@partizan.us
Music Videos - sara.nix@partizan.us
Selected Credits
2022
Hold The Girl - Rina Sawayama
This Hell - Rina Sawayama - MTV VMA's 'Video For Good'
Instax - McCann Agency - TVC
2021
This Girl Can, Again - Sport England - TVC
Nando's - Phantom Agency - TVC
DFS - Ordinary People, Extraordinary Thing - Olympics - TVC
Bang and Olufsen - Conde Nast Agency - TVC
2020
Bad Friend - Rina Sawayama
XS - Rina Sawayama
Frontier Tech (Documentary)
Outercourse (Short Film)
This Girl Can - Sport England - TVC
2019
Emerging Brit - National Youth Film Academy
Ella Balinska - Train Like an Angel - Vogue UK
Naomi Scott - A Very Modern Princess - Vogue UK
Do What Works For You - Veet - BETC
Change The Game - BBC Creative - BBC
Made In Music - 3 Mobile - Boys & Girls
One - Ebony Frainteso - FNY LTD
2018
Amber Simone - 'Strawberry Kisses' - Juicebox Recordings
Nike - 'Train Harder' - Guerilla
All the Me's - Max Fashion - Saatchi & Saatchi
Samsonite - Middle East - 10 Years of Cosmolite
Poppy Ajudha - She Is The Sum - High Focus Records - UKMVA Best Pop Newcomer Nomination
Include Me 'Documentary' - Dazed and Confused
2017
Poppy Ajudha - Spilling Into You - High Focus Records - UKMVA Best Pop Newcomer Nomination
Yonaka - Bubblegum - Atlantic Records
Puma x ASOS - 'Do You'
Valentino - SS18 Collection + Punk Sneakers
2016
VEVO Director: One to Watch
Loyle Carner - NOCD - AMF Records
Connie Constance - Lose My Mind - AMF Records / UKMVA Best Pop Newcomer Nomination
2015
Rina Sawayama - Where Are U - Momoeé Records
Sparrow - Short Film - Official selection: BFI Flare, Underwire, London Short Film Festival