Born from a mutual love for the art of film craft, Vandal was co-founded by award-winning and BAFTA nominated Director Alex Hartman and Cinematographer Dax Debice.
They first collaborated on the hugely successful series Dynamo: Beyond Belief. It garnered critical acclaim and became Sky’s biggest entertainment launch in the last decade with 1.8M tuning in to watch the opening show
WHO WE ARE
The moustachio’d half of our founding partners, Alex cut his teeth 25 years ago with the likes of Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Sacha Baron Cohen at Paramount Comedy Channel, which gave birth to the obsession and love he has for his craft.
In the years since he has Directed an abundance of Television formats and Commercial content, bringing his cinematic flair and passion for mixed media to them all. His endless energy, clarity, curiosity and ability to cut to the core of the story keeps clients old and new coming back for more.
Tamsin is our awesome animation producer. Her reputation precedes her with a career spanning the worlds of Development, Series Production, and Commercials for the likes of Aardman Animation, BBC, RAI, SKY and ITV.
She holds knowledge of animation styles and methods that would make postman pat weep cotton wool tears and is an expert gatherer of creative minds, story tellers and animators, making Tamsin the safest darn pair of hands you could be in.
Dax kicked off his career working on dramas and films in the days of celluloid. His passions have led him into the world of music, shooting everyone from the Rolling Stones to Coldplay and Adele. As a cinematographer Dax has made documentaries with musical greats like David Gilmour, Liam Gallagher, Gregory Porter and Toots Hibbert as well as lighting and lensing the TV series The Great Songwriters currently showing on Sky Arts.
He’s often found contorting his body into odd places and positions looking for the best shot, angle and light. When you hear him murmuring sweet nothings about colour and lenses you know the images will be pure gold