Video Production Company London

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Here Now Films is a London video production company making corporate video, brand films, documentaries and TV commercials, from the first idea to the final grade. Based on City Road, we’re the creative video agency you’ve been looking for.

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Cohere · AI for Empowerment

Shot on 35mm in four countries, with the camera prepped in Greenford by a London camera team.

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500+ productions for brands, broadcasters and institutions

Who we are

A video production company in London, on City Road

We make films for brands, banks, charities and broadcasters: brand films, corporate films, documentaries and TV commercials. We come up with the idea, run the shoot and finish the film with our own post team. Our office on City Road is where most commissions start.

We film all over London: towers in the City and at Canary Wharf, lofts in Shoreditch and on Hackney Road, studios in Battersea, care homes in Fulham, a tavern by Liverpool Street. We know which estates want twelve working days’ notice, which City buildings want every crew name for security, and when a quiet room needs the floor below booked as well.

How a London production runs
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Jill Shipley of AlTi Tiedemann Global, from The Purpose of Wealth: one of six productions we made for AlTi.

In numbers

Productions made for brands, broadcasters, charities and institutions.

500+

Films for KYN, a London care home group, since 2024.

20

Productions for AlTi Tiedemann Global, in London and New York.

6

Average rating across 54 Google reviews.

5.0

Our work

Selected work, from round the corner to four countries

Some of it was filmed a short walk from the office. Some of it was shot on 35mm in four countries. The team that makes it is the same.

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Case studies

Five case studies, three of them in London

An announcement filmed in a New York library, our longest London relationship, a hundred-year-old engineering firm, a tavern in the City and, for balance, a jetpack.

Announcement film · Wealth technology

Nevis × Focus

Focus Financial Partners chose Nevis, the AI platform for wealth managers, for its whole business, and Nevis asked us for the film that would tell the industry. Twelve days after Mark Swan’s first email we were in a panelled library on the Upper East Side: three half-hour interviews, then a three-way conversation on five cameras, in one afternoon. We wrote the questions, not the answers, and cut the film five times in eight days, reviewed by both firms.

Filmed
An Upper East Side library, New York, September 2026
Made
A three-minute announcement film, released October 2026

Branded micro-documentaries · Later-life care

KYN

KYN runs later-life care homes in London. The first brief was one day at KYN Hurlingham while the building was still being finished, for a short history of the Grade II building on Daisy Lane. Three weeks after we delivered it, KYN briefed us on Meet the Makers, seven films about the people who made the homes. Since then: Belong, with residents and their families; a careers film and six role films; and a new film for its homepage.

Filmed
KYN Hurlingham, Fulham, and KYN Bickley
Made
Twenty films from five briefs, 2024 to now

Branded documentary · Construction

JA Brooks

JA Brooks has fitted the mechanical services in London buildings for a hundred years, from its wartime beginnings to the projects it helps power today. For the centenary it wanted the people, not a reel of projects. We filmed at its pod construction facility and on live sites across the city, and built a film in three acts around the engineers, welders and families behind four generations of the business.

Filmed
JA Brooks’s workshop and sites across London
Made
A centenary film, used inside the firm and out

Customer stories · Restaurant technology

Toast

Toast’s creative team is on the US East Coast; the restaurants were in London and British Columbia. In London we filmed Mr Fogg’s City Tavern by Liverpool Street on 20 May 2026: the story of a drink order made in under two minutes. For the restaurant in Burnaby we booked a Vancouver crew, briefed them with our shot list and interview plan, and our producer Meg Amos directed the interviews live from London over a video link.

Filmed
Liverpool Street, London, and Burnaby, British Columbia
Made
Two customer story films, one team

PR films · For Jam Prime

Domino’s, TUI and Belvoir

Jam Prime puts brands in the news with stunts, and in 2023 it brought us in to film three. The loudest: a jet suit pilot delivering Domino’s to campers at Glastonbury, in one flight of about ten minutes. Its coverage ran to 78 pieces, from the Independent to the New York Post. Then a 78-year-old’s first waterslide for TUI, and elderflower from bush to bottle for Belvoir Farm. Not every film needs a jet engine. It helps.

Filmed
Glastonbury, Turkey and Leicestershire, for Jam Prime
Made
Three PR films, news cuts and stills

Services

What we make in London, and what it costs

Prices are on the page because it saves everyone a week. Every quote shows each line before anything is booked.

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Corporate video production in London

Leadership films, announcements and fireside chats for firms in the City and Canary Wharf, with the building passes and security lists sorted before the day.

From £9,500

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Brand film production in London

Films about what a company is for, built on the people in it. KYN’s twenty films started with one day at KYN Hurlingham.

From £9,500

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TV commercials in London

From the script to Clearcast approval and Peach delivery, with clock numbers and the PSE check done by our own team.

From £15,000

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Documentary production in London

Short documentaries for brands, charities and broadcasters, from BBC World to the overall winner at the Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival.

Shorter: micro-documentaries in London, one to three minutes.

From £9,500

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Event and PR films in London

Summits, launches, talks and stunts, with edits turned round in under 24 hours when the press needs them.

Quoted on the brief

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Post-production in London

Edit, colour, sound and motion graphics by our own post team, delivered in every format: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and captioned.

Edit days from £550

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Testimonials and customer stories

Clients and customers in their own words, filmed where the work happens: a tavern by Liverpool Street for Toast, County Hall for AimHi and PepsiCo.

From £9,500

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Film crew hire in London

DOPs, sound recordists and whole units for other people’s shoots, booked by our producers in London. A DOP and a sound recordist start at £1,568 a day.

Our booking fee: 10%

Also in London: drone filming · colour grading · video editing

Prices

Pricing and packages

Every London production starts at £9,500. Most land between £9,500 and £25,000; shoot days, crew size, locations, permits and how much the edit has to produce move the number.

Creative workshop

Free

A first call and a workshop on your brief, then a creative deck and an estimate.

Shoot only

£2,690

A producer and a cinematographer for a London day, with two cameras, lenses, sound and lighting. Expenses within London included. You get the rushes.

Full production

from £9,500

The idea, the script, the London shoot, the edit, grade and sound design: one hero film of two to four minutes and two social cuts.

Campaigns and TV commercials

Scoped from the brief

Bigger crews, more shoot days, locations, motion graphics and every format. TV commercials start at £15,000, with Clearcast and Peach delivery handled for you.

Not sure which fits? Send us the brief. The first call and the estimate are free.

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How we work

How a London production runs, in eight stages

The same eight stages for a one-day interview in the City as for a campaign in four countries, and you hear where we are every Friday.

  • 01

    Discovery

    A call on what the film has to do and who it’s for. Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours, and you get a short creative brief and a proposal back.

  • 02

    Treatment

    Within three to five working days, a creative concept and a visual direction for you to sign off before anyone books a camera.

  • 03

    Pre-production

    Scripts, shot lists, casting, locations, permits, schedules and call sheets. In London that can mean a borough film office, TfL, the Royal Parks or an estate’s own team.

  • 04

    Production

    A London crew and kit sized to the job, with a producer and a DOP on set. When a City building wants crew names and a kit list for security, we send them ahead.

  • 05

    Post-production

    Edit, colour and sound by our own post team. The first cut usually lands five to ten working days after the shoot.

  • 06

    Amends

    Two rounds of feedback in an online review portal, with every version numbered, so nobody comments on last week’s cut.

  • 07

    Delivery

    Every format the plan needs: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, captioned, ProRes and H.264. We keep secure backups for 12 months.

  • 08

    Compliance

    For broadcast: Clearcast substantiation, the PSE check, clock numbers and Peach delivery, all handled by our own team.

Ongoing work

Retainers, and work for agencies

Retainers

Some London clients come back brief after brief: KYN has given us five since 2024. Others would rather book us monthly or quarterly. A retainer keeps the look the same from film to film, brings the cost of each one down, and puts the same team on every brief, so nobody has to explain the brand twice.

  • Always-on content
  • A lower cost per film
  • Faster to publish
  • One look across every film
  • The same team every time
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For agencies

We work behind agencies all the time: white-label production, crews and kit, and post. We join your client calls as part of your team, sign your NDA and keep our name off the work. A lot of our PR films come through London agencies, the Domino’s jetpack among them.

  • White-label production
  • Crew and kit hire
  • Post-production
  • Shared review links and workflows
  • NDAs as standard
Talk to us about white-label work

Crew hire

Film crew hire in London, for productions from anywhere

DOPs, camera operators, sound recordists, gaffers and whole units, for one day or a full shoot, booked from our office on City Road. There are 1,400+ crew in and around London on our books.

Flying in? Your contract is with us and there’s one invoice. We crewed a US production’s four days in the City and Uxbridge in September 2025, and two podcast episodes on Level 48 of One Canada Square for Magnet Media, sixteen days after the first email.

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A London studio day for Valentine Global, January 2025.
  • Canary Wharf · Level 48 Magnet Media Two podcast episodes on three cameras at One Canada Square, shot and packed down by one o’clock.
  • The City · Gracechurch Street Davies Group Four shoot days in three cities for the group’s internal talk show; in London, its own office, with every crew name sent ahead for security.
  • A London studio · January 2025 Valentine Global The UK crew for a sportswear brand’s studio day, the day after its New York shoot.
  • Stockwell and Aldgate Arc Media Two Geotab customer stories for a Canadian agency: a Go-Ahead London bus garage, then BT Openreach.
  • New York → the UK NYT Studios A pilot for The Athletic: a producer, two camera operators and a sound recordist.
“Here Now Films is always my first call when filming internationally in the UK… The first time we worked together in London, they provided a full crew and both shoots ran flawlessly.”
Matt Dunstan
Director, United States

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Recognition

Awards and recognition

Festival juries, broadcasters, trade awards and client reviews. Each one is tied to a named film or a public listing.

  • Overall WinnerEdinburgh Conservation Film Festival · The Living Layer
  • Regional Panorama AwardCineEco · The Bio Estrela Project
  • Top Video Production Company, LondonClutch 2026 · also Top Documentary Production Company
  • Highly Commended, Best Small Agency (Global)The Drum Awards
  • Best Media StartupUK Business Awards
  • BroadcastBBC World News · Survival: To the Brink & Back
  • Commissioned: the Outstanding Contribution filmSony World Photography Awards · Joel Meyerowitz 2026
  • Featured Project, UK Films DatabaseBritish Council · Survival: To the Brink & Back 2025
  • SelectedGood Fest · The Regenerative Farm, for Heligan
  • The Here Now Films team at The Drum Awards

Members of EVCOM, BIMA and Bristol Creative Industries.

Locations

Where we film in London

Sixteen countries so far. The list below is the London part, street by street. Westminster, which covers the West End, Soho, Mayfair and Marylebone, wants ten to fifteen working days’ notice for parking bays or a big crew, so we plan for it.

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In London

  1. 01City Road, ShoreditchOur London office, a walk from Old Street station
  2. 02Hurlingham, FulhamKYN · Meet the Makers, Belong and the careers films
  3. 03BickleyKYN · Meet the Makers
  4. 04Hackney RoadAlTi Tiedemann Global · Interviews in a daylight studio, November 2024
  5. 05BatterseaAlTi Tiedemann Global · An announcement film, March 2026
  6. 06Liverpool StreetToast · Mr Fogg’s City Tavern, May 2026
  7. 07Gracechurch Street, the CityDavies Group · Interview days, November 2024
  8. 08One Canada Square, Canary WharfMagnet Media · Two podcast episodes on Level 48
  9. 09County Hall, South BankAimHi × PepsiCo · A case study film under the London Eye
  10. 10Somerset HouseSony World Photography Awards · Our Joel Meyerowitz film, 2026
  11. 11MaryleboneCrew hire · A US production’s startup series, May 2025
  12. 12Stockwell and AldgateArc Media · Two Geotab customer stories, 2025 and 2026

Everywhere else

Fifteen more countries: the US, Canada, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, Finland, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, India, Bangladesh, Singapore and Japan. In the UK we also have bases in Manchester, Bristol and Cornwall.

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Reviews

What clients say

5.0 from 54 Google reviews · Read them on Google

“I have worked with Here Now for two projects now and both have been hugely successful. The team are collaborative, creative and reliable. They have executed both projects to a supremely high standard and we are all delighted with the results. Will definitely be using them for future projects.”
Miranda Spiro
Global Marketing Director, AlTi Global
“Great team, allowed us a lot of flexibility in planning our video production around a group of international executives with limited available time, incredibly adaptable with us during post production and series of SME based reviews and live edits.”
Colin Eldridge
Google review
“The Here Now Films team helped us conduct a remote shoot in London, from San Francisco. The team made the process as smooth as possible and were an absolute pleasure to work with. I highly recommend their services!”
Maxie Harrington
Google review
“Here Now Films is always my first call when filming internationally in the UK. This was my second time working with them, and once again, they delivered above and beyond. On our most recent trip, they supported us a phenomenal key production assistant throughout the UK and a great DP in Manchester (a new city for us). They matched the exact camera and lighting kit I use back in the States keeping things consistent for our brand. What really stood out this time was the support from our key PA. He personally ushered me and my U.S.-based DP to every single shoot location throughout the week, and even drove me from London to Manchester. Always on time, if not early, and an excellent driver. I’ve always been uncomfortable driving on the opposite side of the road when traveling internationally, so that accommodation made a huge difference. The first time we worked together in London, they provided a full crew and both shoots ran flawlessly. Communication is always smooth, the team is kind, professional, and incredibly easy to work with. Most importantly, our clients are always happy when they’re involved. Looking forward to many more future projects together. Here Now is truly a go-to partner in the UK!”
Matt Dunstan · Google review
“The team at Here Now are exceptional. I’ve worked with them on a number of projects now and the quality is always outstanding, they are also just an absolute pleasure to work with! They offer creativity, passion and a level of professionalism I’ve rarely had with other businesses. I’d highly recommend Ed and the team to anyone as their first call for top-tier video production.”
Josh Morris · Google review
“Ed and Ted created a micro-documentary for us showcasing an innovative project, they were highly professional, fitted in seamlessly with a highly complex and fast paced day of activity and logistics, while building instant rapport with the multiple people involved in the day. In the end they produced a brilliant product for us delivering exactly to the brief, telling the story of the project with creative flare, style and depth. I’d highly recommenced them to anyone looking to create high quality, watchable content, with a company that has a journalistic and high level of attention to detail and adaptable approach to covering a story. Also great fun to work with in general from the creative planning stages through to filming.”
Sam Manning · Client review
“It was a pleasure collaborating with the team at Here Now Films (Ed, Meg, and Ted). They created two videos for our drug and alcohol charity, WithYou in Cornwall, highlighting the recovery journeys of our clients and showcasing the outstanding work our staff does every day. They approached the filming process with sensitivity and empathy, helping our clients and staff feel at ease throughout the shoot. We are thrilled with the final results of both films and would gladly work with the team again in the future.”
Simon Hadley · Google review
“I worked with a crew of four people from Here Now Films for a pilot project. Morgan, the organiser, was very proficient and quick to respond to communications. We met for the first time on the day with a bit of a hazy plan for a tricky shoot, but the crew took it all in their step and the final product was great. Would recommend.”
Joe Devine · Google review
“Here Now are professional, creative and a pleasure to work with. The team are well organised, easy to communicate with and delivered an excellent result. Highly recommended.”
Robert James · Google review
“I had a great experience with Here Now – they worked collaboratively with us and were an immeasurably great part of bringing the vision of the project to life.”
Susie Gray · Client review
“Great team to work with. Helped us with a documentary project. Added helpful creative direction. Met all deadlines. Recommend.”
Victor Cooper · Google review
“These guys are fab and we will keep working with them in the future”
Will Harris · Google review

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Sectors

Video production in London, by sector

Seven sectors we know well enough to skip the basics, each with its own London page.

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    Brand films, investor communications and leadership films for banks, wealth managers and fintechs, cleared with your compliance team.

  • ECOTRUST FIRST EXPORT 69Charity & Environment

    Documentaries and campaign films for charities, NGOs and conservation groups, from EcoTrust in Uganda to drone seeding for the Woodland Trust.

  • FatFace Banner Video Production Company London New 1Lifestyle & Retail

    National campaigns, seasonal content and product films for fashion and consumer brands, FatFace’s seven campaigns among them.

  • Screenshot 2026 05 23 at 15.52.37 Healthcare

    Founder films, product demos and patient stories for care providers and medical companies, like Calla Lily’s, shot in its London labs.

  • Screenshot 2026 04 26 at 09.10.19 Arts & Heritage

    Artist profiles and exhibition films for galleries, awards and cultural institutions, from Tate to the Sony World Photography Awards.

  • Screenshot 2025 07 29 at 14.57.16 Industrial

    Films for construction, engineering and manufacturing firms with real people to show, like JA Brooks’s centenary film.

  • image 70 Sports & Adventure

    Athlete profiles, expedition films and brand films for sport and outdoor brands, including the Turner Twins’ electric paramotor world record.

Guides

Filming in London: the guides

London is a good city to film in and a complicated one to get permission in: boroughs, TfL, the Royal Parks and the private estates all have their own rules. We wrote these from our own shoots.

The team

Your team in London

It started with two best mates, Ed Smit and Ollie Couch, making films for local businesses and charities. Today all our producers and most of our editors are in London, and our office on City Road is where most commissions start, with the crew booked around them.

Along the way we were Highly Commended for Best Small Agency (Global) at The Drum Awards, named Top Video Production Company and Top Documentary Production Company in London 2026 by Clutch, won Best Media Startup at the UK Business Awards, and had a BBC World documentary recognised by the British Council.

Morgan Cartlidge
Partner and Head of Production
Meg Amos
Producer and director
Alexander Webb
Head of Post-Production, editor and colourist, who leads our edit team
Ed Smit and Ollie Couch
Founders, based in our Newquay office, where we started
About us

Our London office

Here Now Films
124 City Road
London EC1V 2NX

Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. In Shoreditch, just off City Road: opposite Barclays and above the opticians, in the red-brick Victorian building. Nearest Tube: Old Street. No parking on site.

Call us on +44 7412 543822

Join our London team

We’re always looking for producers, editors and directors who want to make better films. Openings in London include a film editor and a creative producer.

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FAQ

Video production in London: questions

We’re a video production company in London making brand films, corporate films, documentaries and TV commercials. Something we haven’t answered? Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours.

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How much does video production cost in London?

Every London production we make starts at £9,500, and most land between £9,500 and £25,000. Shoot days, crew size, locations, permits and how much the edit has to produce move the number. If you only need the filming, a shoot-only day with a producer, a cinematographer and kit is £2,690. TV commercials start at £15,000. Every quote shows each line before anything is booked.

Do you make TV commercials?

Yes. We write and shoot TV commercials in London and take care of the parts that come after the edit: Clearcast approval, clock numbers, the PSE check and delivery to broadcasters through Peach. TV commercials start at £15,000. More on our TV commercials in London page.

How fast can you deliver a film?

Event and PR edits can go out in under 24 hours when the press needs them. For brand and corporate films, the first cut usually lands five to ten working days after the shoot, and most edits take one to three weeks from there, with two rounds of feedback. If you have a launch date, tell us at the start and we’ll plan back from it.

Can you sort London permits and locations?

Yes: borough film permits, TfL and the Underground, the Royal Parks, parking suspensions, access and risk assessments, plus studios and location scouts. Lead times are set by whoever owns the ground. TfL wants at least three weeks for the Underground, Canary Wharf wants ten working days, or twelve with a risk assessment, and a road closure in the City takes twelve weeks (checked October 2026).

Do you work with agencies or white-label?

All the time. We work behind agencies on production, crews and kit, and post, under your name and your NDA, and we’re happy to join client calls as part of your team. A lot of our PR films come through London agencies.

Do you handle casting?

Yes, from street casting and real contributors to professional talent, with usage and contracts agreed up front. For Airbnb’s four character profiles in Cornwall we cast local residents, not actors.

Can you provide accessibility deliverables?

Yes. We deliver open and closed captions, transcripts and audio-described versions on request. Tell us at the brief and we’ll build them into the plan.

Do you work with in-house teams?

Regularly. In-house marketing, comms and people teams brief us directly, and we fit around their sign-off process. We can co-brand with your own team’s work, or simply hand over the files for your channels.

What’s included in post-production?

The edit, colour grade, sound mix, light motion graphics and the versions you need, all done by our own post team. We agree the deliverables and codecs at the start: 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1, captioned, ProRes and H.264. Edit days on their own start at £550.

Do you film outside London?

Yes. London is our home base, and we have bases in Manchester, Bristol and Cornwall, so most of the country is close to one of our crews. Abroad we’ve filmed in sixteen countries, from Ontario to Uganda. For work across the country, start at our video production company UK homepage.

Can you help with Clearcast delivery?

Yes. We submit scripts to Clearcast for pre-clearance, prepare the substantiation, get the clock numbers, run the PSE check and deliver the finished commercial through Peach. Starting early with Clearcast saves a reshoot later, so we bring it in at the script stage.

Who owns the footage, and how does licensing work?

You own the films we deliver. Talent, music and any licensed footage follow the usage we agree, by term, territory and media, and we write it down before the shoot. The project files and rushes can be handed over or archived with us; tell us which you’d prefer.

What crew and kit do you provide?

A typical London unit is a director or producer, a DOP, a sound recordist and lighting, with cinema cameras, prime and zoom lenses, and professional audio. We add a teleprompter, a drone or a bigger crew when the brief needs them. Crew-only days are on our film crew hire in London page.

How do we start?

Send a brief or book a 15-minute call. Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours. Then we come back with a treatment, an outline, a budget and a schedule, and the first workshop is free.

Tell us what you’re making.

Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours. Or call us on +44 7412 543822, or email ed@herenow.film.

5.0 from 54 Google reviews

“The team are collaborative, creative and reliable.”
Miranda Spiro, Global Marketing Director, AlTi Global

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