Bart Yates
- Executive Producer
- United Kingdom
- Member since 2016
Born and bred in Brisbane, Australia, Bart started his career in the music industry before moving to London in 1999. He joined the advertising agency WCRS as a runner and started his path into production.
In 2002, he joined Blink Productions as a producer, and founded their dedicated animation division Blinkink in 2005. He co-founded Blink Industries, their long-form entertainment arm, in 2012 and recently started Blink Games to focus on video game development. Blink are mixed-media specialists, renown for telling unusual stories in innovative ways across TV, film, commercials, music videos, and video games.
Highlights along the way include the BAFTA winning cult puppet horror comedy series 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' for Channel 4, an Emmy-award winning episode of Love Death + Robots 'All Through The House’ for Netflix, music videos for Iron Maiden, Dua Lipa, Gorillaz and Elton John, and commercials including John Lewis' animated classic 'The Bear & The Hare’, the embroidered BBC World Cup trailer ‘The Tapestry’, and Harvey Nichols’ Cannes Lions Grand-Prix winning 'The Shoplifters’.
D&AD Awards (31)
-
World Cup - History Will Be Made
- Animation
- BBC Creative
- BBC
- Animation
- Stylised 2D/3D Animation
- 2019
-
Shoplifters
- Film Advertising
- adam&eveDDB
- Harvey Nichols
- Film Advertising
- Cinema Commercials 61-120 Seconds
- 2016
-
All Through The House - Love, Death + Robots
- Entertainment
- Entertainment
- Scripted Long Form
- 2022
-
The Great British Bake Off
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Blinkink & Channel 4
- Channel 4
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Animation for Film Advertising
- 2018
-
Hello Play
- Branded Content & Entertainment
- Blink Productions
- Hello play!
- Branded Content & Entertainment
- Branded Content & Entertainment - Fiction 1-5 mins
- 2016
-
Harvey Nichols - Shoplifter
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Work Editorial
- Harvey Nichols
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Direction for Film Advertising
- 2016
-
Shoplifters
- Direct
- adam&eveDDB
- Harvey Nichols
- Direct
- Direct Response/Film Advertising
- 2016
-
Shoplifters
- Film Advertising Crafts
- adam&eveDDB
- Harvey Nichols
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Use of Music for Film Advertising
- 2016
-
Shoplifters
- Film Advertising Crafts
- adam&eveDDB
- Harvey Nichols
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Animation for Film Advertising
- 2016
-
Bear & Hare
- Film Advertising Crafts
- adam&eveDDB
- John Lewis
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Production Design for Film Advertising
- 2014
-
Codehunters
- TV & Cinema Crafts
- Blink Productions
- MTV Asia
- TV & Cinema Crafts
- Animation & Motion Graphics
- 2007
-
Answerfax
- Radio Advertising
- WCRS
- Orange
- Radio Advertising
- Radio Crafts - Direction
- 2001
-
Welcome to the Flavourhood
- Animation
- Animation
- Mixed Media
- 2022
-
It's Trolli
- Animation
- Wieden+Kennedy Portland
- Trolli
- Animation
- Stop Frame Animation
- 2020
-
The Bitter Bond
- Animation
- Engine Group
- Born Free Foundation
- Animation
- Mixed Media Animation
- 2020
-
E.ON x Gorillaz: A Solar Collaboration
- Branded Content & Entertainment
- Engine
- E.ON
- Branded Content & Entertainment
- Fiction Film up to 5 mins
- 2018
-
The Supporting Act
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Blinkink & BBC Creative
- BBC One
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Animation for Film Advertising
- 2018
-
The Great British Bake Off
- Art Direction
- 4creative
- Channel 4
- Art Direction
- Art Direction for Film Advertising
- 2018
-
Radkey - Glore
- Music Videos
- Blink
- Radkey
- Music Videos
- Animation for Music Videos
- 2016
-
Bear & Hare
- Film Advertising Crafts
- adam&eveDDB
- John Lewis
- Film Advertising Crafts
- Animation for Film Advertising
- 2014
-
We Got Time
- Music Videos
- Blinkink
- Music Videos
- Music Videos
- 2010
-
Breakfast Transformer
- Digital Crafts
- Blink Productions
- Danish Bacon
- Digital Crafts
- Animation & Motion Graphics
- 2006
-
Letters
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Bartle Bogle Hegarty
- Audi UK
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Art Direction
- 2005
-
Letters
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Bartle Bogle Hegarty
- Audi UK
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Cinematography
- 2005
-
Letters
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Bartle Bogle Hegarty
- Audi UK
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Animation
- 2005
-
Letters
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Blink Productions
- Audi UK
- TV & Cinema Advertising Crafts
- Special Effects
- 2005
-
Answerfax
- Radio Advertising
- WCRS
- Orange
- Radio Advertising
- Over 40 Seconds
- 2001
-
Shaping Us
- Animation
- Animation
- Traditional
- 2023
-
Later Means Never
- Production Design
- Production Design
- Animations
- 2022
-
Scaredy Cat
- Sound Design & Use of Music
- adam&eveDDB
- Mars
- Sound Design & Use of Music
- Audio Composition
- 2021
-
The Bitter Bond
- Film Advertising
- Engine Group
- Born Free Foundation
- Film Advertising
- Social Commercials over 30 seconds
- 2020