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chris curtis • Jan 12, 2023

BIRMINGHAM 2022

The project kicked off August 2020 following a call from our friends at McCann Central presenting us with an almost tailor-made concept for Curtis Marrs. It was pretty hard to keep our excitement under control when names like Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Heptathlon world champion), Adam Peaty (swimmer, breast stroke record holder), Galal Yafai (boxing Commonwealth Game champion) & rapper Lady Leshurr.


We love making films that really excite us to work on — hopefully it means some people out there will feel the same watching them. The project was developed almost from scratch after the award, it was great to be so creatively open — we loved the challenge of making a unique film that was as much about Birmingham and the fans as it was the athletes.


Hanging out with such a great mix of amazing athletes, Olympians and world record holders. I’ve always been an athletics fan, from the amazing golden period of Daley Thomson, Cram, Ovett, It was a dream come true to work with today’s greats of Adam Peaty, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Joe Fraser and bring them into the super weird world of Curtis Marrs.

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