Liam Andrew Wright
| Liam Andrew Wright | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 19 October 1985 Manchester, England |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2006–present |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Liam Andrew Wright (born 19 October 1985) is a British film director, media consultant, writer, internet personality and journalist. Also known as 'Akiba[1]' he has worked in digital media since 2006 when he directed his first feature film, Ex Cathedra, at the age of only 23.[2] He founded UK production company Banter Media in 2009. He is now known for his work consulting and writing within the blockchain industry as an editor and journalist at CryptoSlate.[3]
Early Career 2004–2008[edit]
He attended the University of York reading English and Philosophy before starting his production company, Banter Media[4] (formerly Petela Wright Films). He began his career working on Human Residue[5] as a camera operator before eventually turning his hand to directing. He directed several shorts and music videos whilst at university before graduating. The summer after he graduated he began principal photography on his debut feature film, Ex Cathedra. Since, he has relocated to Manchester where he is working with Apex Parkour on a T.V. pilot believed to be called "Streets Above".[6]
Later Career 2009–2022[edit]
Banter Media[edit]
In 2009 Liam began working with a new producer, Aleksis Williams, on projects for Petela Wright - the production company who made Ex Cathedra. They worked on several music videos together as well as pitching for Umbro Industries with the proposal for "Streets Above".
Since, he founded Banter Media in 2010 in his home town of Manchester as well as Banter Records - who released Green & Gold by the Haglems in May 2010 on the sub-label Hidden Stars Records[7] This song was released as a part of the worldwide reported Green & Gold Protest amongst Manchester United fans. The song was fully supported by the Manchester United Supporters Trust in their Newsletter and got to Number 300 in the UK charts.[8]
They also recorded the music video for the hugely popular Manchester Hip Hop act, F.O.A.K.[9] Liam led Banter Media for 11 years winning multiple agency awards[10] with clients including Colgate, Suzuki,[11] Nike,[12] Umbro and Warrior Collective.[13] The agency was downscaled in 2020 to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on remote consultancy.
CryptoSlate[edit]
Throughout the pandemic Liam began consulting on web3 projects with digital consultancy we3 (formerly Graft Social.[14]) Following several engagements with we3 he began writing on blockchain topics with Benzinga[15] before joining CryptoSlate in 2022 as an investigative journalist.[3] Liam now runs Blocklight,[16] the investigative team at CryptoSlate. Liam has written over 200 articles for CryptoSlate in 2022[3] including many video interviews with prominent web3 founders.[17]
Filmography[edit]
Feature films[edit]
- Ex Cathedra (2010)
- Human Residue (2008)
- "Motovudu Dark Art of Performance"[18](2012)
New Media[edit]
- Streets Above (2010)
Short films[edit]
- As We Know it (2010)
- Daisy, Daisy (2009)
- Somethings Go Unheard (2006)
- Graduation (2006)
Documentary[edit]
- "Green & Gold" (2010)
Music videos[edit]
- "Welcome to my City" by F.O.A.K (2010)
- "Let's Go Get Um" by Spartak (2009)
- "I Don't give a..." by True Ingredients (2007)
- "Space & Time" by True Ingredients (2006)
- "Hearts" by Everything on Red (2009)
Awards and nominations[edit]
Umbro Industries:[19]
- 2010: Winner - Grand Jury Winner (Streets Above)
Screentest Awards:[20]
- 2006: Best Screenplay - Original (Something Go Unheard, nominated)
- 2006: Grand Jury Award (Something Go Unheard, nominated)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Twitter Profile". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Liam 'Akiba' Wright". CryptoSlate. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "A Digital Marketing Agency in Manchester". Banter Media.
- ↑ "Human Residue - A Post Apocalyptic TV Series Pilot Film". www.residue-movie.com.
- ↑ "Wirral free-runners jump to national acclaim". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ [1] Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Thompson, Dan (2010-05-08). "¿United fans release anti-Glazer song". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ [2] Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ADWM. "banter media". Ad World Masters. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Suzuki". Banter Media. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ Introducing the Nike Pro Combat Recovery Hypertight, retrieved 2022-06-20
- ↑ "A Digital Marketing Agency in Manchester". Banter Media. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Graft Social". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Liam Andrew Wright Author Profile". Benzinga. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Twitter Blocklight announcement". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "CryptoSlate - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ desk, MotoGP. "Go fast the Motovudu way with 500cc GP winner Simon Crafar". Bikesport News. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Screentest » Screentest 2006". 2008-06-18. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2022-06-20. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Liam Andrew Wright on IMDb
- Ex Cathedra Super Nova Interview for British Film Magazine.
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