Floating You Retreat, Sri Lanka 2025

Floating You
A meditative film exploring rhythm, connection, and self-renewal at a surf and yoga retreat in Sri Lanka.


Directed, DOP, edited, and graded by Shimmy.


The piece blends natural light, movement, and texture to evoke the sensory calm of the ocean and the quiet intimacy of collective retreat life.

Chanel 2024 for ELLE ARABIA

Moving Image - Shot + Directed by Shimmy

Photography/Stills by Elliot Morgan

Stylist - Krishnan Parmer

Art Director - Kate Hazell

Casting - Timoer Nuelens

Make Up Artist - Violet Zeng

Fashion Assistant - Prabh Malait


Final VP 1664 x Sydney Lima

Role: Videographer

Shot, directed and edited, social content for the 1664 tent at Wilderness Festival 2024 including a candid vox pops with Model/Presenter - Sydney Lima, offbeat moment - and a highlights reel built for the scroll.

Highlights Here

Sorbet Magazine - Cover Story Teaser - Aweng Chuol

Commissioned by William Buckley @ Sorbet Magazine, UAE

Featuring Aweng Chuol wearing Cartier from the archives.

Shot, Directed & Edited by Shimmy

Stylist Krishnan Parmer

Cartier Archive for Sorbet w/ Aweng Ade-Chuol  (Copy)
Cartier Archive for Sorbet w/ Aweng Ade-Chuol (Copy)

Role: Shooting Director

A fashion editorial film, Shot & Directed by Shimmy in a studio location in Geneva September 2023 - featuring key pieces from The Cartier Archive and, enigmatic model, Aweng Ade-Chuol.

This film was shot for the Dance issue of Sorbet, a quarterly released luxury lifestyle publication based in Dubai.

Styled by Krishan Parmar

Stills Ricardo Abrahao.

Watch Film Here

Holding Up The World

A film editorial collaboration between photographer Annalise Howard Phillips and I - for Icon Magazine.

Directed by - Annalise Howard Philips

Shot + Edited by - Shimmy

Music by - Shepardtone/Owen Pratt

Models - Mukasa

Words - Excerpts spoken from Mukasa

Dior Homme 2021

Commission by William Buckley Sorbet Magazine, UAE

Moving Images - Directed, Shot + Edited by Shimmy Ahmed

Stills/Photographer: Eva Losada

Grooming: Charlotte Kraftman

Talent: Emmanuel Adjaye c/o Menace Models

Baraj Matthews for Hit + Run

Commissioned to make a film on the artist @baraj_matthews for by @hitandrun_ltd

In this film Baraj, speaks on his process, inspiration and comments on his discomfort surrounding recent happenings including #covid and #blm.

What is shared in this film feels powerful and relevant, giving insight into the inspirations that motivate the enigmatic artist and his thoughts on Covid and the #BLM “trend”.

'Wait' for Twin Magazine | Directors Cut

Role: Writer, Director - Shot and Edited by Shimmy

Selected for 'Lost Sensations' Category Raindance Film Festival 2015

'Get Comfy' Loco Dice feat. Giggs BTS Film "Making of the Music Video"

Directed, Shot & Edited by Shimmy 

Shot on location in London, UK.

Superga X Pyper America (Copy)

Moving Images shot + edited by Shimmy.

Film for Superga, featuring Pyper America in a collaboration with Photographer, Jamie Morgan

Asos Magazine meets Paloma Elsesser

Role: Shooting Director

B-Cam Olimpia Dior

Paloma Elsesser opens up about her fears and insecurities for ASOS magazine the 'Make History' edition.

Paper | London A/W 2013

Role: Co-Director (Hendrix + Belle)/DP 

Created this work working with the fashion brand - Paper, London working with creative, Elle Golding.

Topshop

Role: DP/Editor

Product content for Topshop.com

Raw Power Fashion Film

Fashion content - Shot in London's Trocadero Centre, featuring Anna Brewster. 

Johnny Huang | Vogue.Me

Moving Images Shot and Edited by Shimmy

A video collaboration between Photographer/Director Bella Howard and Shimmy for Vogue.Me and featuring, actor Johnny Huang. 

A Season in Hell

Role: DP/Editor

A film shot/edited by Shimmy starring Stacey Martin and Harry Treadaway for Wonderland Magazine.

Words by Arthur Rimbaud spoken by Harry Treadaway. 

King Krule for Dazed Digital

Directed/Shot and Edited by Shimmy

See full article Here

Mania Mania Obscura (Copy)

Role: Director/DP/Editor 

Film for luxury jewellery brand Mania Mania starring Julia Roitfeld. 

PAPER/London - S/S 2012 (Copy)

Role: Director/DP/Editor

PAPER A/W 2012 TEASER (Copy)
How To... Grunge (Copy)
Mo Pho #1 | Dominic Negus (Copy)

Part of my ongoing #MoPho (moving portrait series)

See more here + here

Topshop | Product Gifs (Copy)
Topshop | Product Gifs (Copy)

Role: Photographer/Gifs

Shot some product Gifs for Topshop Accessories, shot on-set. 

See published content Here

NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbow's End' Part 2

Additional interviews shot by Shimmy 

Genuflex "Lotus Eats Pale Receipts" (Copy)

P/Word: looksee

Directed/Shot and Edited by Shimmy

NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbow's End' Part 1

Additional interviews shot by Shimmy

NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbows End' Part 3

Additional interviews shot by Shimmy 

PAPER/LONDON (Copy)
Roots Manuva & Fun Lovin' Criminals - Witness (1 Hope)

B Cam shot by Shimmy 

Johnny Huang | Vogue.Me

Role: Filmmaker

A video collaboration between Photographer/Director Bella Howard and I for Vogue.Me and featuring, actor Johnny Huang. 

 

Superga X Pyper America

I shot/edited this film for Superga in a collaboration with Photographer - Jamie Morgan

Floating You Retreat, Sri Lanka 2025
Chanel 2024 for ELLE ARABIA
Final VP 1664 x Sydney Lima
Sorbet Magazine - Cover Story Teaser - Aweng Chuol
Cartier Archive for Sorbet w/ Aweng Ade-Chuol  (Copy)
Holding Up The World
Dior Homme 2021
Baraj Matthews for Hit + Run
'Wait' for Twin Magazine | Directors Cut
'Get Comfy' Loco Dice feat. Giggs BTS Film "Making of the Music Video"
Superga X Pyper America (Copy)
Asos Magazine meets Paloma Elsesser
Paper | London A/W 2013
Topshop
Raw Power Fashion Film
Johnny Huang | Vogue.Me
A Season in Hell
King Krule for Dazed Digital
Mania Mania Obscura (Copy)
PAPER/London - S/S 2012 (Copy)
PAPER A/W 2012 TEASER (Copy)
How To... Grunge (Copy)
Mo Pho #1 | Dominic Negus  (Copy)
Topshop | Product Gifs (Copy)
NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbow's End' Part 2
Genuflex "Lotus Eats Pale Receipts"  (Copy)
NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbow's End' Part 1
NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbows End' Part 3
PAPER/LONDON (Copy)
Roots Manuva & Fun Lovin' Criminals - Witness (1 Hope)
Johnny Huang | Vogue.Me
Superga X Pyper America
Floating You Retreat, Sri Lanka 2025

Floating You
A meditative film exploring rhythm, connection, and self-renewal at a surf and yoga retreat in Sri Lanka.


Directed, DOP, edited, and graded by Shimmy.


The piece blends natural light, movement, and texture to evoke the sensory calm of the ocean and the quiet intimacy of collective retreat life.

Chanel 2024 for ELLE ARABIA

Moving Image - Shot + Directed by Shimmy

Photography/Stills by Elliot Morgan

Stylist - Krishnan Parmer

Art Director - Kate Hazell

Casting - Timoer Nuelens

Make Up Artist - Violet Zeng

Fashion Assistant - Prabh Malait


Final VP 1664 x Sydney Lima

Role: Videographer

Shot, directed and edited, social content for the 1664 tent at Wilderness Festival 2024 including a candid vox pops with Model/Presenter - Sydney Lima, offbeat moment - and a highlights reel built for the scroll.

Highlights Here

Sorbet Magazine - Cover Story Teaser - Aweng Chuol

Commissioned by William Buckley @ Sorbet Magazine, UAE

Featuring Aweng Chuol wearing Cartier from the archives.

Shot, Directed & Edited by Shimmy

Stylist Krishnan Parmer

Cartier Archive for Sorbet w/ Aweng Ade-Chuol (Copy)

Role: Shooting Director

A fashion editorial film, Shot & Directed by Shimmy in a studio location in Geneva September 2023 - featuring key pieces from The Cartier Archive and, enigmatic model, Aweng Ade-Chuol.

This film was shot for the Dance issue of Sorbet, a quarterly released luxury lifestyle publication based in Dubai.

Styled by Krishan Parmar

Stills Ricardo Abrahao.

Watch Film Here

Holding Up The World

A film editorial collaboration between photographer Annalise Howard Phillips and I - for Icon Magazine.

Directed by - Annalise Howard Philips

Shot + Edited by - Shimmy

Music by - Shepardtone/Owen Pratt

Models - Mukasa

Words - Excerpts spoken from Mukasa

Dior Homme 2021

Commission by William Buckley Sorbet Magazine, UAE

Moving Images - Directed, Shot + Edited by Shimmy Ahmed

Stills/Photographer: Eva Losada

Grooming: Charlotte Kraftman

Talent: Emmanuel Adjaye c/o Menace Models

Baraj Matthews for Hit + Run

Commissioned to make a film on the artist @baraj_matthews for by @hitandrun_ltd

In this film Baraj, speaks on his process, inspiration and comments on his discomfort surrounding recent happenings including #covid and #blm.

What is shared in this film feels powerful and relevant, giving insight into the inspirations that motivate the enigmatic artist and his thoughts on Covid and the #BLM “trend”.

'Wait' for Twin Magazine | Directors Cut

Role: Writer, Director - Shot and Edited by Shimmy

Selected for 'Lost Sensations' Category Raindance Film Festival 2015

'Get Comfy' Loco Dice feat. Giggs BTS Film "Making of the Music Video"

Directed, Shot & Edited by Shimmy 

Shot on location in London, UK.

Superga X Pyper America (Copy)

Moving Images shot + edited by Shimmy.

Film for Superga, featuring Pyper America in a collaboration with Photographer, Jamie Morgan

Asos Magazine meets Paloma Elsesser

Role: Shooting Director

B-Cam Olimpia Dior

Paloma Elsesser opens up about her fears and insecurities for ASOS magazine the 'Make History' edition.

Paper | London A/W 2013

Role: Co-Director (Hendrix + Belle)/DP 

Created this work working with the fashion brand - Paper, London working with creative, Elle Golding.

Topshop

Role: DP/Editor

Product content for Topshop.com

Raw Power Fashion Film

Fashion content - Shot in London's Trocadero Centre, featuring Anna Brewster. 

Johnny Huang | Vogue.Me

Moving Images Shot and Edited by Shimmy

A video collaboration between Photographer/Director Bella Howard and Shimmy for Vogue.Me and featuring, actor Johnny Huang. 

A Season in Hell

Role: DP/Editor

A film shot/edited by Shimmy starring Stacey Martin and Harry Treadaway for Wonderland Magazine.

Words by Arthur Rimbaud spoken by Harry Treadaway. 

King Krule for Dazed Digital

Directed/Shot and Edited by Shimmy

See full article Here

Mania Mania Obscura (Copy)

Role: Director/DP/Editor 

Film for luxury jewellery brand Mania Mania starring Julia Roitfeld. 

PAPER/London - S/S 2012 (Copy)

Role: Director/DP/Editor

PAPER A/W 2012 TEASER (Copy)
How To... Grunge (Copy)
Mo Pho #1 | Dominic Negus (Copy)

Part of my ongoing #MoPho (moving portrait series)

See more here + here

Topshop | Product Gifs (Copy)

Role: Photographer/Gifs

Shot some product Gifs for Topshop Accessories, shot on-set. 

See published content Here

NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbow's End' Part 2

Additional interviews shot by Shimmy 

Genuflex "Lotus Eats Pale Receipts" (Copy)

P/Word: looksee

Directed/Shot and Edited by Shimmy

NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbow's End' Part 1

Additional interviews shot by Shimmy

NGHFB 'Behind The Rainbows End' Part 3

Additional interviews shot by Shimmy 

PAPER/LONDON (Copy)
Roots Manuva & Fun Lovin' Criminals - Witness (1 Hope)

B Cam shot by Shimmy 

Johnny Huang | Vogue.Me

Role: Filmmaker

A video collaboration between Photographer/Director Bella Howard and I for Vogue.Me and featuring, actor Johnny Huang. 

 

Superga X Pyper America

I shot/edited this film for Superga in a collaboration with Photographer - Jamie Morgan

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