Marcus Liversedge

Marcus Liversedge is a multi-award award winning director working across drama, premium documentary, comedy, music and reality. With a distinguished career in long form television, he is also a highly successful director of commercials and music promos, with an emphasis on bold, stylish, cinematic storytelling. He has delivered for Netflix, Apple, Amazon, CBS, Paramount+, NBC, MTV, History Channel, Discovery and all the UK terrestrials in single, multi camera and studio formats. Marcus’s hallmark is his ability to captivate film and television audiences through the power of authentic storytelling His combination of experience and the development of a unique creative vision with actors and technical teams is a combination that sets him apart. He recently directed on Ep 1 of the new Apple TV+ “Carpool Karaoke” series, starring Dua Lipa, Chappell and Lady Gaga. Further recent work includes, scripted comedy series “The Blondey Way” (Youtube/Adidas), upcoming BBC travelogue show with Alison Hammond and “An Evening With Dua Lipa” (ITV/CBS/Paramount+), directing all the documentary elements and interviews. He also directed the comedy scenes for the 2 x Emmy Nominated “Home for Christmas with Hannah Waddingham” for Apple TV+ , working with Ted Lasso actors; Jason Sudeikis, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and Nick Mohammed. Directing premium talent in a documentary setting is a signature of Marcus’s work and he has collaborated with some of the biggest stars of film, music and comedy. He was one of the first directors to work with Big Zuu (Director Series 1 and the BAFTA winning Series 2 “Big Zuu Big Eats”) saw Jack Whitehall become a dad (“Fatherhood with My Father” for Netflix) got Harry HiIl and Lorraine Kelly to brush up their history (“Great British Obsessions for History”) and earlier in his career sent Henry Cavill and Adrien Brody off on an extreme driving adventure (“Driven to Extremes” for Discovery ) He is also well known for his work with stars in the reality space and directed early series of the BAFTA- winning TOWIE for ITV. Stunts, pranks and hidden cameras are another signature of Marcus’s work. For “The Brits 2022” he devised and directed a complex stunt that included host Mo Gilligan and 50 cyclists, while one of his most viewed films to date “Adele at the BBC”, which featured a group of lookalike Adeles being pranked by the real Adele, has nearly 84 million views on Youtube. Other big music projects include “Niall Horan” for Apple TV + , “Harry Styles at the BBC” and the International Emmy-winning “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria” (BBC) Marcus has directed and exec produced ten independent short drama films and over a hundred commercials in the UK and U.S. , including campaigns for Budweiser, EE, Samsung, Diageo, HSBC, Sainsburys, Warner Brothers, Virgin Media, Baileys, Swarovski, Ariel Automatic, Cadburys, Chevrolet/Manchester United. Kelloggs, American Eagle, McDonalds, Amazon Prime, Durex, Green King Beers and Google (shot live during Superbowl 50).