Eleanor

Eleanor The creative company that brings brand & agency content universes™ to life. Ad Age A-List 24 & 25
2025 Gerety Production Company of the Year

12/18/2025

With precise comedic timing and a dynamic visual language, Kelsey Taylor's campaign for Activision skillfully leans into Peter Stormare's subversion of conventional Christmas storytelling.

In many ways the set is gorgeously ornamented in the white fur trim and red velvet of holiday tradition. And yet, leveraging the expectations of Christmas storytelling to maximize each vignette’s rambunctious humor, this campaigns’ comedy comes alive from how it juxtaposes jolly St. Nick and gruff Peter Stormare.

Weaving Call of Duty allusions into The Replacer’s bad Santa escapades, this festive campaign is a love letter to players excited for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

This Santa is particularly hilarious. And a bit naughty. Kelsey’s intentional direction and Peter Stormare’s comedic improv created an environment of creative flow on set.

12/16/2025

An eye like Maureen Hufnagel’s can build bespoke, storytelling worlds within each frame.

From the adventurous camera that immerses us in each filmic vignette to the gorgeous composition within every shot, Hufnagel elevates “Profit Prophets” for Omint to new heights, making poetry of the ordinary.

A lavish mountain of dulce de leche pastries. A leadership timeline etched in marble. A steaming cup of tranquility. Each vignette offers us a new vision of ingenuity.

The titular pun – Profit Prophet – is only the start of this spot’s cheeky humor, weaving in a dash of surrealism and a wink of visual metaphor.

As this film moves through a visual quilt of leading voices, it crafts a charming tone, witty and leaning into the whimsy of its humor.

12/11/2025

Inspired by the glamor of fashion films, Duran Sodré crafted this spot to immerse audiences in the luxury and festivity of this glinting holiday soiree.

Dancing to the nostalgic tune of Nancy Sinatra’s iconic ballad, this film’s visual language emerges at the crossroads of vintage texture and modern elegance.

Bold. Fresh. Vibrant. Every character wears their personality like an oversized pair of sunglasses. The lavish mise en scène is a character of its own, unfolding a story of sophistication and s***k.

Bursts of light punctuate each vivacious holiday vignette. The wardrobe’s sleek silhouettes and chic textures catch our eye. The rich soundscape submerges us in the festive revelry.

Time traveling match cuts. The fisheye blink of a peephole. Harmonious parallels. Lavish and lively, Duran’s visual language is charged by an electric sense of exploration.

Hello Darling, Today, ELEANOR turns six.What started in my little Miracle Mile apartment, right after losing my job, wit...
12/05/2025

Hello Darling,

Today, ELEANOR turns six.

What started in my little Miracle Mile apartment, right after losing my job, with nothing but a laptop, my industry connections, and a very stubborn belief that I could build something different, has become the most meaningful chapter of my life.

These six years have held everything: the uncertainty of starting from scratch, the joy of winning our first pieces of business, the late nights, the problem-solving, the pivots, the growth, and the countless moments that reminded me why I chose this path in the first place.

I’m deeply proud of what this team has built. In just six years, Eleanor has been named Ad Age’s Production Company to Watch, returned to the Ad Age A-List as a Standout, and was honored as The Gerety Awards’s 2025 Production Company of the Year. But even more important than the accolades is the consistency, the craft, and the heart behind them.

None of this would have been possible without my family. My husband Brian: steady, grounded, endlessly supportive. And my two brilliant daughters, are the reason I show up with ambition, resilience, and hope, even on the hardest days. They are the “why” behind the work.

To every director, producer, client, freelancer, rep, and friend who has believed in us, you’ve shaped this company as much as I have. Thank you for your trust, your collaboration, your honesty, and your willingness to build with us.

Eleanor started as a leap of faith. Today, she’s a company I’m deeply proud of, a team I admire, and a future I’m excited to keep building.

Here’s to chapter seven. We’re just getting started.

All my love,

Sophie Gold

12/04/2025

Weaving the rich color, quick action, and onomatopoeia of comic book convention into its whipping ride through storytelling panels, there’s something mesmerizingly playful about each kaleidoscopic spectacle in Sam Coleman’s spot for the new Opel Frontera.

From a sardine tin lift to a sea of tv remotes, the whimsical world we’re pulled through is enhanced by the witty visual metaphors that elevate everyday experiences into epic vignettes.

Spinning. Glitching. Zooming. The supercharged, dynamic visuals are always in motion, crafting a thrillride viewing experience.

The carefully crafted soundscape immerses the audience in the vivid and kinetic journey. Every whirlwind transition, poppy super, and zipping drive is textured by layered sound effects that build out the vibrant world. Every turn of the cinematic comic soars to it’s electrifying action-adventure score.

12/02/2025

Imagine your lips are sahara dry, winter ragged, chapped, cracked, and scabbed. Perhaps amid the frosted breath of December such a vision requires no imagination…

Adrian De Sa Garces’ whimsical spot for Burt's Bees answers desert lips with a touch of magical realism. While the narrative begins in a status quo scene, a catalyst of enchantment promises to interrupt.

This most recent spot from the “Curiously Wonderful” Campaign, “As Healing As” captured eyes and hearts, receiving more than 7 million views in its first few days.

11/25/2025

Sam Coleman’s dynamic, elevated visual storytelling crafts a time-traveling celebration of artistry and destiny for Allan Gray.

Time, running out or charging forward, can seem the artist’s antagonist. However, Coleman’s “Everything Comes Around” spotlights time’s a-linear path, how it dances with us in revolutions, turning away and then swinging back.

Submerging us in the journey of a jazz musician, we see our hero’s booming success wane in the shadow of the musical movements that rise with new decades’ dawn. In this exploration of passion and time, the hero’s destined musical glory comes as the trends circle back, his gift once again receiving the recognition it deserves.

Emotional performance is this film’s heartbeat. The exuberant excitement of the young trumpet player, bathed in the diamond brilliance of camera flash bulbs. The quiet disappointment of the hero, older and watching audiences fawn over new art forms. The tearful awe and joy of a fan, the front of a vast ocean of a crowd, seeing the hero perform.

The swish of a circle dress, the crinkle of a wheatpasted psychedelic rock poster, the pulse of subway breakdancing. Coleman’s visual language time travels with careful attention to detail. Though maybe we only see a glimpse, we are immersed in the protagonist’s experience of musical movements past.

Coleman’s direction makes the scenes that could have been simply good extraordinary. From the way the camera moves through the hero’s first ebullient trumpet blare to the grain of the film’s textured peak into the 90’s to the potent emotion captured in just a single tearful look, Sam scales the craftsmanship of each frame to its highest degree.

11/20/2025

Zee Ntuli’s empowering anthem for ActionAid subverts traditional wedding imagery in a rebelliously joyful way, ignited by powerful performances and moving to a layered and resonant soundscape.

Leveraging surreal imagery to capture profound human emotion, Ntuli’s visual poem utilizes the natural world to elevate the young girls’ childlike wonder and electric sense of agency.

Blinding white heels gleefully messied by playing in mud, the hug of emerald foliage, students chirping as birds, with contagious happiness–he is intentional in what each filmic vignette tells us.

In a visual language rich with symbolism, metaphor, and lyrical sensory imagery to the deep and powerful message, “I’ll Marry When I Want” is a visual poem that honors the real words of 13-year-old poet Eileen Piri.

11/18/2025

Lunar rotation. The revolution of a clock. A spinning camera. Ntuli’s poetic spot for Audemars Piguet never stops moving. Honoring centuries of chronometry, this visual epic circles like a sundial, like a clock, like a planet.

An ode to the rhythm of the universe, Zee Ntuli’s “Quantième Perpétuel” celebrates the Audemars Piguet’s 150th birthday and the incredible centuries of timekeeping.

Sam Coleman, ELEANOR’s newest US signing, elevates craft to its highest potential. Every frame becomes a pocket of world...
11/13/2025

Sam Coleman, ELEANOR’s newest US signing, elevates craft to its highest potential. Every frame becomes a pocket of worldbuilding, full of vibrant personality, profound human connection, or bold, storytelling technique.

Energetic. Kaliedescopic. Carefully curated and yet incredibly rhythmic. Coleman’s work excels because of his unwillingness to settle for good enough.

From his screen-transcending tour de force for Spotify to his heartwarming ode to motherhood and athleticism for On Running, Sam’s diverse portfolio is united by his relentless push for filmic excellence.

Before Coleman was a director, he traveled the world as an acclaimed Creative Director shaping the rise of South African street culture, leading the Adidas Originals account at 180 Amsterdam, and working at New York’s Mother across Stella Artois and Tanqueray.

With such a razor-sharp storytelling voice, he has won the hearts of some of the globe’s most esteemed awards bodies, including Cannes, Clios, Ciclope, and D&AD.

“It’s the micro moments that make Sam’s craft amazing,” says ELEANOR President Sophie Gold. “He crafts the hell out of every second. Nothing is missed.

11/11/2025

Maureen Hufnagel’s “It’s Our Home” gives the youngest advocates a voice for change.

With a narration that cleverly plays on the trope of alien invasion, our adorable protagonist Louisa highlights the significant role current sustainability efforts play for the younger generations.

For this story, nailing the tone and young and s***ky performance of the protagonist was key. The precise, quick narrative pace amplifies the comedy. The child actress’s enthusiastic, matter-of-fact delivery endeared her to us, even as she shut off water and demanded timely refrigerator selections.

Hufnagel’s cinematic eye elevates how the ordinary home setting plays on the narration’s allusions to the sci-fi genre. We begin immersed in the twinkling brilliance of the night sky. We explore the rain-painted gardens and glowing washing machines with the wonder of an ambitious child’s perspective.

A rich soundscape, mischievous pacing, a personality-filled wardrobe–Maureen sews vibrant personality into every frame of this portrait of a young girls’ love of her planet.

10/30/2025

A year after its release “The Royale Curse” remains a mesmerizing triumph in horror storytelling.

In a firelit cabin bewitched by VFX, the threat of a cursed video game looms in the inky shadows.

A visual thrillride that moves with it’s sharp and stabbing score, “Lose if You Dare” is an ode to the scary movie realm.

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