Charlie
Gatsky-Sinclair

about the jury

Charlie Gatsky-Sinclair is the President of Brand & Entertainment at the award winning Uncommon Creative Studio. Charlie has built a team of experts across every discipline to support and execute some of the studio’s most ambitious work of late. Projects include the award-winning B&Q Flip celebrated at D&AD, Cannes Lions and British Arrows for film craft and production design. As well as notable global campaigns for brands such as EA Games, Beats by Dre, JD Sports, Google, Formula E, Jordan, British Airways & ITV. 

Charlie’s vision of blending line production, design, talent, art and motion has created a unique production model for Uncommon. Spearheading projects such as WWF’s Future of Nature — which used AI to imagine the bleak future of UK nature if it continues to be destroyed, and what is possible if we act now. As well as partnering with the UN and YouTube to create the moving documentary series We Were Here bringing together refugees with top YouTube Creators to tell their powerful stories to millions around the world – which recently won Best Documentary at the 2024 Webby Awards. 

Charlie has also grown the studio’s presence in the world of entertainment — exec producing Uncommon’s first feature production for Nick Cave and Warren Ellis —- This Much I Know to Be True directed by Andrew Dominik (director of Netflix’s Blonde and The Assassination of Jesse James) which premiered in Berlin and SXSW. 

The second feature In Camera was a first feature from director Naqqash Khalid starring Nabhaan Rizwan (shortlisted at BAFTA for Best Newcomer), Amir Al-Masry and Rory Fleck Byrne and was produced alongside partners PRETTYBIRD, BBC Films, BFI, Public Dreams Ltd and was shortlisted at London Film Festival and British Independent Film Awards. 

The third feature The Thing With Feathers premiered at Sundance and Berlinale this year and is to be released this autumn starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The film directed by Dylan Southern is based on the critically acclaimed novel by Max Porter and was produced alongside Sunny March, Lobo Films and Film4. 

Prior to Uncommon, Charlie’s career spanned music, entertainment, film and broadcast with stints at Warner music and Driift as well as achieving an award winning career across advertising working with the likes of Mother, Fallon and most notably as Head of Production at BBH. She has sat on multiple juries globally including CICLOPE, British Arrows, AICP, YDA, SHOTS and APA. She is also a British Arrows board member.