Event Firm Turns Outpost Into Big Show

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As if British actors weren’t already dominating Hollywood award shows, now British producers are showing us how to make them.

Since opening a Santa Monica office last year, Done + Dusted, a London live-events firm, has landed contracts to produce and direct a string of award shows held in Los Angeles.

The iHeart Radio Music Awards, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Sports Awards and upcoming inaugural Red Nose Day telethon are among the local ceremonies getting the British touch.

Done + Dusted first came to global attention for its work on the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony and it has been winning medals for its international events ever since.

The firm was founded by British director Hamish Hamilton, who directed the Katy Perry Super Bowl half-time show and is next directing the Academy Awards.

Overseeing the Santa Monica office, which has a staff of 35, is his producing partner and fellow Brit, Ian Stewart.

“Having offices on both sides of the pond now means we have a budgetary advantage, as we don’t have to fly big teams to another continent,” said Stewart, Done + Dusted’s president. “It also means we can provide a 24-hour service to clients, as the London office can have solved a problem the L.A. office left them the night before by the time L.A. wakes up in the morning.”

– Sandro Monetti

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