Our team
We’re true believers that people are the difference.
Meet our small but mighty bunch of passionate creatives, strategic thinkers, sh*t-hot producers and storytellers who bring all our projects to life. Because you can’t spell Cut Media without TEAM!
Alex Harris-MacDuff
Assistant Producer
I keep the creative team’s ambitions grounded in reality.
Favourite project: Santa Cruz Bronson, particularly the pre-vis with Gav acting out the wee gremlins.
Hype song: Walking in Memphis (Cher version)
Letterboxd four favourites: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; Tombstone; Jaws; O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Andy Ashworth
Creative Director
I oversee all things creative at Cut Media and am celebrating my 10th year with the team this year! Federer is my sporting hero. A pure class act, on and off the court. Incredible athlete with incredible style, incredibly humble and genuine, and has a backhand form I’ll never be able to replicate, no matter how hard I try.
Favourite project: Santa Cruz 5010
Letterboxd four favourites: Paper Moon, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Cool Runnings, Monsters, Inc.
Amber Thomson
Head of Finance
Role? The numbers.
Sport? Horses or bikes.
Hero? Beth Dutton, of course!
Favourite project: Danny MacAskill: The Ridge
Coffee order: Tea, please.
Brett De Vos
Creative
You’ll find me dreaming up an idea or two, directing a shoot, wrangling some unicorns, the usual. My hero? I'm low-key obsessed with RyX: his music, style, outlook & approach to life: beautiful, poetic, grounded, honest & insightful.
Coffee order: Vegan hot chocolate
Letterboxd four favourites: Tree of Life, Holy Mountain, Moonlight, Perfect Days
Hype song: White Lotus Season 2 Theme
Carly Old
Strategy and Ops
I’m passionate about making things make sense, improving how we operate and enabling brilliant work to happen! My Dad spent evenings coaching me from the sidelines of my football and netball games. He instilled in me a love of healthy competition and the power of teamwork-lessons that come in very handy today!
Sport of choice: Weekend hikes
Favourite project: Grand Slam Track
Ciara Crolly
Editor
At Cut Media, you’ll find me prepping all our projects for the edit! My controversial take? Instant coffee isn’t that bad.
Letterboxd four favourites: Amores Perros, Mamma Mia, Clueless, In The Mood For Love
Sport of choice: Pole fitness (that counts, right?)
Coffee order: “Iced Pistachio Latteeeeee”
Pro wrestling walk-on song: Kylie - WOW
Gav Livingstone
Senior Editor/Creative
I work on all things post, putting the finishing magic on all your favourite campaigns. I love sport, but definitely more of a games and films guy—especially trashy horrors.
Favourite project: Santa Cruz Bronson
Letterboxd four favourites: Athena, Possesor, The Substance, Speak no Evil
Role model(s): Chris Cunningham + Michel Gondry
Lucy Hazell
Post Production Manager
You’ll find me deep in crazy schedules, project managing, chasing deadlines or deliverables, and constantly wrangling editors. As the in-house Aussie, I bleed NRL. Brisbane Broncos are my home team, so don't be surprised if you see me in a Broncos jersey from time to time!
Favourite project: Discovery Changed My Life
Letterboxd four favourites: There’s only one: Shrek 2
Go-to karaoke song: Anything Britney
Matthew Martin
Creative
I cover everything from pitching to live production—pulling ideas together or out shooting them! I love getting to work with GOATs in sport, and some of my heroes, such as Mathieu van der Poel. A dream athlete to work with.
Fun fact: Staffa, the small Scottish island, is my middle name!
Favourite project: Cervélo S5
(Un)controversial take: Scotland is the best country
Reuben Bakker-Dyos
Editor
I love getting stuck right into our bike work at Cut Media. My favourite project has got to be SCOR. It really encapsulates the fun of bikes, the fun of "just riding", and being outside in the mountains. It makes me want to go riding every time I've watched it, which is probably close to 3 figures.
Fun fact: One of my dogs growing up was the actual Dulux dog. Not just the same breed but the ACTUAL dog in the ads.
Hype song: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird. 4 minutes 42 seconds of chill, then 4 minutes 21 seconds of PACE. It's amazing towards the end of an indoor FTP test.
Scott Marshall
Head in the Clouds
I’m the team chef, cooking in the kitchen across new briefs, pitches, making things, bingeing on YouTube and new business—the perfect recipe! My childhood hero? Colin McRae. Wild, flat out, passionate, underdog, calculated.
Sport of choice: Formula 1
Controversial take: Slice of orange in a cold brew (thank you, Kuala Lumpur)
Fun fact: I’ve never had a pint of Tennent’s
Stu Thomson
Founder/CEO
I work with our partners to identify and solve their creative challenges, oversee projects, and bring in new clients. My office faux pas (when not in #VanLife mode) is constantly moving desks. Oh, and cycling is life, no matter the handlebar shape.
Favourite project: Danny Macaskill: Industrial Revolutions, because it was so formative for the beginning of Cut Media.
Fun fact: My uncle was in a well-known 90s band called The Shamen.
Go-to karaoke banger: Basket Case by Green Day
Clara Cozens
Head of Production
For the past 10 years, I’ve been producing everything from big budget commercials to blink-and-you-miss-it social shoots, always with a healthy mix of creative flair and get-it-done energy. I’m the one who keeps things moving and makes the chaos look easy! I live for the challenge of turning ambitious ideas into real, tangible work - on time, on budget, and with a 90s playlist blaring in the background.
Sport of choice: Reformer pilates and peak district hikes!
Favourite project: WBD x AWS
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Sophia Marchington
Project Manager
You’ll find me whipping up budgets, schedules and anything else I can possibly do in my happy place: spreadsheets. Girl Friday of Cut Media.
Favourite Project: Cannondale Mavaro
Hype song: Like JENNIE
Letterboxd four favourites: Pride and Prejudice (2005), Spirited Away (2001), Once (2007), Hot Fuzz (2007)
Sport of Choice: Volleyball