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Nick Ball

Nick Ball is a commercial director. FrameThrower's visual library has 68 of their commercials (2014–2026), cut shot by shot, 24 of them award-winning. The work includes spots for Foxtel, Hanes, Uber Eats and Booking.com, produced most often by MJZ and Finch, for agencies including Special, TBWA and Clemenger BBDO.

68
Commercials in our library
24
Award-winning
2014–2026
Active

01 · Featured

Nick Ball's most awarded commercial

GEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” (2016), still© GEICOGEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” (2016), frame 2© GEICOGEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” (2016), frame 3© GEICOGEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” (2016), frame 4© GEICOGEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” (2016), frame 5© GEICOGEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” (2016), frame 6© GEICO

The One Show Gold 2016

GEICO “Fast Forward, Lake” 2016

Two fishermen on a lake discuss GEICO's customer service, then get distracted by a floating TV dinner, leading to a bizarre twist with a fish-man.

Directed by Nick Ball · The Martin Agency · Furlined

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Video: Nick Ball on Vimeo

Tropicana “Just Another Day” 2022 →AICP Awards Winner 2022

02 · Brands

Brands Nick Ball has made commercials for

Every brand in the library, by award-winning work.

  • Uber Eats2026

    4 commercials · 4 award-winning

  • GEICO2016

    3 commercials · 3 award-winning

  • Morrisons2025–2026

    3 commercials · 2 award-winning

  • Booking.com2024–2025

    3 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • giffgaff2023–2024

    3 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • Scotiabank2025–2026

    2 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • NZ Transport Agency2018

    1 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • Tab2024

    1 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • Tesco2026

    1 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • Uber Germany2026

    1 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • SIMI Winery2021

    1 commercials · 1 award-winning

  • Lay's2024

    1 commercials · 1 award-winning

Also: IKEA, Doordash, MoneySupermarket, MARS Petcare, Tangerine, Tropicana, Foxtel, Hanes, Kia Australia, Myer, Uber, Indeed

03 · Works with

Who Nick Ball works with

From the credits: the companies behind the spots, by number of spots.

Production companies Nick Ball works with

Agencies Nick Ball works with

04 · Awards

Nick Ball's awards

Award-winning commercials in the library, by their best award, and the company honours we could source.

  • 8

    shots Awards

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  • 6

    Ciclope

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  • 2

    London International Awards

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  • 2

    Clio Awards

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  • 2

    The One Show

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  • 1

    British Arrows

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  • 1

    Creative Circle

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  • 1

    ADC Awards

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Top award-winning spots

05 · Work

Commercials by Nick Ball

Our visual library has 68 Nick Ball commercials, cut shot by shot. Here: the latest, then the most awarded; open the library for every one.

Per year · gold = award-winning

2015
2020
2025

Most awarded

06 · For producers

What producers use Nick Ball's page for

  1. 01Shortlist directors for your triple bid

    You need three directors who can deliver this tone, and a reel is not a shortlist.

    Start from Nick Ball's work and find directors with a similar style, each with every spot, agency, production company and award.

    Jeff Low© AnthropicBryan Buckley© E-TradeTraktor© TideJim Jenkins© Nextel
    Similar to Nick Ball: Jeff Low, Bryan Buckley, Traktor

  2. 02Nick Ball's full body of work, with credits

    A reel shows the hits. You need every spot, and who made each one with them.

    All 68 commercials, searchable shot by shot, with the agency, production company and awards on every spot.

    GEICO “Fast Forward, Lake”© GEICOTropicana “Just Another Day”© TropicanaMoneySupermarket “Money Calm Bull”© MoneySupermarketUber Eats “Pirate's Booty”© Uber Eats
    68 commercials, 24 award-winning

07 · Questions

About Nick Ball

What commercials has Nick Ball directed?+

68 in the library, 2014–2026, including GEICO “Fast Forward, Lake”, Tropicana “Just Another Day”, MoneySupermarket “Money Calm Bull” and Uber Eats “Pirate's Booty”.

Which production company does Nick Ball work with?+

Most often MJZ (24 spots), also Finch, Blink and OPC.

Which agencies has Nick Ball worked with?+

Special (6), TBWA (5), Clemenger BBDO (4), The Martin Agency (3) and Leo Burnett (3).

What awards has Nick Ball's work won?+

24 award-winning spots, including The One Show Gold 2016 for GEICO “Fast Forward, Lake”, AICP Awards Winner 2022 for Tropicana “Just Another Day” and British Arrows Silver 2022 for MoneySupermarket “Money Calm Bull”.

Which directors have a similar style to Nick Ball?+

Jeff Low, Bryan Buckley, Traktor, Jim Jenkins and Steve Ayson, by the ideas, tone and categories of their work.

08 · Discover

Other directors with a similar style

Not connected to Nick Ball: matched by the ideas, tone and categories of their commercials.