Martin Percy


Martin Percy is a director of interactive video. He has won a BAFTA British Academy Award, five Webby Awards and a Grand Clio;. He has also received three Emmy nominations, ten Webby nominations and fourteen Webby honorees.. He has created interactive video pieces for the Tate Gallery, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, British Film Institute and National Theatre, working with people including Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Gordon Ramsay, Julie Walters, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Ross and Malcolm McDowell. His interactive video pieces are integral to Tate Tracks, a marketing campaign for the Tate Gallery which won a Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. His work is discussed in an interview with Betsy Isaacson for The Huffington Post. In 2014 he gave a TEDx talk about his interactive film Lifesaver.
Martin is a graduate of Kings College Cambridge and an executive academy member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He is the son of the late Graham Percy, a noted illustrator.

Awards and nominations

BAFTA British Academy Award 2015 - 'Children's Interactive: Original' - winner
Webby Awards - 'Family & Kids ', 2015 - People's Choice Winner
Clio Awards 'Healthcare - App', 2013 - winner, Grand Clio
BAFTA British Academy Award 2013 - 'Children's Interactive' - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Education & Reference ', 2014 - People's Choice Winner
Webby Awards - 'Health, Wellness, Pharmaceutical', 2014 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Health', 2013 - Nominee
Creative Review The Annual, 2014 - Best in Book
FWA Site of the Month - August 2013
FWA Site of the Day - August 14, 2013
SXSW Interactive Awards 2014 - 'Educational Resource' - finalist
Lovie Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2013 - gold winner
Lovie Awards - 'People’s Choice, Best Use of Interactive Video', 2013 - winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Best learning game', 2013 - gold winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Excellence in learning content – public', 2013 - gold winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Excellence in learning content – not for profit', 2013 - gold winner
E-Learning Awards - 'Best use of mobile learning', 2013 - gold winner
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2012 - Winner
Webby Awards - 'People’s Choice, Best Use of Interactive Video', 2012 - Winner
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Video', 2012 - Honoree
FWA Site of the Day - December 27, 2011
Webby Awards - 'Youth', 2012 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2012 - Honoree
FWA Site of the Day - February 12, 2012
Webby Awards - 'Travel & Adventure', 2011 - Winner
Webby Awards - 'Tourism', 2011 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Religion & Spirituality', 2012 - Honoree
FWA Site of the Day - July 19, 2011
Webby Awards - 'Broadband', 2010 - Nominee
BAFTA British Academy Award 2010 - 'Children's Interactive' - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2010 - Nominee
British Interactive Media Association BIMA Awards 2010 - Arts & Culture
Emmy Awards - New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture 2009 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Broadband', 2009 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Cultural Institutions', 2009 - Honoree
Emmy Awards - New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture 2009 - Nominee
Webby Awards - 'Art', 2009 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - Honoree
Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 'Integrated' 2007 - Gold Lion
The One Show - "Best of Show" 2007
The One Show - Innovative Use of Media - TV - "Gold Pencil" 2007
Webby Awards - 'Music' 2008 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Cultural Institutions' 2008 - Honoree
Webby Awards - 'Broadband' 2008 - Honoree
BAFTA British Academy Award 2006 - 'Interactive Innovation' - nominee
Emmy Awards - 'Outstanding Arts, Lifestyle & Culture Programming For Broadband' 2007 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Documentary: Individual Episode' 2008 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Broadband' 2008 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Cultural Institutions' 2008 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Best Use of Interactive Video', 2009 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Art' 2006 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Art' 2007 - honoree
IVCA Awards - 'Web TV' 2007 - silver
British Interactive Media Association Awards - 'Education' 2006 - nominee
Webby Awards - 'Broadband' 2005 - honoree