Show your trailer
as your pitch

We all know the pitch deck is your most powerful tool as a filmmaker.
Bring it to life with the new generation of sizzle reels and trailers, uniquely crafted to your script and get your project noticed.

All created by Phil Hawkins, an award-winning features and commercials director.

A Director’s Eye

I’m Phil Hawkins. I’ve spent over 20 years directing commercials and feature films for studios including Universal, Sony, Lionsgate and Sky, and I bring that same cinematic storytelling approach to every sizzle reel I create. From award-winning campaigns to feature films with Oscar-nominated talent, my background is rooted in traditional filmmaking craft — story, emotion, pacing and visual identity always come first.

I’m not some “AI Filmmaker” (yuk!), use my director’s eye to get the best from your trailer. This isn’t just AI slop prompting, it’s shotlisting, blocking and tone setting. All of my human experience that turns AI into storytelling.

I use this very tools for my own movies so I’d love to help you do the same for yours in a collaborative and creative way.

Script to Pitch

I love trailers. They’re their own artform when they’re done right — part filmmaking, part psychology, part sales tool. I’ve spent years obsessing over how Hollywood sells movies, studying everything from gritty indie teasers to giant blockbuster campaigns. I break trailers down beat by beat, figuring out why they work, how they build emotion, tension and hype — then I reverse engineer that language for your project all inspired by your script… with a director’s eye.

…and with a fast turnaround. Some of the trailers below were created in 3 days!

AI: The Creative Tool

You don’t have to “join the dark side” (yes, that’s me in an edit).

I use AI as a creative tool, not a replacement for filmmakers. It helps remove barriers, accelerate production and unlock ideas that might otherwise never get made — but every piece is still guided by human instinct, taste and storytelling experience. The goal is simple: create bespoke AI-driven sizzle reels, proof-of-concepts and cinematic pitch materials that feel authored, emotional and genuinely filmic, not synthetic.

We rip from movies for our decks, generate images and text for our decks… a video generated trailer is just brining those to life in a way that sales agents, distributors and financiers can understand with true impact and emotion.

…and you get to stress test some of your own visual ideas too!

Trailers, decks and more…

Creating an AI sizzle trailer doesn’t just give you a trailer — it helps build the entire identity of your film as a brand. From pitch decks and visual tone stills to social assets, the process creates a cohesive cinematic world that carries across all your materials.

And if a full trailer isn’t what you need, I also create bespoke AI-generated stills, key art and cinematic imagery designed to help sell the mood, tone and potential of your project. Get in touch and let’s see how I can help bring your film to life.