Contact

[email protected]

www.time-based-arts.com

+44 (0)20 7739 5962

The Caretaker's Cottage
Shoreditch Town Hall
380 Old Street
London
EC1V9LT


About

Time Based Arts has been quietly establishing its reputation as a stellar visual effects company for the last five years. Based in Shoreditch, East London it has gone about building a distinctive and creative body of work more commonly associated with the biggest global facilities.

The company was formed by Flame artists Mike Skrgatic and James Allen making the setup 100% artist owned and run. James and Mike met at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee in 1997, before moving to London and continuing on to successful careers in some of the industry’s leading post facilities.

After 10 years spent perfecting their compositing skills they decided to finance a Flame, move out of Soho and go it alone. Their personal approach to projects, attention to detail and their ability to adapt to offer bespoke solutions has won them respect and admiration from all corners of the industry.

Tucked into a yard off Old Street, their characteristic studios are located in the Caretaker’s Cottage, a Grade II listed Victorian townhouse annexed to the rear of the Shoreditch Town Hall. After an epic build from a starting point of nothing but a shell, the facility opened its doors in May 2009.

Time Based Arts has grown quickly with experience and expertise found throughout the creative team.

LBB Newsfeed

Tesco Delivers Cinematic Tale of Rekindled Friendship for Christmas 2026

Tesco Delivers Cinematic Tale of Rekindled Friendship for Christmas 2026

With ‘The Wrong Address’, the UK supermarket and its agency BBH tell a Christmas-Eve story of a delivery driver, Roisin Conaty, reconnecting with an old friend, played by Anna Maxwell Martin

Royal British Legion Film Reveals Hidden Impact of Military Service on Families

Royal British Legion Film Reveals Hidden Impact of Military Service on Families

Leagas Delaney's ‘Parallel Lives’ highlights the shared emotional struggles of serving personnel and their families

BBC Children in Need Celebrates Unsung Heroes of Youth Work

BBC Children in Need Celebrates Unsung Heroes of Youth Work

BBC Creative platforms the vital importance of BBC Children in Need project workers in new campaign film directed by Phoebe Arnstein through Biscuit Filmworks

Work of the Week: 16/10/26

Work of the Week: 16/10/26

Deliveroo and Tesco become besties, Just Eat delivers a new global brand platform, LEGO builds a botanical tidal wave and Rivian gets a ‘Ghostbusters’-inspired update in this round up of the week’s stand out work

Just Eat Delivers Global Creative Reinvention to Keep You in the Moment

Just Eat Delivers Global Creative Reinvention to Keep You in the Moment

Developed with VCCP, ‘Stay Just Where You Are’ moves the delivery giant into more emotional territory with eight films, a refreshed identity and ambitions to last for the next 20 years

Dame Judi Dench Makes the Case for Human Imagination for Royal Society of Arts

Dame Judi Dench Makes the Case for Human Imagination for Royal Society of Arts

Baby Teeth brings the Royal Society of Arts' rich archive to life in a new film championing creativity as a force for progress