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Steam Motion and Sound

Creative & Production
Open roles
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Founded
1996
Employees
11-50
Offices
3

About Steam Motion and Sound

Steam Motion and Sound is a creative film production and moving image agency working across theatre, music, entertainment and branded content. With origins in Sydney and production operations in London and New York, it creates work ranging from short promotional films to full-length recordings of live stage productions. Its theatre work connects Broadway and West End productions with cinema, broadcast and streaming audiences.

Stage-to-screen production is a central part of the studio’s work. Steam directs and produces multi-camera captures of musicals and concerts, including Waitress: The Musical, Heathers: The Musical Film, Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical In Concert and The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West-End. Its portfolio also includes Disney’s Aladdin, Newsies, Kinky Boots and Billy Elliot, alongside the live captures of Hadestown: The Musical and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express - Live on Stage associated with 2026 cinema releases.

The agency also develops theatrical marketing, from teaser trailers and launch campaigns to television commercials and digital screen assets. Its work includes campaigns for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, The Lion King, Frozen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, ABBA Voyage and My Neighbour Totoro. These projects span individual promotional films and coordinated assets for multiple platforms and territories.

Music is another established strand of the business. Steam produces music videos, artist electronic press kits, concert films and promotional campaigns, with work for artists including Michael Bublé, REM, Green Day, Cher, Bruno Mars and Clean Bandit. Its commercial production extends to corporate brand films and digital out-of-home content for technology, fashion, telecommunications and sports clients.

Production and post-production are handled through an integrated workflow covering creative development, live filming, offline and online editing, motion graphics, 2D and 3D animation, visual effects, compositing and colour grading. Audio capabilities include sound design and surround mixing, while delivery work covers mastering, localization, international versioning and broadcast distribution. This combination supports projects from initial concept through finished screen content and territory-specific deliverables.

More about Steam Motion and Sound

Founders and leadership

  • The report names Brett Sullivan, Julian Chow and Clayton Jacobsen as founders. It identifies Brett Sullivan as providing creative direction, without establishing current executive roles for the other founders.
  • Active directors of the UK company include Brett Clayton Sullivan and Clayton Jacobsen.

Production model and partnerships

  • The core creative and technical team scales to larger crews for major multi-camera theatre shoots.
  • Steam describes trusted production partnerships in Germany and Australia that support European and Asia-Pacific workflows and international live captures. These are production relationships rather than separately branded sister studios.

International development

The company expanded from its Australian origins into the UK in 2003 and opened its New York branch in 2014 to support Broadway productions and US music and commercial clients.

Notable credits

23 credits
  • Hadestown: The Musical
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express - Live on Stage
  • Waitress: The Musical
  • Heathers: The Musical Film
  • Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical In Concert
  • The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West-End
  • Disney's Aladdin
  • Newsies
  • Kinky Boots
  • Billy Elliot
  • Stranger Things: The First Shadow — trailer campaign
  • ABBA Voyage 2025 Campaign
  • The Lion King 2025 Global Campaign & 25th Anniversary Exhibition
  • Disney's Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical & West End Campaign
  • Special When Lit
  • Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) — West End launch assets
  • Strictly Come Dancing: Live Tour — 2024 and 2025 campaigns
  • My Neighbour Totoro — West End promotional campaign
  • Michael Bublé — You Make Me Feel So Young
  • Michael Bublé — Christmas Album campaign
  • Michael Bublé — To Be Loved campaign
  • Green Day — 21st Century Breakdown
  • Emin featuring Nile Rodgers — Boomerang

Offices

Where Steam Motion and Sound is based

3 locations
  • London offices

    Headquarters
    London, England, United Kingdom
    About this office

    **Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: Unit 3, Blue Lion Place, 237 Long Lane, London, SE1 4PU, United Kingdom Email: info@steamlondon.com Phone: +44 207 734 9530 Opened: 2022 Global headquarters and production studio operated by Steam Motion and Sound UK Ltd. Relocated here from Soho in October 2022. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 5 D'Arblay Street, London, W1F 8DL, United Kingdom Closed: 2022 Former Soho studio, vacated when the company relocated to Blue Lion Place in October 2022.

  • Sydney office

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    About this office

    Founding corporate location and Australian partner base in the Bondi Junction / Sydney area, postcode NSW 2022. Operated by Woolly Mammoth Video Pty Limited trading as Steam Motion and Sound.

  • New York offices

    New York, United States
    About this office

    **Office** Status: active Address: 495 Graham Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222-4911, United States Email: info@steamnewyork.com Phone: +1 (347) 704-0707 Primary current US studio address published in the official website footer; operated by Steam Motion and Sound US Inc. --- **Office** Status: active Address: 141 Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States Email: info@steamnewyork.com Phone: +1 (917) 331-4430 Williamsburg workspace documented on portfolio pages. The report describes the Brooklyn premises as active or successive facilities and supplies no closure date for this address.

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