Video Arts

Video Arts Ltd.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video production eLearning
Genre	Comedy Learning Soft Skills Training
Founded	1972(1972)
Founder	John Cleese Sir Antony Jay
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom
Parent	Tinopolis(2007–present)
Website	http://www.videoarts.com/

Video Artsis a UK-based video production company which produces and sellssoft-skillstraining programmes,e-learningcourses andlearning platforms.Video Arts also distributes third-party titles.

The company was founded in 1972 byJohn Cleese,Sir Antony Jayand a group of other television professionals.

Video Arts uses humour to make learning points more memorable. Its slogan is a quote from John Cleese: “People learn nothing when they’re asleep, and very little when they’re bored".

Video Arts' productions include;

• Meetings, Bloody Meetings (John Cleese,Will Smith)
• Can You Spare a Moment (John Cleese,Ricky Gervais)
• The Balance Sheet Barrier (John Cleese,Ronnie Corbett,later version withDawn French)
• Jamie's School Dinners: Managing Change (Jamie Oliver)
• Pass It On (Rob Brydon,Will Smith)
• The Ultimate Stress Show (Olivia Colman)
• Performance Review: Every Appraisee's Dream (Hugh Laurie)
• The Art of Selling (Sheridan Smith)
• Behavioural Interviewing (James Nesbitt,Rebecca Front,Kris Marshall)
• Assert Yourself (Kris Marshall,Mark Heap)
• Performance Review: Code Red (Sharon Horgan,Jim Howick,David Schaal),
• Successful Selling (Kevin Bishop,James Lance,Simon Greenall)
• Sell It To Me (Robert Lindsay)
• 30 Ways to Make More Time (James Nesbitt)
• Presentation is Everything (Mathew Horne)
• The Unorganized Manager (John Cleese,James Bolam)

As well as corporate training videos, the company produced the comedy seriesFairly Secret ArmyforChannel 4.

External links

• Patrick Russell:Shooting the message #20: Video Arts. The inside scoop on communications film legend Video Arts, founded by Anthony Jay and John Cleese 40 years agoatBritish Film Institutewebsite, 20 July 2015