2021 D&AD Awards
May 28, 2021 May. 28, 2021Earlier this week, the D&AD Awards revealed their pencil winners, celebrating creative and craft excellence in design and advertising.
We want to congratulate all of our clients who were recognized!
Pencil Winners + Shortlist
You Love Me
Yellow Pencil: Film / Social Commercials Over 30 Seconds, Writing for Advertising / Film + Cinematography / Film
Graphite Pencil: Direction / Film + Entertainment / Scripted Short Form
Wood Pencil: Sound Design & Use of Music / Original Composition, Film / TV/VOD Commercials Under 60 Seconds + Impact / Advertising / Brands
Shortlist: Digital / Use of Talent & Influencers + Direction / Scripted Entertainment
Credits:
- Colorist: Sean Coleman
- Director: Melina Matsoukas
- DP: Malik Sayeed
- Editor: Robert Duffy
- Agency: Translation/Brooklyn
- Production Company: Prettybird
Starr Park
Yellow Pencil: Production Design / Film + Entertainment / Scripted Long Form
Credits:
- Colorist: Sofie Borup
- Director: Steve Rogers
- DP: Simon Duggan
- Editor: Kirk Baxter
- Agency: Wieden + Kennedy
- Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks LA + Revolver
Shot on iPhone by Damien Chazelle – Vertical Cinema
Yellow Pencil: Digital / Social
Wood Pencil: Film / Social Commercial Campaigns + Art Direction / Film
Shortlist: Media / Mobile, Film / Innovation + Entertainment / Scripted Long Form
Credits
- Colorist: Natasha Leonnet
- Director: Damien Chazelle
- DP: Linus Sandgren
- Editor: Shane Reid
Our House is on Fire
Yellow Pencil: Visual Effects / Low Budget
Credits
- Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
- Director: Andrew Bruntel
- DP: Pat Scola
- Editor: Kyle Brown
- Agency: Fred & Farod
- Production Company: Ways & Means
Chief & NWHM Glass Ceiling Breaker
Graphite Pencil: Press & Outdoor / Tactical Poster Adverts + PR / Events & Stunts
Wood Pencil: Illustration / Environmental
Shortlist: Art Direction / Experiential + Experiential / Public Spaces
Credits:
- Colorist: Sofie Borup
- Director: Mike Woods
- DP: Tyler W. Davis
- Editor: Jim Schwartz
- Agency: BBH New York
- Production Company: M ss ng P eces
The Parents
Graphite Pencil: Direction / Film + Cinematography / Film
Shortlist: Editing / Film
Credits
- Colorist: Sofie Borup
- Director: Niclas Larsson
- DP: Linus Sandgren
- Editor: Carla Luffe
- Agency: Forsman & Bodenfors
- Production Company: New Land
Upstream
Graphite Pencil: Art Direction / Film
Shortlist: Visual Effects / Compositing
Credits
- Colorist: Jill Bogdanowicz
- Director: Tarsem
- DP: Paul Meyers
- Editor: Joe Guest at Final Cut
- Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi + Dentsu
- Production Company: Radical Media
- VFX: Framestore
The Look
Wood Pencil: Film / TV/VOD Commercials 61 – 120 Seconds
Shortlist: Film / Cinema Commercials 61 – 120 Seconds
Credits
- Colorist: Sofie Borup
- Director: Anthony Mandler
- DP: Malik Sayeed
- Editor: Sam Ostrove
- Agency: Saturday Morning
- Production Company: Stink Films
The Show Must Go On
Wood Pencil: Casting / Performance
Credits
- Colorist: Tom Poole
- Director: Melina Matsoukas
- DP: Rina Yang
- Editor: Andrew Morris
- Agency: Lucky Generals
- Production Company: Prettybird
Connections
Credits:
- Colorist: Sofie Borup
- Director: Gary Lee Koepke
- DP: Wyatt Garfield
- Editor: Max Koepke
- Agency: Seyhan Lee
- Production Company: Seyhan Lee
Dance 10.000
Shortlist: Sound Design & Use of Music / Adapted Music + Entertainment / Scripted Long Form
Credits
- Colorist: Tom Poole
- Director: Filip Nilsson
- DP: Mattias Rudh
- Editor: Andreas Arvidsson
- Agency: Forsman & Bodenfors
- Production Company: The Producers Sweden
ScissorHandsFree
Shortlist: Direction / Film
Credits
- Colorist: Tim Masick
- Director: David Shane
- DP: Jeff Cronenweth
- Editor: Gavin Cutler at MackCut
- Agency: Leo Burnett
- Production Company: O Positive Films
I Love New York
Shortlist: Editing / Entertainment
Credits
- Colorist: Tim Masick
- Director: Bardia Zeinali
- DP: Chayse Irvin
- Editor: William Town
- Production Company: One Thirty-Eight Productions
Born In Quarantine
Shortlist: Editing / Film, Cinematography / Film + Film / Social Commercials Over 30 Seconds
Credits:
- Colorist: Tom Poole
- Director: Martin De Thurah
- DP: Kasper Tuxen
- Editor: Mikkel EG Nielsen
- Agency: Droga5
- Production Company: Epoch Films
No Way Norway
Shortlist: Impact / Advertising / Brands
Credits
- Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
- Director: Jake Szymanski
- DP: Kramer Morgenthau
- Editor: Adam Pertofsky at Rock Paper Scissors
- Agency: McCann
- Production Company: Gifted Youth
Karen
Shortlist: Film / Social Commercials Under 30 Seconds
Credits
- Colorist: Tim Masick
- Director: Matt Aselton
- DP: Malik Sayeed
- Editor: Ian MacKenzie
- Agency: BBDO NY
- Production Company: Arts & Sciences
See the full list of winners + shortlisted projects: here