Dougal Wilson

Dougal Wilson (born 1971) is a director of commercials and music videos.

Wilson was born in Heswall, England. After studying astrophysics at Durham University, he worked as a copywriter at the Leith advertising agency in Edinburgh before moving to London to pursue a career as a director.

His music videos include "Satisfaction" for Benny Benassi, "Tribulations" for LCD Soundsystem, "Who Am I" for Will Young, "Take Me Back to Your House" for Basement Jaxx,^[1] "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" for Jarvis Cocker, "What's a Girl To Do?" for Bat for Lashes,^[2] "Happiness" for Goldfrapp,^[2] and "Life in Technicolor II" for Coldplay.^[2]

He has directed commercials for companies such as Orange, Stella Artois, Olympus, Becks, and Coca-Cola.

Wilson has twice won Best Director at the UK Creative and Design Awards (in 2004 ^[3] and 2005 ^[4]), as well as having won Gold, Silver and Bronze Lions at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival ^{[5] [6]} and D&AD awards in 2006 ^[7] and 2008. ^[8]

In 2008, he directed a short film (a silent comedy homage) for Sky Arts and the English National Opera, based on The Barber of Seville aria "Largo al factotum".^[2]

Wilson was pictured on the front cover of the March 2009 edition of Creativity Magazine wearing a jetpack and seemingly hovering a few feet above the ground in front of a car park. Inside, he leads the edition's main article, 'Directing 101', in which '15 top directors' dispense advice learned on the job. ^[9]

Sources

1. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (September 17, 2006). "Internet spared the video star". London: The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/sep/17/3. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Higgins, Charlotte (January 26, 2009). "ENO hires unlikely trio to make TV opera films". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/26/eno-tv-opera-films-herzog. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
3. ^ "The Winners CADS '04 Music Vision Awards". Music Week. http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=7100. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
4. ^ "Wilson Triumphs at Cads 05". Music Week. http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=13880. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
5. ^ "Film Lions 2007". Cannes Lions Archive. http://www.canneslionsarchive.com/search/details.cfm?id=193447&from=channel&playlist_id=2690. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
6. ^ "Dougal Wilson". http://www.creativehybrid.com/mirrorball/guest_en.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "2006 D&AD Broadcast Yellow Pencil Winners". AdLand's Commercial Archive. 2006-05-29. http://adland.tv/content/2006-dad-broadcast-yellow-pencil-winners. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
8. ^ "D&AD Awards 2008 TV & Cinema Crafts". D&AD Awards. http://www.dandad.org/awards08/category.asp?category_no=13. Retrieved 2009-04-20. ^{[dead link]}
9. ^ "Directing 101: The 2009 Directors Special Report". http://creativity-online.com/?action=theissue:home. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 

External links

• Dougal Wilson portfolio on Best Ads
• Dougal Wilson bio at Blink Productions

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Name	Wilson, Dougal
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Date of birth	1971
Place of birth	Heswall, England
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