Commercial director

A commercial director is an executive responsible for managing the commercial department within an organization, or a specific commercial project.

This article is about a commercial manager. For the more general business role, see chief commercial officer.

Filmmaking industry

In filmmaking industry, a commercial director is a film director who specializes in the creation of commercials, often for television, but sometimes also on film and of music videos (given that music videos are recognized as a form of advertising for the song featured in the video^{[citation needed]}).

Noted commercial directors

Noted directors of commercials include: Ridley Scott, Adrian Lyne, Hugh Hudson, Jean-Paul Goude, Jonathan Glazer, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Joe Pytka, Tarsem Singh, Dougal Wilson and Tony Kaye, Norman Hafezi, Barry Myers.^{[citation needed]} Music video directors who have gone on to feature film production include Michael Mann and Julien Temple.^[1]

See also

• Category:Television commercial directors