The 200 most-awarded creative directors of 2021
The World Creative Rankings, in partnership with Twitch, is the definitive guide to advertising’s most creative brands, agencies and people. We have already looked at the industry’s most-awarded chief creative officers and executive creative directors. This time it’s the turn of adland’s finest creative directors.
Which creative directors won the most industry awards last year?
The Drum’s World Creative Rankings – an original, industry-spanning effort by our researchers to chart creative performance across the advertising world – track how many awards a campaign picks up for its client, agency and creative team, providing an objective measure of critical success.
Using that data, we’ve compiled a list of the most-awarded creative directors in the business.
The world’s best creative directors
| Rank | Name | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| 1= | Fernando Pellizzaro | David Miami |
| 1= | Jean Zamprogno | David Miami |
| 3= | Jim Hilson | AMV BBDO |
| 3= | Toby Allen | The&Partnership |
| 5 | Thiago Cruz | BBDO San Francisco |
| 6 | Mihnea Gheorghiu | Publicis Italy |
| 7 | Lee Sunter | Saatchi & Saatchi |
| 8= | Adam Ferrie | Special group Australia |
| 8= | Peter Cvetkovski | Special group Australia |
| 10 | Fred Bosch | David Madrid |
| 11 | Leopold Billard | McCann New York |
| 12= | Marco Lemcke | Anomaly |
| 12= | Patrik Lenhart | R/GA |
| 14 | Juliana Paracencio | Ogilvy UK |
| 15 | Christian Horsfall | TBWA\South Africa |
| 16= | Justin Enderstein | FCB Chicago |
| 16= | Tor Lemhag | FCB Chicago |
| 18 | Fabio Rodrigues | 21Grams |
| 19 | Brian Wiesenthal | 21Grams |
| 20= | Nicholas Bergantin | Africa |
| 20= | Rodrigo Adam | Anomaly |
| 22= | Alexei Beltrone | Freelance |
| 22= | Jay Marsen | FCB New York |
| 24 | Peter Alsante | Grey New York |
| 25 | Jason Graff | Area 23 |
| 26 | Josh Grossberg | McCann New York |
| 27 | Kevin Koller | R/GA |
| 28 | Diallo Marvel | Beats by Dr Dre |
| 29 | Chatchai Butsabakorn | Wunderman Thompson |
| 30 | Zak Mroueh | Zulu Alpha Kilo |
| 31= | Jamie Mietz | McCann London |
| 31= | Sanjiv Mistry | McCann London |
| 33= | Bianca Guimaraes | Mischief USA |
| 33= | Mike Dubrick | Rethink |
| 35 | Eoin Sherry | Publicis |
| 36 | Marianna Ruiz | Edelman |
| 37= | Aaron Sidorov | Deloitte Digital |
| 37= | Alberto Ponte | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
| 37= | Guy Lewis | Publicis groupe |
| 37= | Ryan O'Rourke | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
| 41 | Hamza Amjad | Ogilvy |
| 42 | Peter Carnavale | Freelance |
| 43= | Guto Terni | Roof Studio |
| 43= | Lucas Camargo | UntitledArmy |
| 43= | Vinicius Costa | Roof Studio |
| 46= | Aurelie Scalabre | BETC |
| 46= | Olivier Aumard | BETC |
| 48= | Harrison Barron | VaynerMedia |
| 48= | Todd Bradley | VaynerMedia |
| 50= | Matt Keck | VMLY&R Kansas City |
| 50= | McKay Hathaway | VMLY&R Kansas City |
| 50= | Nadja Lossgott | AMV BBDO |
| 50= | Nicholas Hulley | AMV BBDO |
| 50= | Therese Stussel | Serviceplan |
| 55= | Ashley Wilding | Freelance |
| 55 | Daniel Davison | Freelance |
| 57 | Alex Pineda | TBWA\RAAD Dubai |
| 58 | Gavin Chimes | Howatson+Company |
| 59 | Adam Lock | 180NY |
| 60 | PG Aditiya | Dentsu Webchutney |
| 61= | Damien Bellon | BETC |
| 61= | Francois Roisin | Freelance |
| 63 | Evgeny Primachenko | Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam |
| 64 | Enea Rossi | Adoratorio |
| 64= | Joe Abou Khaled | Impact BBDO |
| 64= | Yasmina Boustani | Impact BBDO |
| 67= | Andrew Bernardi | Momentum Worldwide |
| 67= | Kazuhiro Shimura | Dentsu |
| 69= | Shaun Branagan | Ogilvy |
| 69= | Yoshihiro Yagi | Dentsu |
| 71 | Melissa Avery | Verizon |
| 72= | Georges El Ten | Huawei |
| 72= | Magnus Jakobsson | The North Alliance |
| 74= | Guilherme Camargos | Bitso |
| 74= | Thom Glover | Droga5 |
| 76 | Mukesh Jadhav | FCB Interface |
| 77 | Alex Lopez | McCann Worldgroup |
| 78 | Christian Widlic | Mailchimp |
| 79 | Andrea Ventura | The Juju |
| 80= | Eduardo Castello Branco | MullenLowe MENA |
| 80= | Hagall Muniz | Saatchi & Saatchi MEA |
| 80= | Joel Holtby | Rethink |
| 80= | Simon Higby | Nord DDB |
| 84= | Alex Thomas | Freelance |
| 84= | Marc d'Avignon | Freelance |
| 86= | Chris Bernesby | Area 23 |
| 86= | Joe Capanear | Area 23 |
| 86= | Lauren Varvara | Saatchi & Saatchi |
| 89 | Youssef Gadallah | TikTok |
| 90= | Andy Clough | Andy Clough Creative |
| 90= | Karim Sherif | Havas Middle East |
| 90= | Richard McGrann | Adam&Eve/DDB |
| 93= | Andrew Long | Leo Burnett London |
| 93= | Conor Hogan | Edelman |
| 93= | James Millers | Leo Burnett |
| 93= | Kat Alvarez-Jarratt | TBWA |
| 93= | Nev Fordyce | TBWA |
| 98= | Agustin Alba | Isobar |
| 98= | Gaston Canaves | Isobar |
| 98= | Kelly Bayett | Barking Owl |
| 98= | Pablo Maldonado | Grey |
| 102= | Michael Gregory | Moving Picture Company |
| 102= | Veikko Hille | BBDO Dusseldorf |
| 104= | Christopher Moran | Verizon |
| 104= | Davide Bianca | Unit9 |
| 104= | Kanit Mingmuang | Wolf Bangkok |
| 104= | Romain Demongeot | MediaMonks |
| 104= | Yifei Chai | UNIT9 |
| 109= | Ben Polkinghorne | AMV BBDO |
| 109= | Scott Kelly | AMV BBDO |
| 111= | Dustin Tomes | Saatchi & Saatchi New York |
| 111= | Jono Paull | Mojo Supermarket |
| 113 | Christian Bircher | myDropz |
| 114= | Paul Harrington | Area 23 |
| 114= | Ray Swan | Rothco |
| 114= | Rob Maguire | Rothco |
| 117= | David Stemler | CDM New York |
| 117= | Geoff Edwards | Gale Partners |
| 117= | Jayanta Jenkins | Saturday Morning LA |
| 117= | Keith Cartwright | Saturday Morning LA |
| 117= | Kristoffer Heilemann | BBDO Dusseldorf |
| 122= | Jon Williamson | GSD&M |
| 122= | Leigh Browne | GSD&M |
| 122= | Tobias Fritschen | Philipp und Keuntje |
| 122= | Tom Hamling | GSD&M |
| 122= | Valentin Burkhardt | Philipp und Keuntje |
| 127= | Jack Nunn | DDB Sydney |
| 127= | Nicolas Hurez | Publicis Counseil |
| 127= | Nils Eberhardt | Special group Australia |
| 127= | Vinod Sivan | EY |
| 131= | Jaime Azurmendi | Cheil Worldwide |
| 131= | Kim Barke | The Bloc |
| 131= | Rafael Rizuto | BBH New York |
| 131= | Sarah Uhleski | Eleven Inc |
| 131= | Sergio Villarubia | Cheil Worldwide |
| 136= | Rich Singer | MullenLowe US |
| 136= | Zack Menna | MullenLowe US |
| 138= | Andres Vallejo | FCB Chicago |
| 138= | Daniel Rincon | AbInBev |
| 138= | David Krueger | Ogilvy Germany |
| 138= | Diego Cardenas | AbInBev |
| 138= | Sebastian Barrera | Ogilvy Colombia |
| 138= | Shelley Smoler | Droga5 |
| 138= | Tahaab Rais | McCann Worldgroup |
| 145 | Alessandra Gomes | McCann Health Brazil |
| 146 | Haydn Kerr | Tribal Aotearia |
| 147= | Andrew Fong | Grey group Malaysia |
| 147= | Gabriel Sotero | Wunderman Thompson |
| 147= | Guilherme Racz | Hill Holliday |
| 147= | Heng Thang Wei | Grey group Malaysia |
| 147= | Lucas Casao | Hill Holliday |
| 147= | Murilo Melo | Gut |
| 153 | Aaron Starkman | Rethink |
| 154= | David Suda | WMC/Grey |
| 154= | Eliana Ferrer | Gut |
| 154= | Jeff Hodgson | Gut |
| 154= | Jeff Stevens | Momentum Worldwide |
| 154= | Laurence O'Byrne | Boys and Girls |
| 154= | Renato Zandona | AKQA Sao Paulo |
| 154= | Scott Carlton | Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness |
| 161 | Andre Felix | |
| 162= | Kris Clarkin | Boys + Girls |
| 162= | Nick Howard | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
| 162= | Nick Stoner | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
| 165 | Rory McKechnie | DDB Aotearoa |
| 166= | Fabrice Plazolles | Havas Sports & Entertainment |
| 166= | Kristian Grove Moeller | 72andSunny |
| 166= | Lauren Smith | 72andSunny |
| 166= | Luc Du Sault | Ig2 |
| 170= | Daniel Pizzato | Clemenger BBDO |
| 170= | Kirill Karnovich-Valua | RT Creative Lab |
| 170= | Leia Rogers | Rethink |
| 170= | Mario Cesareo | Cossette |
| 170= | Sarah Rutherford | Cossette |
| 175= | Alexander Michaelsen | Jung von Matt |
| 175= | Fernando Serra | We Believers |
| 175= | Nicolas Centroni | We Believers |
| 178= | Felipe Santana | Wunderman Thomspon Bogota |
| 178= | Giovani Leal | Wunderman Thomspon Bogota |
| 178= | Gustavo Tovar | Wunderman Thomspon Bogota |
| 178= | Jose Mario Munoz | Gut |
| 178= | Lukas Vergel | Leo Burnett |
| 178= | Malik Benamara | Freelance |
| 178= | Max Marohn | Scholz & Friends |
| 178= | Neeraj Kanitkar | DDB Mudra |
| 178= | Rene Rojas | Wunderman Thompson Bogota |
| 178= | Rodrigo Del Oso | Ogilvy Mexico |
| 178= | Sebastian Stelzer | Scholz & Friends |
| 189 | Eamon Conway | VMLY&R Kansas City |
| 190= | Adrian Chan | Saatchi & Saatchi New York |
| 190= | Andre Sallowicz | Adam&EveDDB |
| 190= | David Gonzalez Natal | LLYC |
| 190= | Humberto Fernandez | FCB Health |
| 190= | Jason Kreher | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
| 190= | Julio Alonso | LLYC |
| 190= | Matt Sorrell | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
| 190= | Otavio Schiavon | Talent Marcel |
| 190= | Phil Oldham | Absolute Post |
| 190= | Simon Vicars | Colenso BBDO |