World Creative Rankings: the top 100 most awarded creative directors
The World Creative Rankings is our annual study of the brands, agencies and people behind the world’s very best creative work. In this instalment, we reveal the world’s top creative directors for award wins.
Greg Greenberg of TBWA\Media Arts Lab made the top 10 for his work on Apple’s 'Bounce' spot
Each year, The Drum’s research team analyzes the data from all of the advertising industry's major awards schemes to find out which companies created the most award-winning work in the previous calendar year. This year, that meant examining 1,768 campaigns from 1,295 clients working with 964 agencies composed of 1,319 creative directors.
Below, you can see the ranked list of the world’s best-performing creative directors. We will also be celebrating this year's standout performers, and their work, in a special series of editorial features collected on our World Creative Rankings hub.
The most-awarded creative directors of 2020
| Rank | Agency | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 1= | Malik Benamara | Freelance (formerly Scholz & Friends) |
| 1= | Max Marohn | Scholz & Friends |
| 1= | Sebastian Stelzer | Scholz & Friends |
| 4= | Jean Zamprogno | David the Agency |
| 4= | Fernando Pellizzaro | David the Agency |
| 6= | Ivan Au | Cheil Hong Kong |
| 6= | Lili Jiang | Cheil Hong Kong |
| 8 | Bianca Guimaraes | Mischief (formerly BBDO New York) |
| 9 | Greg Greenberg | TBWA\Media Arts Lab |
| 10= | Saurabh Kakade | Hyperinteractive Digital Studio (formerly Serviceplan Group) |
| 10= | Lorenz Langgartner | Serviceplan Group |
| 10= | Franz Roeppischer | Serviceplan Group |
| 13 | Magnus Jakobsson | Akestam Holst/The North Alliance |
| 14 | Robbin Ingvarsson | Oculus VR (formerly TBWA\Media Arts Lab) |
| 15 | David Leinweber | Jung Von Matt/Next Alster |
| 16= | Michael Gregory | 72andSunny |
| 16= | Yoshihiro Yagi | Dentsu Tokyo |
| 18= | Masaya Asai | TBWA\Hakuhodo |
| 18= | Francois Roisin | Time Based Arts (freelance for BETC Paris) |
| 18= | Aurelie Scalabre | BETC Paris |
| 18= | Olivier Aumard | BETC Paris |
| 18= | Damien Bellon | BETC Paris |
| 18= | Tom Hauser | Heimat Berlin |
| 24 | Kako Mendez | TBWA\Media Arts Lab |
| 25 | Andrew Bernardi | FCB/SIX |
| 26= | Arnau Bosch | SoundStorming (formerly TBWA\Media Arts Lab) |
| 26= | Peter Alsante | BBDO New York |
| 28= | Mwema Frederick Nduna | Gut (freelance for FCB/Six) |
| 28= | Kirill Karnovich-Valua | RT Creative Lab |
| 30= | Bruno Mazotti | Gut (formerly FCB Chicago) |
| 30= | Dean Paradise | Gut (formerly FCB Chicago) |
| 30= | Mihnea Gheorghiu | Publicis Italy |
| 33 | Nicolas Blaettry | Antoni (formerly Heimat Berlin) |
| 34 | Mark Philip | Digitas North America |
| 35 | Thiago Cruz | Pereira O'Dell (formerly Publicis Italy) |
| 36 | Wei Xu | Xiaomi Technology (formerly Cheil Worldwide) |
| 37 | Fernando Poblete | Freelance (formerly Casanova//McCann) |
| 37 | Francisco Rojas | Casanova//McCann |
| 39= | Lucas Casao | Hill Holiday (formerly Arnold Worldwide) |
| 39= | Guilherme Racz | Hill Holiday (formerly Arnold Worldwide) |
| 41= | Dustin Tomes | Droga5 |
| 41= | Jono Paull | Droga5 |
| 41= | Jim Hilson | AMV BBDO |
| 41= | Toby Allen | AMV BBDO |
| 41= | Wilson Ang | Cheil Hong Kong |
| 41= | Sebastien De Valck | BBDO Belgium |
| 41= | Arnaud Pitz | BBDO Belgium |
| 48 | Catalin Paduretu | McCann Worldgroup |
| 49= | Alex Little | Translation LLC (formerly McCann New York) |
| 49= | Karsten Jurkschat | Translation LLC (formerly McCann New York) |
| 51= | Roberto Danino | BBDO New York |
| 51= | Mark Vatsel | Unit9 |
| 51= | Michelle Craig | Unit9 |
| 51= | Felix Steiner | Heimat Berlin |
| 51= | Jack Miller | FCB Global |
| 56 | Martha West | Ogilvy (formerly McCann New York) |
| 56 | William Montgomery | Ogilvy (formerly McCann New York) |
| 58 | Veikko Hille | BBDO Dusseldorf |
| 59= | Thom Whitaker | Mother London |
| 59= | Danielle Outhwaite-Noel | Mother London |
| 61= | Gary du Toit | BBDO New York |
| 61= | Lance Vining | BBDO New York |
| 63 | Fred Bosch | DAVID the Agency |
| 64 | Andy Wyeth | BBDO Dusseldorf |
| 65= | Dean Yu | Ho Communication |
| 65= | Mark Shan | Accenture Interactive |
| 65= | Mukesh Jadhav | FCB Interface |
| 65= | Emily Beautrais | Clemenger BBDO Wellington |
| 69= | Tara Ford | DDB Sydney |
| 69= | David Jackson | DDB Sydney |
| 71= | Alexander Michaelsen | Jung von Matt (formerly Kolle Rebbe) |
| 71= | Andrew Hunter | 360i |
| 71= | Doug Murray | 360i |
| 71= | Chris Bernesby | Area 23 |
| 71= | Joe Capanear | Area 23 |
| 71= | May Yue | Cheil China |
| 71= | Donghai Liu | Freelance (working for Loong Beijing) |
| 71= | Luissandro Del Gobbo | Havas (formerly Publicis) |
| 79= | Pierre Mathonat | DDB Paris |
| 79= | Alexis Benbehe | DDB Paris |
| 81= | Philipp Weber | Scholz & Friends |
| 81= | Evilda Nikander | Kora Mikino (formerly Jung Von Matt) |
| 81= | Marc Isken | MediaMonks (formerly Jung Von Matt) |
| 81= | Joachim Kortlepel | Jung Von Matt |
| 81= | Gaku Takai | Grey Japan |
| 86= | Andy Fergusson | Leo Burnett (formerly Droga5) |
| 86= | Ian Grody | Giant Spoon |
| 86= | Juliana Jaramillo | Giant Spoon |
| 89= | Renato Zandona | AKQA Sao Paulo |
| 89= | Sarah Berro | Impact BBDO |
| 89= | Garrick Hamm | Williams Murray Hamm |
| 92= | Yusuke Kanda | Hakuhodo |
| 92= | Evan Benedetto | McCann New York |
| 92= | Carlos Wigle | McCann New York |
| 92= | James Hudson | Elvis |
| 92= | Rob Griffiths | Elvis |
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