UK ad industry in shock after death of renowned British commercials director Frank Budgen
November 4 2015, 7:47 am | | 9 Comments
Renowned British commercials director Frank Budgen, who, with Tony Kaye, was crowned Greatest Director of All-Time by D&AD, has passed away, The multi award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of Gorgeous Enterprises died yesterday at the age of 61 after battling cancer for several years.
The groundbreaking director built up a reel of creative classics over his career, including Playstation ‘Double Life’ and ‘Mountain’ spots and the joyful explosion of stop motion animation, Play-Doh, for Sony Bravia, in which he marshalled 40 animators and countless brightly coloured bunnies on the streets of New York.
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There was absolutely nobody like him.
Double Life is absolute perfection.
Playstation ‘Mountain, Bravia, Nike ‘Tag.’
And when you remember that he co-wrote this with John Webster, you can see what a talent the industry has lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3h-T3KQNxU
One of the best, Sad to here the news.
David and I loved his work. Feel so sad. A man with integrity on so many levels. I agree with you Andy, no one like him.
Brilliant, Creative. Inspiring. Gone too soon, but left so much.
And what, 3 comments?
An agency posts a bad ad and our gets 50?
Where is our perspective
genius.
Some rare, special people CREATE – In the real sense of the word – things that have never existed before. That takes willpower, knowledge, self awareness, bravery and brains.
The world’s lost a visionary here…I remember seeing those ads for the first time (all of them) and thinking Christ, they’re so far beyond what we’re doing here it was just ridiculous.
Yep, I’m old enough to have perspective, young enough to still nurture the spark, and confident enough to admit to there are others far better than me at this game. Vale to one of them.
And if you don’t know the ads, look them up, and put them in the context of their time and place. Amazing.
Another truly original talent goes missing – my condolences to all family and friends.
Very sad news and a huge loss.
His work inspired me to get into Advertising.
One of the best, ever.
RIP.
A creative genius by any measure. I wonder whether the Brands he helped make famous will pause for a moment and remember how much they owe him?