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Sam Brown

Sydney, Australia

Sam Brown is a commercials director working with Imperial Woodpecker in the US, Rogue Films in the UK, Scoundrel in Australia, and LA\PAC in France.

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Production company & representation
Scoundrel
Production company · AU · verified Jul 2026
Imperial Woodpecker
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
AICP Show honors best commercials of the year — Weight Watchers campaign; Brown three honors
AICP · 2015 · award
Best direction Pencil
D&AD · award
Advertising Excellence/Campaign — Weight Watchers “Help With The Hard Part” (incl. “All You Can Eat”)
AICP Show · 2015 · award
Selected clients
AppleVirgin MediaAccentureGuinnessLloyds BankWaitroseBBCCoinbaseMcDonald'sMeta

Bio & background

Sam Brown is a commercials director working with Imperial Woodpecker in the US, Rogue Films in the UK, Scoundrel in Australia, and LA\PAC in France. He emerged from music video, directing Adele’s Grammy-winning “Rolling in the Deep,” James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful,” and clips for Jay-Z and Foo Fighters, before building an eclectic commercial practice. Repeated Apple work includes AirPods Jump and Stroll plus multiple iPhone spots. Other brand partnerships span Meta, Instacart, Coinbase’s pizza comedy, DoorDash “Blow Out,” Weight Watchers “All You Can Eat” (part of a 2015 AICP Advertising Excellence campaign that brought Brown three honors), Waitrose’s CG robin Christmas homecoming with The Mill, Sainsbury’s narrative spots, and Suncorp’s in-camera storybook “Tale of Two Queenslands” with hand-crafted sets. Automotive and tech credits include Lexus Swarm, Land Rover Dragon Challenge, Audi, Volkswagen, AWS motion-control “Proven,” and Virgin Media’s Goat Glider. Awards include multiple Golds at British Arrows, Cannes, LIA and Creative Circle, a D&AD best-direction Pencil, and AICP recognition. A 2016 LBB interview stressed story and character as non-negotiable and framed commercials—not features—as the core passion. Recent Suncorp and AWS coverage confirms an active multi-territory practice.

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Awards
  • AICP Show honors best commercials of the year — Weight Watchers campaign; Brown three honors
    AICP · 2015
  • Best direction Pencil
    D&AD
  • Advertising Excellence/Campaign — Weight Watchers “Help With The Hard Part” (incl. “All You Can Eat”)
AICP Show · 2015
  • Best Short Form Music Video — Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
    Grammy Awards · 2012
  • Multiple Golds
    British Arrows
  • MTV, VMA and CAD music-video awards (armfuls; promo career)
    MTV / VMA / CAD
  • Press
    • 5 Minutes with… Sam Brown
      LBB · 2016
    • Suncorp sets the scene — The Tale of Two Queenslands
      Shots
    • AWS Proven / AWS is How
      Ads of the World
    • DoorDash “Blow Out” credit (Imperial Woodpecker)
      Instagram / Imperial Woodpecker
    • Scoundrel roster bio — global commercials director profile
      Scoundrel