HELLO!

Person wearing a hoodie taking a photo in an outdoor nighttime setting.

I’m a Creative Director who has worked on brands including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mastercard, Microsoft, and many more. I’ve spent over a decade in advertising, though my parents still explain my job to relatives with visible uncertainty.

I also write screenplays and direct films, usually about grief, masculinity, memory, or people making emotionally catastrophic decisions in apartments with very good lighting.

Before advertising, I was convinced I was going to make the NBA despite being 5'11" and growing up in Bangalore, India, which probably should’ve been the first sign I was drawn to fiction.

I live in New York, train Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, own too many notebooks, and still think I could have made the NBA. I also really love movies… like, a lot. Check out my letterboxd!

Say hi at:

yo@dhanushcreates.art

WORK

GREY GLOBAL

WUNDERMAN THOMPSON

VAYNERMEDIA

McCANN

360i

DROGA5

SELECTED CLIENTS

SAMSUNG

CANON

CHASE BANK

ST. JUDE

NESTLE

DALIO CENTER

KYNDRYL

MINI COOPER (PITCH W)

FUTURE STANDARD (PITCH W)

PIMCO (PITCH W)

COCA-COLA

PEPSI

MASTERCARD

MICROSOFT

MINUTE MAID

CHEETOS

KRAFT

PLANTERS

AIRWICK

ABSOLUT SPRITE






EDUCATION

MIAMI AD SCHOOL
COPYWRITING

NEW HORIZON COLLEGE BANGALORE

Bachelor of arts in JOURNALISM/LITERATURE/PSYCHOLOGY

SELECTED RECOGNITIONs

BRONZE, USE OF DESIGN
London international awards 2026

BRONZE, INDUSTRY CRAFT
CANNES LION 2026

BRONZE, BRAND EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVATION
CANNES LION 2026

SHORTLIST x3, INDUSTRY CRAFT
CANNES LION 2026

SHORTLIST, BRAND EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVATION
CANNES LION 2026

SHORTLIST, OUTDOOR
CANNES LION 2026

GOLD, SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT
THE LISBON FESTIVAL 2026

SILVER, ACTIVATION
THE LISBON FESTIVAL 2026

bronze, outdoor product and services
New york festival 2026

FINALIST, AUDIO/RADIO: Products & Services
New york festival 2026

SHORTLIST, PRINT AND PUBLISHING
CANNES LION 2025

COCA-COLA, PRINT AD OF THE WEEK
LÜRZER'S ARCHIVE 2025

PORTFOLIO MENTOR
THE ONE CLUB FOR CREATIVITY 2025

JUROR, CONNECTIONS CREATIVE AWARD
LE BOOK 2024

JUDGE
THE PHNX AWARDS 2024

FINALIST
NYC MIDNIGHT SCREENWRITING COMPETITION

SIMULACRUM, AWARD WINNER
PURGATORY FILM FESTIVAL 2024

SIMULACRUM, AWARD WINNER
HEART INTERNATIONAL ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2024

SIMULACRUM, AWARD WINNER
ALTFF ALTERNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL 2024

SIMULACRUM, AWARD WINNER
BEST SHORTS COMPETITION 2024

SIMULACRUM, FINALIST
EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL 2024

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
THE SPOOKTACULAR FILM FEST 2024

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
BEYOND BORDER FILM FESTIVAL 2024

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
SCI-FI-LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024

PORTFOLIO MENTOR
THE ONE CLUB FOR CREATIVITY 2023

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
VIMEO LIFT-OFF FILMMAKER SESSIONS
VOL. 4/5/6 2024

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
AMERICAN GOLDEN PICTURE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
DENVER FILM AWARDS 2024

FREE RANGE, WINNER
GLOBAL SHORTS AWARD 2022

FREE RANGE, WINNER
MILAN GOLD AWARDS 2022

FREE RANGE, WINNER
NEW YORK INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2022

FREE RANGE, WINNER
LONDON MOVIE AWARDS 2022

FREE RANGE, WINNER
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TELEVISION 2022

GOLD
SUMMIT CREATIVE 2018 EMERGING MEDIA AWARD

LEADER AWARD
SUMMIT 2018

GOLD
GRAPHIS NEW TALENT 2018

CRYSTAL
AD STARS 2017

GOLD x2
AD STARS 2017

SILVER x2
AD STARS 2017

FINALIST
NEW YORK FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL
ADVERTISING AWARD 2017

GOLD
GRAPHIS NEW TALENT 2017

WINNER
DIGITAL PR SNAPCHAT COMMUNICATIONS
AWARDS 2016

SILVER
CLIO AWARDS 2016

SHORTLIST
FIAP AWARDS 2016

SHORTLIST
CANNES FUTURE LIONS 2016

FINALIST x2
NEW YORK FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARD 2016

FINALIST
YOUNG GUNS 2016

SILVER x4
AAF MIAMI ADDY'S 2016

GOLD x4
GRAPHIS NEW TALENT 2016

GUEST SPEAKER
MIAMI AD SCHOOL 2016