HELLO!

Dhanush Paramesh is a Creative Director who has worked on brands including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mastercard, Microsoft, and many more. He has spent over a decade working in advertising, though his parents still explain his job to relatives with visible uncertainty.

He also writes screenplays and directs films, usually about grief, masculinity, memory, or people making emotionally catastrophic decisions in apartments with very good lighting.

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

He lives in New York, trains Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, owns too many notebooks, and still thinks he could have made the NBA.

Reach out to him at:

yo@dhanushcreates.art

WORK

GREY GLOBAL

WUNDERMAN THOMPSON

VAYNERMEDIA

McCANN

360i

DROGA5

SELECTED CLIENTS

SAMSUNG

CANNON

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

ABSOLUTE SPRITE







EDUCATION

MIAMI AD SCHOOL
COPYWRITING

NEW HORIZON COLLEGE BANGALORE

Bachelor of arts in JOURNALISM/LITERATURE/PSYCHOLOGY

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
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

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
THE SPOOKTACULAR FILM FEST FOR HORROR & SCI-FI 2024

SIMULACRUM, OFFICIAL SELECTION
BEYOND BORDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024

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

PORTFOLIO MENTOR
THE ONE CLUB FOR CREATIVITY 2023

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

SELECTED PRESS AND RECOGNITION