News : Dean ‘s Ford “Ubuntu“ spot wins Ad of the Year

Dean Blumberg of Bouffant has been awarded the Creative Circle’s Film ad of the year, for his spot called “Ubuntu” for Ford through JWT Johannesburg.

Dean has, during his first year of directing gained recognition for a number of spots at awards Festivals around the World, including Cannes, CFP-E Shots, The Midas Awards (part of the New York Festivals), The Clio Awards and at home at The Loerie Awards and Pendorings. Added to these awards, Dean was chosen for the 2007 Shots New Directors Showcase and more recently was the only South African to appear in the Film section of the 2007 Gunn Report’s 100 Most Awarded commercials list worldwide for his First For Women spot “Taking the piss”. Together with the diversity in directing style, and mixture of youthfulness and experience of directors Marc Sidelsky, Dean Blumberg, Erik van Wyk, Ariane Besson, Nomakhomazi and Andre Liebenberg, Bouffant has managed to make a definite mark on the South African commercial Film industry and internationally producing commercials for Global brands such as Coca Cola, Bidvest, Ford, Tiger Beer, and Toyota all in just six months of business.