Juan Cabral (director) explained

Juan Cabral (born, 1978) is an Argentine writer and director, whose work includes short and feature films, music videos and commercials.

Career

Cabral wrote and directed Gorilla for Cadbury - voted 'Favourite Ad of all time'[1] [2] [3] in the UK. He is also the creator of the famous Sony Bravia Trilogy (Balls,[4] Paint and Playdoh).[5] Cabral has been written about in the Wall Street Journal, The Independent, The Guardian,[6] The Times and Esquire magazine and was also included in The Evening Standard 'London's most influential people' list.[7]

Cabral has won every major award in advertising[8] [9] (including over 25 Cannes Lions and two Cannes grand Prix[10]). His breathtaking advert for Ikea - Beds - was awarded Best Crafted Commercial of the year by BTAA[11] and also voted Best Campaign of the year by Campaign Magazine.[12] In 2016 Cabral was nominated by the DGA for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials.[13] He recently directed the Rolex 2019 Oscars campaign[14] featuring Martin Scorsese, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron.

His first feature film Two/One[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] is premiering in the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.[20] It stars Boyd Holbrook and Song Yang and it's the story of two men who dream each other and are, in some strange way, the same person.

Cabral is developing other feature films, scripts and TV shows and is represented by the commercial production company, MJZ.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cadbury’s gorilla crowned UK’s favourite. Hancock. Edith. 2015-09-21. www.cityam.com. en. 2019-03-21.
  2. Web site: Cadbury's Gorilla is nation's favourite ad, while industry opts for Guinness' Surfer. www.campaignlive.co.uk. 2019-03-21.
  3. News: 'I was basically told: you are never showing this' – how we made Cadbury's Gorilla ad. Caird. Jo. 2016-01-07. The Guardian. 2019-03-21. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  4. Web site: Case Study: Sony Balls. D&AD. en. 2019-03-22.
  5. Web site: How Sony got its bounce back. 2006-06-26. The Independent. en. 2019-03-21.
  6. News: 81. Juan Cabral. 2008-07-13. The Guardian. 2019-03-21. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  7. Web site: Television and Radio. 2008-10-02. Evening Standard. en. 2019-03-22.
  8. Web site: Juan Cabral. www.davidreviews.tv. 2019-03-22.
  9. Web site: TATE MODERN / TATE TRACKS. www.oneclub.org. en. 2019-03-22.
  10. News: Cannes International Advertising Festival: Gorilla takes the top award. Sweney. Mark. 2008-06-23. The Guardian. 2019-03-21. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  11. Web site: IKEA 'Beds' at last nights BTAA Awards :: soundtree. www.soundtreemusic.com. 2019-03-22.
  12. Web site: My campaign: Juan Cabral's best work. www.campaignlive.co.uk. 2019-03-22.
  13. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2015 -. www.dga.org. en. 2019-03-22.
  14. Web site: Rolex Goes To Oscars With Scorsese, Inarritu, Bigelow, Cameron. SHOOTonline. en. 2019-03-22.
  15. Web site: 2020-10-07. Two/One review – beautiful tale of parallel worlds. 2020-10-09. the Guardian. en.
  16. Web site: Film News Roundup: Dominique McElligott, Beau Bridges Join Boyd Holbrook’s ‘Two/One’. McNary. Dave. 2017-11-22. Variety. en. 2019-03-22.
  17. Web site: Boyd Holbrook to star in Juan Cabral’s 'Two/One'. Wyche. Elbert. Screen. en. 2019-03-22.
  18. Web site: 2020-10-10. Streaming: the best films about doppelgängers and shifting identities. 2020-10-13. the Guardian. en.
  19. Web site: De Shanghai à Vancouver, des individus sont connectés par le rêve. 2020-10-19. Numero.com Magazine Numéro. fr.
  20. Web site: Two/One 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca. 2019-03-22.
  21. Web site: Director. MJZ. en-US. 2019-03-22.

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