My Favourite Dorian & Daniel Commercials

1. Tiger Beer, Uncage

Advertising Agency: Marcel, Sydney, Australia

Since 2013, Tiger Beer’s advertising campaigns have focused on the various unique skills of passionate young Asian artists and their creative contributions to society.

Tiger brewery’s ‘Uncage’ commercial for 2022, The Year of The Tiger, features dancers, technicians, fashion, and food artists, who have ‘uncaged’ their creative passions, with inspiring impact.

Filmmaking duo Dorian & Daniel, have directed a filmic kaleidoscope of future-shaping creative energy, by a uniquely talented cast.

2. Samsung Galaxy S22, Love

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Frankfurt Germany

Samsung Galaxy’s S22 ‘Love’ scenario, directed by filmmaking duo Dorian & Daniel, surprisingly centres on the unlikeliest of household pets, an endearing, lonely spider, with four eyes.

Sam the Spider is amusingly drawn to the Galaxy S22 smartphone camera’s four optical camera lenses with a feeling of kinship, and falls hopelessly in love. 

Produced to coincide with St Valentine’s Day, the entertaining commercial of live action footage, and computer generated imagery by Zauberberg Productions Berlin, features a soundtrack of Scottish hard rock band Nazareth’s classic song, “Love Hurts”.

3. Jeep Compass, The Screenplay

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Turin, Italy

Filmed in Barcelona, Spain, and directed by filmmaking duo Dorian & Daniel, the scenario about a a screenwriter, inspired by the passage of a Jeep Compass, imagines the various screen-writing possibilities he could conceive.

His envisioned advertising themes, are creatively brought to life in dramatic visual depictions, that are cinematically epic, and very entertaining to view.

4. Ancestry, The Journey

Advertising Agency: Anomaly, Toronto, Canada

Ancestry.com LLC, an American genealogy company based, in Lehi, Utah, is the world’s largest online family history resource.

The Irish potato famine began in 1845 and led to seven years of mass starvation and disease, forcing many Irish citizens to decide between staying in their home country, or emigrating to foreign shores as their best chance of family survival.

5. Tipico, Matchdays

Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt, Hamburg, Germany

Sports betting brand Tipico’s ‘Matchday commercial, centres on FC Bayern Munich, and features a cameo of their brand ambassador, football executive and former professional player, Oliver Kahn, a voice-over by German rapper Summer Cem, and music producer Joshimixu’s pulsating soundtrack.

Filmmakers Dorian & Daniel’s have brought the ‘Matchdays’ scenario to dramatic life with an electrifying, dark war-like atmosphere, that is compellingly filmic.

6. Mercedes-Benz, Eternal Love

Advertising Agency: Daimler Creation, Stuttgart, Germany

Written and directed by filmmaking duo Dorian & Daniel, the ‘Eternal Love’ scenario involves a young driver, travelling through Scotland’s scenic countryside, while speaking to his Grandfather about his Grandmother, via the enhanced ‘User Experience’ features, of his Mercedes-Benz. 

The filmic narrative, interspersed with cinematic scenes of past recollections of eternal love, are heartwarmingly portrayed, and culminate in a surprising and uplifting ending.

7. Johnnie Walker, Dear Brother

Written and directed by Daniel & Dorian, the speculative Johnnie Walker commercial,  from their Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg student portfolio, is a remarkable filmic endeavour.

Narrated by poet Johnny ‘Bang’ Reilly, and filmed in Scotland, the atmospheric story about two brothers on a hike in the Highlands, features emotive characterisations by actors Mathew Lewis Carter, and Robin Guiver, that resonated with millions of viewers with this superbly crafted script: