1. Bryan Buckley is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and two-time Academy Award nominated director.
21 Facts About Bryan Buckley
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Bryan Buckley would go on to direct over 70 Super Bowl commercials.
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Bryan Buckley's mother worked as a top promotional executive at Jordan Marsh department store.
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Bryan Buckley's parents were both activists involved in the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s.
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Bryan Buckley was then admitted to Syracuse University's design program; he finished his first class in advertising design there in 1985, but never enrolled in a film class during his time in college.
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Bryan Buckley had never been behind the camera before, and the job was not paid.
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In 1997, Bryan Buckley co-founded Hungry Man Productions along with "This is SportsCenter" creator Hank Perlman and long-time producer Steve Orent.
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Bryan Buckley quickly added several directors to its roster, such as Jim Jenkins, David Shane, Bennett Miller, and Stacy Wall.
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Bryan Buckley's work has often garnered publicity, and has at times been described as "anticommercials".
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In 2011, Bryan Buckley directed a series of commercials for New Era apparel.
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In 2024, Bryan Buckley directed BMW's "Talkin' Like Walken" Super Bowl ad, featuring Christopher Walken and Usher.
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In September 2011, Bryan Buckley shot the short film ASAD in South Africa with an all-Somali refugee cast.
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The story, which Bryan Buckley wrote, follows a young Somali boy's tale of how he deals with the decision to fall into pirate life, or become a fisherman.
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In 2017, Bryan Buckley wrote and directed the American drama film The Pirates of Somalia.
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In 1999, Bryan Buckley won the Best Directing award from the Directors Guild of America, a cumulative award for several commercials he directed that year, including his Super Bowl spot "When I Grow Up" for Monster.
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Bryan Buckley has been nominated for three Emmy Awards, and has won over 60 Cannes Lions, most recently the top honors at Cannes in 2019, a Grand Prix for his work on the March for Our Lives "Generation Lockdown" campaign to raise awareness about gun violence prevention.
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Bryan Buckley took the Titanium Lion and the top honors, a Grand Clio for his Microsoft "Changing the Game" work showcasing Xbox's new adaptive controller, the first ever system designed to be inclusive of handicapped gamers.
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Bryan Buckley has stayed involved with the pursuit of justice within Guatemala, attending a meeting on Capitol Hill between Stef Arreaga, a prominent activist and Congressmen Espaillat and Gonzalez Jr.
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In 2020, Bryan Buckley created a team named the Trump Statue Initiative dedicated to mocking Donald Trump and actions taken during his presidency.
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On June 4,2021, Bryan Buckley partnered with ad agency Leo Burnett and two parents of a child killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to mislead gun rights activists John Lott and David Keene into believing they were to give a dress rehearsal for a 2021 graduation address for a fictitious school called the "James Madison Academy".
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Bryan Buckley's work has consistently aired during the Super Bowl, leading to the New York Times deeming him the "King of the Super Bowl".