Dougal Stewart Wilson was born on August 1971 and is an English director of commercials, music videos and films.
10 Facts About Dougal Wilson
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Dougal Wilson's work includes directing several John Lewis Christmas adverts and the Grammy-nominated music video for "Life in Technicolor II" by Coldplay.
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Dougal Wilson made his feature film debut with Paddington in Peru, the third instalment in the Paddington franchise.
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Dougal Wilson was inspired to become a director after hearing a BBC Radio 4 interview with Ridley Scott and Alan Parker in which they said that they got started in feature films through directing commercials.
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The first advert Dougal Wilson directed was at the Leith advertising agency in Edinburgh, where he was working as a copywriter before moving to London.
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In October 2010, a short film directed by Dougal Wilson and featuring Gillian Anderson, No Pressure, was released by the 10:10 campaign in Britain to spread awareness of climate change.
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In June 2022, it was announced that Dougal Wilson would be set to direct his first feature film, Paddington in Peru, the third instalment in the Paddington franchise.
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Dougal Wilson has twice won Best Director at the UK Creative and Design Awards, in 2004 and 2005, as well as having won Gold, Silver and Bronze Lions at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and Design and Art Direction awards in 2006 and 2008.
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Dougal Wilson was named Director of the Year by Ad Age in 2019, and was recognised in Adweek's Creative 100 of professionals behind the "most innovative work" in 2018.
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Dougal Wilson was pictured on the front cover of the March 2009 edition of Creativity magazine wearing a jet pack and seemingly hovering a few feet above the ground in front of a car park.