RORY FORREST

Rory AB Forrest is an award-winning writer, commercial film director, and advertising Creative Director with 15 years in the business. His commercial work is largely comedy, youth, and creator focused ranging from fast and funny visual gags achieved with camera-driven, technical storytelling (brilliant for campaigns requiring cut-downs); through to music video, PSAs, and long form Y.A. scripted entertainment. His aesthetic is bright, colorful, and yet with a characterful eye for casting which delivers deeply human execution, readily applicable to mainstream brands in all sectors. He has unusually spent many years in the creator space co-creating, collaborating on, and directing everything from ads to whole shows of original IP with this talent. This work has aired across DirecTV, YouTube, and all social channels (including TikTok), with talent such as Collins Key, Us The Duo, Andrea Russet, Grace Helbig, Miles McKenna and more. As a seasoned advertising CD, he is comfortable and understanding of both brand & agency needs at all stages in the process pre, during, and post shoot. He is also an author represented by The Rights Factory currently negotiating the publication of his debut novel.