SIMON McQUOID NOW REPRESENTED IN AUSTRALIA BY REVOLVER
Simon McQuoid, who is currently ranked number 3 director in the world,according to the latest Gunn Report, now has representation in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, via Sydney based production company joined Revolver.
A nativeAustralian, McQuoid (pictured in short sleeves on the Halo 3 shoot)began his career in Perth where he worked as an art director at agencies including AdLink DDB Needham and FCB Shorter. In 1995, he made the move to the US, where he workedhis way to a Group Creative Director position for TBWA/Chiat/Day in NewYork. In 2003, he transitioned into directing, and since this time, hehas won pretty much every award there is.
In 2006, among a slewof awards, his spot for Drug Free America, ‘The Talk’, was selected tobe a part of the permanent collection in the Museum of Modern Art(MoMA) in New York. Most recently McQuoid’s X-Box Halo 3 launch films,picked up the coveted Film Grand Prix at Cannes, together with the FilmGrand Clio, a D&AD Gold Pencil, and several Gold One Show pencils.
SaysMcQuoid (who ic currently holidaying in Perth): “The thing that appealed to me about Revolver first andforemost was the body of work across many directors, which wasintelligent and well crafted, it had a sense of style as well assubstance. There was a high regard for the quality of the idea in thescripts and that is something that is very important to me. There wasan uncomplicated direct approach to the way they seem to go about theirbusiness, plus everyone I met there I just seemed to connect with, itjust felt right”.
Executive Producer of Revolver, Michael Ritchiesays: “Simon’s Grand Prix win at Cannes was such impressive work. Iremember thinking that he nailed that stuff so well. Perfection. Wewere introduced through a mutual friend in London, and it felt rightstraight away (to work together that is). We are really incrediblyexcited to have him with us”.
McQuoid is represented in Australia, New Zealand and Asia by Revolver and in the US by Imperial Woodpecker. You can check his reel out here.
8 Comments
Is he taking the Director’s Oath in that shot?
Freemason.
Awesome. I’ll be sure to look him up for my next TVC. Just after I convince the client to increase their budget by about 10,000%.
Good on him though, always great to see a local lad doing really well. Too bad he’ll never work in this town.
He’s counting the number of creatives he thinks are any good in Perth
it would be less than 5 would’nt it??
Hence why he is using his left hand.
11.08. Sure I think his main market will be the East and Asia. But there are some reasonable production budgets that could afford Simon. Perth was very good to AHT last year, and they don’t come cheap. Look at Simon’s reel. You will find good, simple ideas, well executed. Come up with the same and you never know he may be interested.
Is there anything Simon McQuoid CAN’T do?!
Left hand is for poo.