Bryan Buckley

In the spring of 1985 Buckley graduated first in his class in the Advertising and Design program at Syracuse University and joined Doyle Dane Bernbach. Within six months he had the distinction of being the youngest creative ever to win the prestigious One Show Pencil. In 1988 Buckley set out with fellow creative Tom DeCerchio to start their own agency Buckley/DeCerchio. Within two years the fledgling shop had won 30 million dollars in new business, and almost every major award from Cannes Lions to One Show Golds, and was uniformly named by The New York Times, Advertising Age and Adweek as one of the hot five agencies in the country. It was at this pinnacle of their success that the two decided to sell the agency to pursue the lifelong dream of writing and directing. Consequently, Buckley joined forces with fellow Syracuse graduate, Frank Todaro, and the two formed a directing duo that went on to shoot a piece of advertising history with the award winning ESPN 'This is Sportscenter’ work. These commercials were named the campaign of the decade by The One Show and were heralded as one of the best of the century by Ad Age and TV Guide.

In 1997 Buckley looked to new challenges, forming the production company hungry man with longtime producer Stephen Orent and former Wieden & Kennedy creative Hank Perlman. Their company’s rapid success has been unprecedented in the industry, placing in the top five production companies at Cannes the last two years.

Last year Buckley won the DGA commercial director of the year, which he considered to be the highest honor of his career. This year, for the third consecutive year, his work has been named the best of the Super Bowl by both Advertising Age and The New York Times, and was again a nominee for DGA commercial director of the year. He was also just selected as one of the world’s top ten directors in this year’s Cannes Edition of Ad Age’s Creativity Magazine, as well as the US’s best commercial director in the June issue of Campaign magazine.

Currently Buckley is writing a feature film that he plans to direct. He and his wife Sharon live in NYC with their three children Kara, Ty, and Liam.