Gavin Gordon-Rogers
Having been BAFTA-nominated for his graduation film, Gav teamed up with his wife Gemma to direct music videos. Several years later they moved into advertising, working at numerous traditional ad agencies before ‘digitising’ into glue London in 2002. They joined Agency Republic in early 2005, taskedwith re-invigorating the creative department. This they did, winning multiple international awards, being promoted to Joint Creative Directors and leading Republic to be named Campaign’s Digital Agency of the Year 2006 and Marketing’s Digital Agency of the Year 2008. Gav joined Wieden+Kennedy London in March 2011 as Interactive Creative Director and hopes to encourage invention, experimentation and deeper digital understanding across all of the agency’s accounts.
Which celebrity do your friends say you most look like? They don't. But Julian Barratt (from The Mighty Boosh) once told me that I looked like Jake Gyllenhaal. I don't.
If you auditioned on Britain’s got talent, what would your act be? A freak show involving my extremely flexible skin and foldable ears.
If you could make one of these real, which would you choose, Leprechauns , Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Unicorns or Zombies? I own a board game called 'Zombies!!!'. Need I say more?
Favourite TV programme from when you were a child?It's a close-fought battle between Doctor Who and The Adventure Game.
What is your best feature? I've been told I have an uncommonly beautiful pancreas.
