The Parrot Whisperer
Danny Pattison is a Glaswegian Art Director and Director currently plying his trade Down Under. Recently he’s been solving Australia’s ambition problem by selling donuts to dogs for CGU, proving that insurance assessors are super humans for NRMA, blowing up cars and catching sharks for Telstra, hijacking Christmas for Iceland, turning time into money for UNICEF and directing some comedy shorts; all while winning a few awards along the way.
Awards
2021/2022
Marketing Week: Mini MBA in Marketing
Graduate
NRMA - Help, like no one else
LIA: 2 x Bronze
Spikes: 1 x Bronze, 4 x Shortlist
One Show: 3 x Shortlist
AWARD Award: 6 x Bronze, 11 Shortlist
GWO - Go the Distance
AWARD Award: 1x Shortlist
2019/2020
CGU - ABN Rescue
Cannes: 1 x Shortlist
D&AD: 1 x Shortlist
Clios: 1 x Shortlist
AWARD Award: 2 x Bronze, 10 x Shortlist
Mumbrella: 1 x Shortlist
B&T: 3 x Shortlist
MLA - Lambalytica
Mumbrella: 1 x Shortlist
B&T: 1 x Shortlist
2018/2019
UNICEF - Give a Minute
D&AD: 1 x Wooden Pencil
Webbys: 1 x Winner, 1 x Shortlist
One Show: 1 x Shortlist
AWARD Award: 3 x Silver, 3 x Bronze, 1 x Shortlist
SXSW: 1 x Shortlist
Mumbrella: 1 x Shortlist
Refugees Welcome Here - Directing
LA Comedy Festival: Best Foreign Short
HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival: Selected
Austin Comedy Festival: Selected
London Short Film Festival: Selected
2017/2018
Iceland - Tis’ the Reason
Campaign Big Awards : 1 x Shortlist
Helen Bamber Foundation - Such a Loser (Directing)
Adcan Awards: Winner
2015/2016
Unilever - Farewell to the Forest
Cannes - 1 x Shortlist