On Set On Stage
AWARDS (FILM)
Palm Springs International Film Festival - Official Selection
Festival De Cannes - Official Selection (Short Film Corner)
LA Shorts Fest - Official Selection
Valley Film Festival - Best Drama Selection
Chicago Indie Film Awards - Best Thriller
Seattle True Independent. Film Festival - Best Drama Selection
Paris Play Film Festival - Best Thriller
Andromeda Film Festival - Best Director
Toronto Independent Festival of CIFT - Best Script
Venice Shorts Film Awards - Semi-Finalist
Paris International Short Festival - Official Selection
Vancouver Independent Film Festival - Official Selection
AWARDS (ADVERTISING)
IPA Effectiveness Award - 1 x gold, 1 x silver (Change4Life)
The Drum Awards For Content - 1 x Highly Commended (O2 for WarChild)
Exterion Big Bus Challenge - 1 x Finalist (BeatBullying)
London Long Copy Challenge - 1 x Honouree (Chevrolet)
Campaign Media Award - 1 x (Tampax)
Marketing Week Awards - 1 x Shortlisted (Tampax)
MEDIA EXPOSURE
Press Release - Named Creative Director on Gillette Olympics Campaign
Campaign Magazine - 1 x Ad Of The Day, 1 x Private Hear, 1 x feature
Vimeo Staff Pick - Selection
Short Of The Week - Selection
LBB Online - Front page feature
Film Shortage - Best Scripted Short feature
IMDB - 2x featured films
Hello there…
…I’m an advertising creative director, award-winning screenwriter and occasional stand-up comedian with more than 12 Instagram followers and (I’m told) a passing resemblance to a young Tim Roth.
I have created successful and award-winning campaigns for a huge variety of top agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey, Mother and M&C Saatchi in London, JWT in New York, Happiness in Brussels and Ogilvy in Amsterdam. I now lead projects for both Flash and Gillette. I have also performed at the Comedy Store in Leicester Square, won multiple film awards, had my work premiered at the Cannes, LA and Palm Springs film festivals and was once a peroxide-haired 21-year-old secondary school teacher so have a thick skin and lightning fast reflexes.
I love collaborating with interesting people so if you have a project that needs some fantastic copywriting, an idea that needs a bit of stardust or a plot that needs a twist drop me a line at glennsmith21@gmail.com or (+44)7817385827…
…let’s MAKE some magic
EMPLOYMENT
SAATCHI & SAATCHI LONDON - 2019 - PRESENT
GREY LONDON, JWT NEW YORK, MCCANN LONDON, WUNDERMAN THOMPSON LONDON, THE&PARTNERSHIP LONDON, HAPPINESS BRUSSELS AND OGILVY AMSTERDAM (FREELANCE) - 2016–2019
M&C SAATCHI LONDON - 2013–2016
BBH LONDON - 2012 (PLACEMENT)
MOTHER LONDON - 2012 (PLACEMENT)
OGILVY LONDON - 2007-2011
TEACH FIRST LONDON - 2004-2006
education
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - MA(OXON) Economics & Management
VYNERS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL - 3 x A English Literature, Maths & Economics