Antonio Navas  ECD/AD

Antonio Navas has spent his life chasing images, ideas, music and the occasional beautiful accident.

At nine, he encountered Francis Bacon’s screaming Pope and understood, long before he had the words for it, that an image could make you feel something you couldn’t explain. He’s been looking for that feeling ever since.

His career has moved between art and commerce, culture and brands, working with people like Richard Avedon, Elliott Erwitt, Annie Leibovitz, Nadav Kander and Andreas Gursky, and creating work for Rolex, American Express, Levi’s, Hewlett Packard, Bacardi, Chobani and others.

For Rolex and the Academy, he created films with Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and James Cameron about mentorship, influence and the people who shape us.

Antonio has led creative teams around the world, but titles have never been the point. He likes making things. Films, photographs, paintings, brands, spaces and ideas. AI has simply become another part of how he works, a way to experiment, explore and see where an idea might go.

His work has been recognized at Cannes, The One Show, Clios, ANDYs and AICP. He has also judged many of those shows.

He still believes taste matters. Craft matters. Curiosity matters more.

And there is usually music playing.

Places: Lalo Tequila, Wunderman Thompson, New York, Opperman Weiss, New York, Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, Ogilvy, New York, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, Amster Yard, New York, FCB, San Francisco,  BBDO, New York.

Clients: Rolex, Jagermeister, Gap, Lee Jeans, Don Julio, Nocheluna, Tullamore Dew, Avion, Chobani, Telecom, Skinny Mobile, Radio Hauraki, Tui, L&P, Toyota, ASB Bank, New Zealand Defence Force, Pump, Wellington Zoo, Telecom, Marmite, Weet-Bix, Kodak, Motorola, Coca Cola, Stolichnaya, Puerto Rico Tourism, Avon, Hewlett Packard, Haagen Daz, Bacardi, Stella Artois, Martini, Sol Beer, Lugz, Levi's, Mazda, Pepsi, American Express, World Wildlife Fund.

Education: Hofstra University B.A. Communication Arts (Film, Photography, Journalism) School of Visual Arts NYC.

Awards: Cannes, D&AD, Communication Arts, London International Advertising Awards, The One Show, ADDY, Art Direction Magazine, AAF, Clio, Type Directors Club, Broadcast Designer's Association,  The Art Directors Club, & AICP.