Vol. I · Global edition54 makers mapped

Creative Chommies

A living register of chommies (friends) making things happen

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The creative world

FIG. 01 — THE CREATIVE WORLD, IN MOTION

The world is full of people worth finding.

Filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, designers, entrepreneurs and everyone between. Turn the globe, follow the work and meet the minds behind it.

People & places

The global register

54 profiles
Wes PhelanExecutive Creative Director · New YorkEdward KhomaEditor · RocklinJen RichardsonCreative Director · New YorkFerra&AliGroup Creative Directors · New York Yashashree SamantSenior Copywriter · New York CityMMMphela MamaboloAssociate Creative Director / Art Director · JohannesburgAnnelie RodeExperience Design Director · VeniceRetroviralCreative Agency · DurbanRich SilversteinArt Director / Co-founder · San FranciscoHugh DavisonComposer / Sonic Branding · Cape TownThomas RevingtonDirector of Photography · Los AngelesMyTran DangCreative Director · BrooklynKing SheCreative and Directing Collective · BrooklynJesse CustodioCreative Director (Copy) · New YorkThe Circle — Jeph & HunterCreative Studio · New YorkDean ParadiseChief Creative Officer · ChicagoTammy RetterCreative Director · ChicagoNikki GarrettCreative Director, Art · New YorkJohannes LeonardoCreative agency · New YorkGoodby Silverstein & PartnersAdvertising agency · San FranciscoRoss GarrettPhotographer · New YorkKatie MylreaCreative Director Art · Los AngelesRyan BarkhuizenCreative Director · New YorkUdesh ChettyCreative Director, VFX · Los AngelesCharles PantlandCreative Director, Copywriter · DetroitKerry Pantlandadvertising / design · DetroitAdam LiveseyExecutive Creative Director · New YorkKamo SesingCopywriter, Creative Director · CambridgeSamira AnsariCreative Leader · New YorkAnton du PreezDirector · Los AngelesNatalie RoseSVP, Executive Creative Director · New YorkMurder HornetAdvertising Collective · AtlantaNoel CottrellFOUNDER/CCO · AtlantaAvital PinchevskyCreative Director · ChicagoMike GroenewaldExecutive Creative Director · AtlantaBenny GoldGroup Design Director & Brand Builder · San FranciscoSimoné BoboFilm Director & Executive Producer · JohannesburgDarren CronjeCreative Director · AmsterdamMatthew PullenGlobal Creative Director · Los AngelesCarlos HernandezDesigner · San FranciscoLiam OldingCreative · DublinKobi GyetvanArt Director · San FranciscoNando SperbCreative Art & Design Director · New YorkPeter KhouryChief Creative Officer · SingaporeLoyiso MadingaComedian, Writer & Actor · New YorkShane ForbesExecutive Creative Director · JohannesburgCRAIG CRAWFORDWriter CCO Founder · El SegundoCraig CrawfordFounder CCO Writer · El SegundoSaki BerghEditor · New York Lebo LukewarmDirector & Photographer · AtlantaRiaad van der MerweCD, copywriter, experiential, conceptual · Los AngelesMarcelle du PlessisCopywriter, Creative Director, Director, Music Supervisor · Bowling Green, KentuckyRob RutherfordWriter + Executive Creative Director · New YorkIngeborg RiedmaierActor, Voice Artist & Writer · New York

For every kind of maker

Make your mark on the map.

01

Bring your work

Add your name, craft, city and a link to your portfolio. Film, design, editing, VFX, ventures — all welcome.

02

Tell your story

Share the details you want highlighted. Your introduction is written from what you provide, not invented achievements.

03

Get discovered

Your city joins the globe alongside your projects and recognition.

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Featured portfolio · Venice · This week

Annelie Rode · Experience Design Director

Designing Human Experiences Across Spaces and Screens

Annelie Rode is a Venice-based Experience Design Director with 15+ years spanning architecture, digital experiences, branding and emerging technologies. She builds people-centered teams and experiences, from Delta’s immersive CES debut to iRobot launches and Nike’s street-reclaiming Run Jozi campaign.

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Notices & good things

Help wanted · New York

ACD team urgently wanted at Ogilvy.

Contact Wes Phelan.

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Good things · South African flavour

Brave Biltong.

South African biltong, air-dried for seven days. A proper snack for the long edit.

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