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Slim Pictures Signs Thomas Garber

23/09/2013
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Los Angeles, USA
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Austrian-born director based in Berlin

 
Currently based in Berlin, the Austrian-born Thomas Garber is a commercial director with an impressive body of work that boasts clients like Mercedes-Benz, Levis, Johnnie Walker, Dove, and Audi.  Such high-profile clients call on Garber to showcase their brands with his trademark lush-yet-sleek visuals.

 
Garber’s strong command of synchronizing visual and audio stems from his early career as an editor for commercials and music videos.  He soon left the editing suite for a position behind the lens, enrolling at the prestigious Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, where he concentrated in commercial directing.  There he developed his trademark style of resplendent images and dynamic action sequences, an expression that translates particularly seamlessly in his range of automotive advertising.
 

In the Nissan spot “Connected” for TBWA Paris, Garber casts a vivid of display of the QQ’s modern amenities as it drives through an electric downtown at night.  The technology is showcased as the passengers literally open up the city around them; transforming it into a surreal digital playground where buildings shift, people hover, and virtual icons put the driver’s desires into action.   

 
In Garber’s “Anarchy” spot for Axe, the Slim Pictures director gives us a flashback to the wild night before, thanks to the body spray’s intoxicating effects.   The viewer gets a quick-cut slideshow of hedonistic visions featuring a flamboyant cast of characters engaging in acts of fire-play, sex, and plenty of foam, to drive in the brand’s tagline “chaos guaranteed”.
 

His evocative commercial work has earned him numerous awards, such as a win at the Saatchi & Saatchi New German Directors showcase as well as a nomination for the Young Director Award at Cannes. 

 
Thomas Garber is breaking international ground by bringing his distinct, dynamic style to the creative team at Slim Pictures.

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