Trevor McMahan
After starting out at Smuggler as the “third arm” of directing collective HAPPY, Trevor has collaborated creatively with a handful of the world’s top commercial directors —Ivan Zacharias, Guy Shelmerdine, and Noam Murro, to name a few— on his way to developing a wide-ranging body of solo work that defies genre but always delivers on a creative vision that pushes each project to its own iconic voice. And sometimes really shiny awards that are collecting dust in the garage, like multiple Cannes Gold Lions, the cfp-e Young Director’s Award, and a certificate of induction into MOMA’s permanent collection as an AICP honoree. But the focus has always been on telling the next story better than the last. And there’s still some room on that shelf between the paint thinner and power tools…
After starting out at Smuggler as the “third arm” of directing collective HAPPY, Trevor has collaborated creatively with a handful of the world’s top commercial directors —Ivan Zacharias, Guy Shelmerdine, and Noam Murro, to name a few— on his way to developing a wide-ranging body of solo work that defies genre but always delivers on a creative vision that pushes each project to its own iconic voice. And sometimes really shiny awards that are collecting dust in the garage, like multiple Cannes Gold Lions, the cfp-e Young Director’s Award, and a certificate of induction into MOMA’s permanent collection as an AICP honoree. But the focus has always been on telling the next story better than the last. And there’s still some room on that shelf between the paint thinner and power tools…