Zak is an advertising geek.

His career started as a work experience kid at BBH London, where he would sit and watch directors reels over and over again, educating himself on the importance of craft and storytelling from the worlds best commercial filmmakers.

During his time at BBH, he moved from Production Assistant up to Producer working across brands such as Levi’s, Google, Barnardo’s, Audi and Barclaycard.

His next move saw him take up an Executive Producer role at Pulse Films, heading up the Music Video department. Here he was responsible for videos for artists including Mary J Blige, J Cole, The Weeknd, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and many more.

Having worked so closely with directors and crew, this naturally led him to directing his own projects.

His first short film, JORDANNE, was screened at the Dublin Film Festival and 16 other international film festivals, winning Best Short Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival, the British Documentary Film Festival and the Kinsale Shark Awards.

His commercial work has won gold for Best New Director at numerous award shows, including the shots Awards, Creative Circle and the Emerging Director Ireland Awards. His films for the Road Safety Authority have won Best Commercial at the ICAD Awards and Best Commercial at the Young Director Awards.