Matthäus Bussmann

Matthäus Bussmann is an award-winning director whose work includes commercials for VW, Porsche, Opel, Mercedes, T-Mobile, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Sears, Reebok and many others. His style is driven by a contemporary visual aesthetic with engaging performances across a range of genres and categories, including automotive, fashion and lifestyle. He has collaborated with agencies such as McGarry Bowen Chicago, DDB London, Grey Düsseldorf, McCann-Erickson NY, Saatchi & Saatchi NY, BBDO Istanbul and TBWA Bangkok, to note just a few.

Born in Frankfurt, of both German and Italian descent, Bussman grew up being inspired by films and their reflection of ever-changing youth culture. He fed his appetite reading behind-the-scenes books about his favorite TV series and documented the lives of his friends on camera throughout his school years. He then segued into production and postproduction, learning lighting, camera operation and digital editing, all of which factor in to his end-to-end involvement in the filmmaking process. In 1996, he parlayed this experience into directing and has been prolific in commercials ever since.

For nearly two decades, Bussmann has consistently picked up awards like Effies, Mobius and many other Festivals honors, and has received praise across creative press. He enjoys a career working all over the world.