Dougal Wilson

Who is Dougal Wilson?

Dougal Wilson is a director of commercials and music videos.

Wilson was born in Heswall, England. After studying astrophysics at Durham University, he worked as a copywriter at the Leith advertising agency in Edinburgh before moving to London to pursue a career as a director.

His music videos include "Satisfaction" for Benny Benassi, "Tribulations" for LCD Soundsystem, "Who Am I" for Will Young, "Take Me Back to Your House" for Basement Jaxx, "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" for Jarvis Cocker, "What's a Girl To Do?" for Bat for Lashes, "Happiness" and "A&E" for Goldfrapp, and "Life in Technicolor II" for Coldplay.

He has directed commercials for companies such as Orange, Stella Artois, Olympus, Becks, and Coca-Cola.

Wilson has twice won Best Director at the UK Creative and Design Awards, as well as having won Gold, Silver and Bronze Lions at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and D&AD awards in 2006 and 2008.

In 2008, he directed a short film for Sky Arts and the English National Opera, based on The Barber of Seville aria "Largo al factotum".