First December Films Advertising work has been talked about by the likes of The New York Times, Time Magazine, Mashable, People, BBC, Mirror U.K, Discovery, Reuters, Global Citizen, The Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail, The Huffington Post, The Independent, and The Guardian.
First December Films work has become well known throughout the world, winning various industry awards; more recently the prestigious D&AD Impact White Pencil and Gold Lion at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for his campaign ‘Beauty Tips by Reshma’, created at Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai. First December Films film “How to Get Perfect Red Lips” from the campaign made it to the list of World’s Best Commercials of 2016 by Adweek.
Nike Cricket film; Make Every Yard Count, which was the most awarded film ever from Asia, winning over 50 International Awards including a record 07 Cannes Lions, 03 One Show Gold Pencils and 06 Coveted D&AD pencils in 2015.
Partner / Director, 1st December Films
Atul Kattukaran has won the Cannes Lions, the OSCAR awards of Advertising in 2014, 2016 and 2017.
Other famous awards won by Atul are D&AD, CLIO, ONE SHOW, SPIKES ASIA, PROMAX and Indian advertising awards like KYOORIOUS and GOA FEST.
Founder / Environmentalist / DOP
Anup Kattukaran is the First Indian DOP to win CLIO for Cinematography.
Partner, EP & Creative Director
Ganesh Pareek is among the top Television Commercial Producer in world. He is winner of CANNES GOLD LION & CANNES GLASS LION (OSCARS OF ADVERTISING) . He is expert in advertising filmmaking and conducted workshops for students in Premium Film Institutes like Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) PUNE ( For FILM APPRECIATION), Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC) Mumbai etc.
As an Expert Speaker he shared stage with Grammy Winners Musicians and Intellectual filmmakers of country.
Senior Producer
A man of few words and big works. Imran’s weapon of choice are excel sheets and budgeting softwares. Super approachable and always friendly, he often juggles tasks with unbelievably cool and ease.
He is the go-to person for everything small and big and doubles up to fill all shoes. The only time he stops working is when he wants to hit “Next” on his playlist
Producer
Ankit Singh is a man as hard as rock. His work ethics and principles make him the man that he is now, work smart and party hard. Imaginative, helpful and fearless is what anyone who meets him would say. The always dependable Ankiy handles the backend efficiently to ensure a flawless front. He loves his music as well as his films.
YEARS
AD FILMS
INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS
First December Films work has won over 150 + international creative awards including India’s 3rd Film Gold Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival, India’s first One Show Gold Pencils in Film, Fim Craft & Film Innovation.
07 CANNES LIONS
03 GOLD PENCILS AT THE ONE SHOW in Film Innovation, Film and Film Craft & 04 SILVER PENCILS,
A COVETED HAUL OF 06 GRAPHITE PENCILS AT THE D&AD,
02 GOLDS + 05 SILVERS at Spikes Asia,
05 Clio Awards,
06 Adfest Asia Pacific Lotus’ with Golds in Film, Film Craft and Lotus Roots,
10 Goafest National Awards including 05 Golds across Film, Film Craft, Digital and Content Creation.
PromaxBDA Asia 2015
Silver Pro max BDA ASIA
Glass Lion for change
Gold Lion – Film – Charities & Appeals
Finalist – PR Lions – Charities & Not For Profit
Finalist – Direct Lions – Charities & Appeals
Finalist – Direct Lions – Use Of Social Platformà
Finalist – Cyber Lions – Social Purpose
Finalist – Cyber Lions – Charities & Appeals
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Finalist – Cyber Lions – Social Video (Eyeliner)
Finalist – Cyber Lions – Social Video (Dark Spots)
Finalist – Cyber Lions – Integrated Multi-Platform Campaign
Finalist – Media Lions – Use of Integrated Media
Kyoorius Creative Awards 2016
Black Elephant – Best of Show
Brass & Wood Elephant – Creativity for GoodBlue Elephant – Film 61+ sec
Blue Elephant – Public Service Commercials
Blue Elephant – Direct Integrated Campaign
Blue Elephant – Direct Response Film Advertising
Blue Elephant – Integrated Digital Campaign
Blue Elephant – Digital Branded Film Content & Entertainment
Blue Elephant – Digital – Direct Response
Blue Elephant – Earned Media Small Business
AMES 2016
Effectiveness Gold - Charities, Public Health & Safety, and Public Awareness Messages,Silver – Small Budget Marketing Campaign
Digital – Strategy Gold – Charities, Public Health & Safety, and Public Awareness Messages, Silver – Social, Silver – Video
Media-strategy Silver – Charities, Public Health & Safety, and Public Awareness Messages Silver – Branded Content, Bronze – Digital Media Bronze – Social
Asia Pacific Effie Awards 2016 – Silver – Good works – Non-Profit
D&AD 2016
Wood Pencil – Creativity for Good (White Pencil) / Advertising & Marketing Communications – Not for Profit Wood Pencil – Digital Marketing / Integrated Digital Campaigns
One Show 2016
Gold Pencil – Public Relations – Brands, Products & Services Merit Award – Online Films & Video Merit Award – Cross-Platform – Integrated Branding
D&AD Impact 2016
White Pencil - Government Engagement
Spikes Asia Awards 2016
Gold – Public Relations – Public Awareness Messages
Gold – Film Campaign – Public Awareness Messages
Silver – Web Campaign – Public Awareness Messages
Bronze – Bronze
India Effie Awards 2016
Gold – Effie for Good Gold – Direct Marketing Silver – Interactive Marketing
Cannes Lions 2017
Silver Lion - Creative Effectiveness for Good
Kyoorius Creative Awards 2017
Golden Elephant – Creativity for Good
Blue Elephant – Direct Integrated Campaign
Blue Elephant – Direct Response Film Advertising
Blue Elephant – Digital Branded Film Content & Entertainment
CNBC-TV 18 Awards 2017
Brand of the Year – Make Love Not Scars
Promax Gold 2017
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