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8 Ads You Didn’t Know Had Famous Directors

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Here’s one…

My Life, My Card
Directed by: Wes Anderson
For: American Express

If you’re not familiar with his work and aesthetic, have a go at getting with the program. He’s the quirky director behind the brilliance of Rushmore, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Royal Tenenbaums (to name a few). The 2006 American Express ad featured Anderson materializing a tongue-in-cheek look at himself and the tasks of his profession (and, if you’re a real film buff, you’ll see that the ad could handily be called a valentine to the term “auteur”-coiner and filmmaker Francois Truffaut’s Day For Night). Explosions, snacks, and Jason Schwartzman pepper the demure director’s scenes — and, especially if you’re a fan, make watching this ad two well-spent minutes of your life.

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