CARSTEN KELLER

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Carsten is an accomplished Executive Creative Director with over 23 years of experience, known for collaborating with some of the industry’s most renowned directors on high-profile projects. His work includes Sir Ridley Scott’s “Seven Worlds” for Hennessy, Zack Snyder’s “Batman v Superman” for Turkish Airlines, Guy Ritchie’s “Pep Talk”, and Matthijs van Heijningen’s “Trailblazers”. He frequently partners with talents such as Traktor, Ians Pons Jewell, Nick Gordon, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, Frederic Planchon, and RSA’s Robert Stromberg.

Expanding into direction, Carsten’s debut project, the Marvel PS5 Wolverine teaser trailer, earned a Silver Clio in 2022. Since then, he has directed notable campaigns, including Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for McDonald’s and Paramount, Apple’s Prehistoric Planet teaser, HBO’s House of the Dragon DOOH global campaign, and Volvo’s Electric EX30 global launch film.

As Head of CG, Carsten led MPCs London CG team to remarkable success, securing 11 VES Awards from 19 nominations between 2017 and 2021, including the acclaimed Burberry Festive film.

Personal award highlights : 

Marvel PS5 “Wolverine” Game Teaser

  • Clio Win 2022  (own Directed)

Hennessy “Seven Worlds” :

  • 2x VES Wins (VFX, Compositing | 2020)

  • 1x Cannes Lion (VFX | 2019)

  • 2x D&AD Pencils (Compositing, CGI | 2019)

  • 1x Gold at British Arrows (VFX | 2021)

  • 1x Silver at British Arrows (CGI | 2021)

  • 1x Clio (VFX | 2019)

  • 1x AICP Award (VFX | 2019)

  • 1x CICLOPE Award (VFX | 2019)

VW “Born Confident” :

  • 1x VES Award (Animated Character | 2019)

  • 1x Silver at British Arrows (CGI | 2018)

Three’s “Dancing Pony” : 

  • 2x Gold at British Arrows (VFX, CGI | 2013)

Avios “Anything Can Fly” : 

  • 1x Silver at British Arrows (VFX | 2011) 

Personal Career highlights :

  • ECD at The Mill London for nearly 3 yrs

  • Head of CG and Creative Director at MPC for 9 yrs

  • VFX / CG Supervisor at MPC for 6.5 yrs

  • 200 supervised shoots and over two decades of VFX experience