2012 Super Bowl TV Commercials Directed By Filmmakers

Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012 by Peter Sciretta

Joe Pytka, director of Space Jam, Let it Ride and many famous commercials and music videos, directed Pepsi Max’s “Check-Out” spot:

David Gordon Green, director of Pineapple Express, Your Highness, The Sitter, Snow Angels, All the Real Girls, Eastbound & Down and George Washington, Chrysler’s “Its Halftime in America” spot featuring Clint Eastwood:

Jake Scott, director of Welcome to the Rileys and many music videos and television commercials, directed Budweiser’s “Return of the King” Prohibition spot:

Scott also directed Hyundai’s “Hyundai of the Tiger” spot:

Fredick Bond, famous tv commercial director who is attached to direct Disney’s Hovercar and The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, directed Budweiser’s Prohibition sequel “Eternal Optimism’:

Thanks to Dan Trachtenberg for helping me figure out which filmmakers directed some of the spots in this article.