HELLO AGAIN!
I am Christian Baur and I grew up deep in the Bavarian nirvana, in a village with more cows than people. I’ve always been driven by an insatiable curiosity about the world beyond the stables. But trouble was hard to find between livestock and acres of beautiful rolling hills.
So to get things started, I peed into the milk tank of the local cheese factory, nearly got killed as a hitchhiking teenager, failed miserably as a professional snowboarder but then somehow found myself well on the other side of the picket fence.
Along the way, I created an uncrashable car, helped people make money with their money, reinvented a 258 year old cognac brand and shot a music video hitting 75 million views and counting. Some of my work won shiny awards - the most precious coming from the Hamburg Police for helping them catch burglars.
I always champion enthusiasm over ego and crew love over individual heroes. I have extensive experience in facilitating creative processes as well as managing teams and partners on a wide range of brands. And when I’m not applying my skills in a semi-professional environment, I’m using them to direct music videos, write short films, raise my kid, or build furniture. Oh, and I still very much love snowboarding.
AGENCY EXPERIENCE
Wieden+Kennedy - ACD, Amsterdam
Wynken, Blynken & Nod - Creative Director, Hamburg
72andSunny - ACD, Amsterdam
DDB - Senior Creative / Art Director - Hamburg
Jung von Matt - Creative / Art Director - Hamburg
LLR - Creative / Art Director - Hamburg
Appvantage/DepartmentM - Creative / Designer - Hamburg
Facelift BBT - Freelance Designer - Hamburg
Wieden+Kennedy
ACD / Senior Creative, Amsterdam
Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Creative Director, Hamburg
72andSunny
ACD, Amsterdam
DDB
Senior Creative / Art Director - Hamburg
Jung von Matt
Creative / Art Director - Hamburg
LLR
Creative / Art Director - Hamburg
Appvantage/DepartmentM
Creative / Designer - Hamburg
Facelift BBT
Freelance Designer - Hamburg
AWARDS
CANNES LIONS
2 x Merit - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
EUROBEST
Gold - Behind the Source
2 x Merit - Behind the Source
2 x Merit - Wearable Love
ONE SHOW
Gold - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
Silver - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
Merit - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
ADC
Silver - Wearable Love
3 x Bronze - Wearable Love
2 x Merit - Wearable Love
Silver - Stål Kvitto
Bronze - Stål Kvitto
3 x Merit - The Weapen
Bronze - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
Finalist - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
Silver - The Howling Football
Bronze - Circle Of Friends
Merit - Bench Of Friendship
Merit - Shiftography
EPICA
2 x Bronze - Behind the Source
Silver - Shower and Shavetorials
Bronze - AXE Music
CLIO
Bronze - Hack Your Future
Merit - Stamp Up
LOVIES
Gold - Behind the Source
Bronze - Shower and Shavetorials
WEBBIES
Gold - Shower and Shavetorials
NEW YORK FESTIVAL
Merit - Stål Kvitto
Merit - Shiftography
Merit - Taxi-Glass
PIAF
Bronze - Shiftography
Bronze - Stamp Up
OTHERS
SPOTLIGHT - Silver - Uncrashable Toy-Cars
BILL BERNBACH AWARD - Gold - Stål Kvitto
EFFIE - Bronze - Lazy Money
GOOGLE FILM HACK - Gold - The Rip Off
YOUNG GUNS - Finalist - Circle Of Friends
AMM - Winner - Circle of Friends
AOW - Silver - Bench Of Friendship
FWA MOBILE - Winner - Audi Annual Report
ADC FIELDWORK - Finalist - Whale Bagpacks
BCP - Gold - Best App - Audi Annual Report
DIE KLAPPE - Bronze - Lazy Money
BRAND EXPERIENCE
Hennessy, Nike, Samsung, Google, AXE, Uber, H&M, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, Allianz, Montblanc, IKEA, Volkswagen, Audi, Mini, Reporters without Borders, Starbucks, Panasonic, Lufthansa, Germanwings, RaboDirect, Unilever, Neon Magazine, Bionade and many more.
Samsung, Google, AXE, Uber, H&M, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, Allianz, Nike, Montblanc, IKEA, Volkswagen, Audi, Mini, Reporters without Borders, Starbucks, Panasonic, Lufthansa, Germanwings, RaboDirect, Unilever, Neon Magazine, Bionade and many more.
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