Jonáš Karásek

Director, graphic designer and art director. He was born and lives in Bratislava. After studying applied design, he graduated from VŠVU, department of industrial design. As a graphic designer and art... Director, graphic designer and art director. He was born and lives in Bratislava. After studying applied design, he graduated from VŠVU, department of industrial design. As a graphic designer and art director, he worked in advertising companies in Vienna (Chocolate Multimedia Production), in Sydney (Mcmann&Tate) and in Bratislava (Wiktor Leo Burnett). He currently works as a director and creative director of GunPowder studio. He is the creator of dozens of award-winning commercials, to which he lent his distinctive style based on attractive visuals and dynamic film editing. He collaborated with brands such as OMV, Galéria Belveder, Marlboro, RedBull, Johnnie Walker, Orange, Alfa Romeo, Dobrý anjel and Viva Musica Festival. He is the winner of the Аčko competition for the best video clip (for Jana Kirschner), a finalist of the Billboard of the Year competition and The Global Awards New York 08, the recipient of the Filip award - Award for personal contribution to Slovak creativity and the winner of many Golden Nails for the best Slovak advertisement of the year. In addition, he is a creator of video clips and short feature films. The film Kandidát is his directorial feature-length feature debut, he also "directed" the video clip for the title film composition by Veca.