John Hunt
John Hunt (19**-). South African advertising executive and playwright.
Also known as John Marchant Hunt
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Biography
Born John Marchant Hunt in Zambia, educated in South Africa.
In 1983, John and his partners founded TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, an advertising agency that has won countless awards. In 1993 John Hunt was intimately involved in Nelson Mandela's first ANC election campaign. In 2003, John moved to TBWA’s New York headquarters to assume the role of Worldwide Creative Director. John returned to South Africa in 2006 to continue his Worldwide role from Johannesburg.
He has served as juror across every major industry awards show, including as President of the Cannes Film, Press & Outdoor Advertising Festival in 2005. He has also found time to write a number of television and theatre plays and books, including The Art of the Idea: And How It Can Change Your Life (2009) and a novel, The Space Between the Space Between (2015).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Besides his executive role in advertising, he is an award-winning playwright, having received the Amstel Playwright of the Year award in 1989 for Vid Alex. His other plays include Fireking1, Piano Man (1989),Stand in the Sun (1999).
Sources
Who's Who Southern Africa [1].
Saturday Star, 27 march 1999.
https://tbwa.com/pirates/john-hunt
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