Biography/Christopher Wilson

A writer, art director, designer, photographer and creative on hundreds of commercial films, Christopher Wilson jumped off a cliff three years ago to start his own creative firm, ChristopherWilsonCreative.

In the year since his jump, Christopher has been a very busy boy – working on Sony and Jaguar Branding with John Doyle at Y&R, Ritz-Carlton Branding and Air Tahiti Nui with Team One, and most recently on Infiniti Branding with Chiat in Los Angeles and Ford Branding for Europe with Ogilvy in London – a lot of car stuff.

In this last year Christopher also helped redesign a national travel magazine – which was great fun – and has worked as a webdesigner, He has also worked extensively as a photographer, including getting a great gig in French Polynesia for a month. And shooting for Ritz-Carlton in Vietnam. Lucky bastard.

Before that, Christopher was the Creative Director on Audi cars at Mckinney + Silver Advertising in Raleigh, North Carolina. During his seven-year tenure there he was responsible for some of the most beautiful and compelling work Audi has ever done.

Before that he was a creative at Martin/Williams Advertising in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was there for 13 years, and although it was cold most of the time, Christopher still managed to become a hot creative.

Before that, he was a ballet dancer. He danced 8 hours a day, made no money, survived on bread and coffee, lost 20 pounds he didn't have, looked like hell and broke his ankle twice. But he still insists it was fun. What an idiot.

Before that, he was at Dartmouth College where he studied Ancient Greek, Latin and Italian Literature. Good stuff to know, he says, if you ever want to work in the Vatican.

He is an obsessed mountain biker and enters races whenever he can, which is never because he is too busy working and taking care of his two beautiful daughters, Celia and Raney, by far the best things he has ever created.

His wife, Cathy, lives in the center of his heart.

Christopher Wilson is forever looking to create work that is as inspiring as his children are, and is as moving and powerful as his wife is.