Over the last several years, Andrew Laurich has directed a number of award-winning commercial campaigns around the world for brands like McDonald’s, Mercedes, General Mills, and PlayStation. Most recently, his campaign for Auto Glass Now and his short film A Bear in the Woods both cracked Shots Top 100 of 2024 as well as racking up awards. Previously, he’s won a Cannes Lions for his work with Mars Candy, an AICP for a prostate PSA starring Mike Rowe, a One Show Award for a music video, and numerous Shots Awards for his 2020 political ad for Win America Back PAC. His short film, A Reasonable Request, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The film also played SXSW, Raindance, amongst other fests, in addition to being named one of VICE’s Best Short Films of 2015 and Vimeo’s Top 100 Staff Picks of the Decade. He’s had equal success as a writer, selling a show to FX and developing scripts for the likes of Disney. He’s in development on two feature films and lives in bucolic North Hollywood, where he recently learned to change his HVAC filter.
