Damon Escott

Background

About Damon Escott

Damon founded Rocket Surgery Ideas focusing on strategy, ideas and production, with business partner Alex Tagaroulias. The idea of the business is to offer quality ideas with purpose to solve any business problems. They are a Singapore company working across the APAC region mostly in Bali, Singapore, Australia. Damon Escott is a director and multi-skilled film maker, who also shoots and edits his work. He readily packages live action with comedy using in-camera techniques, and visual effects, consistently combining his high sense of aesthetic perfectionism with technical excellence. Essentially he loves combining art, math and science into films and stories. Damon is best known for his highly ambitious commercials and music videos. He’s brought his maverick creative background to numerous commercials, directing internationally on campaigns for Spotify, Toyota, Honda, Mentos, Red Bull, Eucarbon, Mandiri, Ardiles, Yamaha, Isuzu, Unilever, Canon, LG, Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, ANZ, NRMA, Nestlé, Arnotts, KFC and Sanitarium. From 2003 to 2010 he worked with Australia’s finest music artists including Silverchair, Powderfinger, Bernard Fanning, Cat Empire, Eskimo Joe, John Butler Trio, Pete Murray, Spiderbait, Little Birdy and Sarah Blasko. Plaudits include an ARIA (Best Music Video) where he was nominated 7 years in a row. MADC Award (Best Design), a couple of BAD awards (Direction), SBS Television Award at Flickerfest, and has garnered success at apex film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Spain, Rome, Sydney, Palm Springs, Toronto and Seattle. He’s also won a Golden Tripod for best cinematography and has boxes of other ACS awards.