Silent Picture Company is the brainchild of Mark Manuel - Ad film director, scriptwriter, creative director and more. Having delved deep into the business of advertising and the passion of filmmaking he has envisioned advertising film making in a fresh avatar. Silent Picture Company brings advertising film production and film consultancy onto one platform, while blending international class and Indian savvies.
Mark Manuel has previously worked for JWT - Chennai as Sr. Creative Director and Agency Producer, he has been a part of the winning team for several internationally awarded films, winning India's first 2 gold haul for Film and Film Craft at the prestigious Cannes International advertising Festival in 2009. He went on to win over 30 metals in 2009 sweeping film and film craft categories at Pattaya Ad fest, Spikes Asia, Young Guns and the Abby's. But winning isn't new to this dynamic individual as he has won consistently, bringing home the Promo Gold Cannes Lion in 2006, the Grand Prix at the ABBYs 2006 and the Promo Bronze Cannes Lion in 2008. He recently won a Bronze at the prestigious ABBYs for Ten Downing Street Pub and Silver at the London FAB awards for Boost. He recently won a Bronze at the prestigious ABBYs for Ten Downing Street Pub and Silver at the London FAB awards for Boost.
In a career spanning more than two decades, he has directed, produced, written scripts and worked on over six hundred ad films, radio spots, jingles, viral videos and promotional films for some of the top brands in India including ITC - GumOn, Mountain Dew, Toyota, TVS, Boost, Ford, Pepsi, Mirinda, 7UP, Kurkure, Airtel, GRT Jewellers, Tata Gluco Plus, Smirnoff, Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL, MRF Tyres, Prestige, Nokia, GM Pens - Reynolds, The Times of India, Sun Tv - Sun Direct, The Murugappa Group, Parrys, Lotte, Ashok Leyland, Pondicherry Tourism, Nippon Paint, Timex and more...
With Silent Picture Company, Mark Manuel wishes to bring the same international quality to Indian advertising films.