frank tammariello
Filmmaking, Venice California United States
 
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Tel: 310 5771072
Brief Summary
TV commercial director, fine art phtographer 
Professional Experience
 Frank Joel Tammariello is an award-winning writer and director of broadcast TV commercials with an extensive advertising agency background. For over twenty years Frank has been a writer, producer and a director of comedy commercials featuring well­ known actors and celebrities.
Frank began his career at Ogilvy LA as a creative on the Mattel Toys ac­ count. After four years and almost a hundred commercials he spent the next years as a Creative Producer at three major agencies in the west.
As an Executive Producer/Associate Creative at Doner LA, he co-created and directed an award-winning reel of edgy concepts and breakout perfor­ mances.
Frank officially began his directing career in 1988 on what became the breakthrough Joe Isuzu/Liar ad campaign that brought national attention to a then unknown car company.
He cast the comic spokesman Joe Isuzu. And produced the first commercial in a campaign that ran for years and became a historic benchmark in comedic TV advertising.
Frank is credited with directing the 12 commercial campaign that brought Roseanne Barr's comedy world to life on-screen for the first time. T hese spots gained her network approval for her controversial hit TV series. And his work directing Oprah for her syndicated show was awarded in the same year. In fact, Frank and Oprah worked together so well, on set and off, that she invited him to Chicago to consult on her on-camera performance.
As a champion of emerging talent, Frank cast and directed a then unknown Bryan Cranston five times in spots for Avis, Kraft, and Nabisco. BTW: In re­ lated news, Frank recently trained, directed and launched the career of Dan Yeager, who was unknown at age forty but was cast as the lead in the top grossing movie in January 2013. And he did the same for a novice 12-year old actor, Devon Bagby, now a series regular on Showtime's Ray Donovan series.
Frank was signed for exclusive representation as a commercial director in 1989. He joined the DGA and has since directed over 100 national network comedy spots for an extensive list of blue chip advertisers. As an A-list Direc­ tor in the comedy category for US ad agencies, Frank shaped the creative of every spot he directed.
Over the years he has directed a long list of famous faces in the comedy world including Ellen Degeneres, Roseanne Barr, Bryan Cranston, George Lopez, Oprah, Martin Short. Also Divine, Teri Garr, Dom DeLuise, John Candy and the late Phil Hartman in award-winning commercials. He has worked with ad agencies in every major market in the US and Canada.
In the span of his career Frank has received industry accolades including CLIO awards, Belding awards, One Show awards, and also been featured on the cover of Ad Age and Adweek Creativity magazines. His commercial work has been shortlisted by the AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers) for inclusion in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
His recently completed dramatic screenplay, Crazy Girl, has gotten glowing coverage from development readers and indy producers. And his screwball romantic comedy, I Got Lucky, has been under consideration at Happy Madison.
T his year, he was called on to create the DreamWorks Animation Dream­ Brand Sizzle (More ThanA Dream) and also the first SweetDreams Sizzle for a new line of DWA Consumer Products. He delivered in record time and re­ ceived enthusiastic approval from Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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