David Gordon Green, Peter Berg, Jon Favreau, Gore Verbinski, David Fincher, and Zack Snyder all directed classic Super Bowl ads. Do you remember which ones?
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Ridley Scott: Apple — 1984
We’re talking about Super Bowl commercials, so according to the rules of the internet, we’re legally obligated to mention this foundational Big Brother riff made by the “Alien” director himself. But Scott isn’t the only filmmaker who’s made a memorable Super Bowl commercial in the midst of (or before) a career making features.
Gore Verbinski: Budweiser — 1995
A decade before he would send the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise into the stratosphere, Verbinski launched another iconic cultural landmark as the person behind the camera for the Budweiser Frogs ad. Verbinski enlisted help from Stan Winston’s creature shop to help make the legendary amphibians lifelike, just two years before making his feature debut with “Mouse Hunt.”
Charles Stone III: Budweiser — 1999
“Wassup??” became an inescapable cultural catchphrase as the 20th century came to a close, but it was Stone’s own short film “True” that helped inspire the commercial he would later direct. After the ad became iconic, Stone went on to make “Drumline” in 2002. With the recently released Netflix film “Step Sisters” and the upcoming summer comedy “Uncle Drew,” Stone has had a busy 2018.
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