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Manoj Pillai(II)

  • Director
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Manoj Pillai was born in the quaint town of Alappuzha, Kerala in Southern India. A mechanical engineer from PESIT, he started his career in advertising as a copywriter with McCann Erickson, Bangalore. Soon, his passion for storytelling urged him to pursue the art of filmmaking.

Today, Manoj stands as one of the most reputed directors, having created over 300 commercials for brands such as Amercian Express, Google, Levi's, Nike, Incredible India, Volkswagen, Intel, Ministry of Civil Aviation, HP, Samsung, BCCI-IPL, Indian Super League, Tata Motors, Tanishq, Ford, Fiat, etc. His work has won several accolades from D&AD, Clio, New York Festivals, Campaign Age, Work, ADFEST, Goafest, ABBYS, AAAI to name a few.
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    Known for

    Myntra Roadster - The Road is Waiting (2017)
    Myntra Roadster - The Road is Waiting
    Short
    • Director
    • 2017
    Incredible India - Open Up (2014)
    Incredible India - Open Up
    Short
    • Director
    • 2014
    Intel - Dharavi (2018)
    Intel - Dharavi
    Short
    • Director
    • 2018
    ISL - Goal! (2016)
    ISL - Goal!
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016

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    • Google - India Inspires India (2018)
      Google - India Inspires India
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Intel - Dharavi (2018)
      Intel - Dharavi
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Intel - Adekunle (2017)
      Intel - Adekunle
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Intel - Kasope (2017)
      Intel - Kasope
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Myntra Roadster - The Road is Waiting (2017)
      Myntra Roadster - The Road is Waiting
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Alex Dufficy, Sameer Uddin, and Aswathi Naduthodi in Intel: First Time Travelling - Director's Cut (2016)
      Intel: First Time Travelling - Director's Cut
      8.4
      Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • ISL - Goal! (2016)
      ISL - Goal!
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Intel - Digital Traditions (2016)
      Intel - Digital Traditions
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Myntra: The Roadster Life (2016)
      Myntra: The Roadster Life
      8.9
      Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Myntra - The Roadster Life (2016)
      Myntra - The Roadster Life
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Incredible India - Open Up (2014)
      Incredible India - Open Up
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • ISL - Lets Football! (2014)
      ISL - Lets Football!
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Google - The Long Walk (2014)
      Google - The Long Walk
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Levis Sykes - Double Agent
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Air Deccan - Old Man and the Sky (2005)
      Air Deccan - Old Man and the Sky
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005

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      Manoj has received the prestigious Inspired Indian award from the Honorable Governor of Karnataka, Dr. H.R Bharadwaj for inspiring numerous first-time voters in India with the Google - The Long Walk commercial. His film for Air Deccan was rated as one of the top three commercials in 30 years of Indian advertising by 'India Today'. The same commercial also won a place in the Limca Book of records as the longest television commercial to be aired in India.

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