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Iqbal Ahmed

Iqbal Ahmed is a Los Angeles-based commercial, film, and music video director who joined Hungry Man’s global roster in March 2023 for worldwide representation across commercials, branded content, and music videos.

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Recent press & creds
Shots showcase
Shots · award
Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP) Fellow
CDDP · 2021 · award
AT&T Entertainment Project recognition
AT&T Entertainment Project · award
Selected clients
AdidasNikeGoogleFacebookMicrosoftSpotifyH&MWalmartAir FranceToms

Bio & background

Iqbal Ahmed is a Los Angeles-based commercial, film, and music video director who joined Hungry Man’s global roster in March 2023 for worldwide representation across commercials, branded content, and music videos. He signed with Rattling Stick U.S. in September 2022 for his first formal U.S. commercial representation. Roster and trade coverage credit campaigns for Nike, Adidas, Google, Spotify, Facebook, Microsoft, H&M, Walmart, Air France, Toms, Nixon, and others, with agency partners including Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy, GUT, Geometry, and Wunderman Thompson. Evidenced spots include Toms “Solemates” (November 2021), Adidas “Discover Yourself” (2017) and “The Hierarchy,” Babbel “It Starts Here,” Nixon “No Guidebook,” plus work for FanDuel, Providence Swedish Cancer Institute, and Super Season. His films have surpassed 300 million views, earned Vimeo Staff Picks, and been featured in NOWNESS, DAZED, Vice, and The Atlantic. A 2021 Commercial Directors Diversity Program Fellow, he has received a Shots showcase and recognition from the AT&T Entertainment Project and Shiny Awards. He holds an MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts, wrote and directed the 2015 feature The Answer, and advanced scripts to Sundance Lab and Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist stages.

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Awards
  • Shots showcase
    Shots
  • Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP) Fellow
    CDDP · 2021
  • AT&T Entertainment Project recognition
    AT&T Entertainment Project
  • Shiny Awards recognition
Shiny Awards
  • Vimeo Staff Picks
    Vimeo
  • Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist (scripts)
    Academy Nicholl Fellowships
  • Sundance Lab semifinalist (scripts)
    Sundance Institute
  • Press
    • Best Production Companies 2024 — Hungry Man (roster welcome)
      Ad Age · 2024
    • Director Iqbal Ahmed Signs With Hungry Man for Worldwide Representation
      SHOOT · 2023
    • Hungry Man Signs Director Iqbal Ahmed to Its Global Roster
      LBB · 2023
    • Rattling Stick U.S. Signs Director Iqbal Ahmed
      LBB · 2022
    • Work featured in NOWNESS, DAZED, Vice, Directors Notes, Booooooom, Feature Shoot, The Atlantic
      NOWNESS / DAZED / Vice / The Atlantic