Ali Bati is the most internationally awarded art director in Turkey. He has won over 70 national and international awards, including awards from Cannes Lions, New York Festivals, Epica Awards and Crystal Apple (Turkey's most prestigious advertising creativity award). As well as his success in the creative field, his work has been recognised for its effectiveness with Gold and Bronze Effie Awards.
He is one of the first creatives and also the youngest creative in Turkey to be awarded at Cannes Lion Advertising Festival. In 2007, he was awarded as the "Art Director Of The Year" in Turkey by GMK (Turkish Society Of Graphic Design). He contributed to DDB&Co's achievement of 3rd place for "Agency of the Year" at the 56th Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, by winning 2 Lions.
He studied Visual Communication at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul, graduating as the highest ranked student. In the same year he started his career in advertising at a local advertising agency called Rafineri. He later left Turkey for Italy where he worked for Fabrica, well known for Colors Magazine and their cutting edge Benetton campaigns.
He is currently working for DDB&Co. in Istanbul.
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•Awards from Cannes 2010
WWF campaign was awarded a Silver Lion and Persil campaign a Bronze Lion at Cannes.
•Luerzer's Archive cover
"CNN - Background Stories" made the cover of Luerzer's Archive.
•Jury member at Crystal Apple
Crystal Apple is Turkey’s most prestigious advertising creativity award. This year Ali Bati was selected to be part of the jury.
"Horrifying; More horrifying
Exploiting the ecosystem threatens the human lives. For a living planet: wwf.org"
Type: Outdoor
Client: WWF
Credits: •Art Director: Ali Bati •Copywriter: Gokhan Akca
Awards: •Cannes International Advertising Festival, Silver Lion
