TA2 Directors

Captivated by storytelling since he was a kid, Scott Corbett began his career in advertising as an award-winning writer before turning his attention to directing. His first effort, the comedy short "Small Emergencies," screened in festivals worldwide and won a merit award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. He arrived on the commercial scene with a deliciously outrageous campaign for Altoids, which was tempered with the absurd and surreal, but directed with restraint. The result was a unique, offbeat look grounded in a cinematic reality – now the foundational style of his dynamic collection of work. His campaign for Pizza Pops was both darkly hilarious and charming, and went on to win a Silver Lion at Cannes. Since directing the Nike viral short “Barbershop,” starring footballer Mario Balotelli, Scott has worked with other notable sports celebrities including NBA star James Harden and two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson. Recently, he’s helmed campaigns for Applebee’s and Sierra Trading Post out of Grey New York, McDonald’s via Moroch, and Gain from Leo Burnett. Scott has been recognized in publications like Creativity, Adweek, SHOTS, Lürzer’s Archive, and Communication Arts, and has garnered awards from Cannes, The One Show, ADDY’s, and more. His short film "Good Night Butterfly," a contemplative period piece set in 1960’s Los Angeles, premiered at the 40th Asian American International Film Festival in New York City in 2017 where it was nominated for Best Short Film.

Born in 1946, Shin Sugino was raised by Jesuits in Osaka, Japan. At 19 he emigrated to Canada to study Photography, Illustration and Cinema at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. He began his career as a Fine Art Photographer, supplementing it as a Lecturer in the Fine Arts Department of Toronto's York University. From 1980-1986 he narrowed his focus, specializing as a Freelance Stills Photographer for feature film production in Canada, U.S.A., Spain and Austria. In 1986 he began his extraordinarily successful advertising photography studio, Sugino & Associates. He pioneered digital shooting and imaging in Toronto in 1995. Beyond fine art and commercial photography he has expanded his repertoire to include directing live action TV commercials.

Shin's editorial work has appeared in Saturday Night, Toronto Life, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Camera Canada, Camera Mainichi, and in the Time-Life Photography Book Series. His commercial clients include: General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, Lexus, Kodak, Fuji, Nikon, Nike, Levi's, Telus, IBM, Panasonic, Guinness, Carlsberg, Gilbey's, Labatt, Absolut Vodka, VISA, and many more.

Shin has won almost countless awards internationally. He has claimed advertising gold at Cannes in 1998 and again in 2002. Other acclaim has come from The One Show, The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, Applied Arts, Photo District News, Communication Arts and Archive, plus many more. His work is represented in collections of the National Film Board, National Archives, Ontario Arts Council, Banff School of Fine Art and myriad private collections.

Despite the escalating demands on his time Shin has never forsaken his personal work; the last several years have been devoted to the wet collodion process. This is the first time in 23 years he has decided to stage a solo exhibition. Shin continues to teach and lecture worldwide.