Javier Lourenço graduated in Advertising from USAL Buenos Aires and began his career as an art director and ECD at top agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB and Agulla & Baccetti.

 

He has since collaborated with leading international production companies including Passion Pictures, Psyop, Nexus and 1st Ave Machine, and collected over 300 awards such as Cannes Lions, Clio, One Show, NY Festivals and a Webby #YouTube Ad of the Year.

 

As a filmmaker, his short “The Blindness of the Woods” premiered at Sundance and won awards in Milano and Clermont-Ferrand, with further exhibitions at Pictoplasma, Art Futura, Flux and BAFICI. He has spoken at major creative festivals worldwide, from South Africa to Latin America.

 

In 2022 he served as Industry Craft Jury at Cannes Lions, and in 2023 he launched Kiramomo, the first virtual masked DJ girl.