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Matt Brubaker
Chief Creative Officer
Buddha Jones

HOLLYWOOD, USA // Matt is considered one of the top creative entertainment marketers for over 25 years- a Clio and Golden Trailer award-winning creative director of film, television, streaming, social and digital campaigns. Responsible for consistently driving industry firsts through creative innovation, multi-platform business development and executive management.

He is the new Chief Creative Officer for Buddha Jones. There he is bringing his experience, passion, and innovation to help guide one of the business’s powerhouses.

Brubaker came to Buddha Jones, after 18 years as Trailer Park’s President/Creative Director. There, he was a driving force in growing Trailer Park into one of the Clio’s top agencies- opening Theatrical offices in London and an animation division in Burbank.

While at Trailer Park, he worked on award winning campaigns for Dunkirk, Crazy Rich Asians, The Meg, The Hunger Games, Sing 2, Insterstellar, Mad Max, Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight Rises, The Great Gatsby, Godzilla, House of Gucci, Ocean’s Eleven, Up, Wall-E.

While Vice President of Creative Advertising at New Line Cinema, he worked on global successes like The Notebook, Blade Trinity, & Freddy vs Jason. Before that he was a Creative executive at Warner Bros and a Writer/Producer at Creative Domain.

When he is waiting for the world’s next creative challenge- Matt lives in service to his two evil genius dogs- Pearl and Bam Bam. When they let him, he has a passion for design and has been developing real estate projects for over 20 years. He loves tennis, unicorns, restores classic cars, pickle ball, antiques, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences.