John Angelopulos CREATIVE DIRECTOR - WRITER / DIRECTOR

Born and raised on the north shore of Boston, I grew up swimming in trash barrels filled with olives in the back of my grandfather's Greek catering company. I spent over 10 years at big monster agencies, small scrappier ones, and in house at Carhartt. From there, I took everything I loved, left out all the nonsense, and started my own creative/production shop, Piggyback. Pitched and won new biz for Weber Grills, Puma, Ocean Spray, Vail Resorts, Cheeba Chews, and Evolve. Oversaw all creative, managed and pep talked the crap out of teams of Writers, Art Directors, Designers, and Strategists. Also, got closer to the camera and took on Directing video shoots. Today, when I'm not eating lamb, writing or directing, I'm up at 5:30am on my way to Vail to get more days on the mountain than my buddies. That means you, Mike Fontenot. Oh, and I've won some awards along the way, so there's that.