Welcome to Beast Media.
We create film and digital content
to capture your moment
of brightness.
MAKOTO HIRANO Film Director / Creative Director / Executive Producer
A passionate and innovative storyteller with a unique set of experiences as a film and creative director, executive producer, and photographer Makoto Hirano is a self-taught Renaissance man who loves jazz, literature, cinema, and cooking.
Born in Tokyo, raised in Egypt and the US, he began his career in advertising as a creative with the DYR Agency in NYC. While at DYR, he studied and experimented with film, theater, and photography. Before long, he was invited by a production company in Sydney, Australia to begin his career as a film director where he collaborated with such creative giants as David Droga, the founder of Droga 5, winning several awards including two Cannes Lions and a British D&AD.
He founded Beast Media Tokyo/LA to service various multinational clients and agencies. He worked with Godiva Chocolatier as their Creative Director/Film Director to conceive and direct over 35 commercials and web content, helping to nearly triple their sales in seven years.
TESTIMONIALS
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"The creativity,
the quality and the collaborative way of working has been outstanding resulting in very successful campaigns with sales above our expectations. Our global board was very pleased."
Jerome Chouchan, Managing Director, Godiva Japan, Korea, Australia.
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Beast Media pitched a winning concept, and won the mandate to be both creative agency and production company.
Delivering the finished product on time and within budget, we are very pleased with the result."
Craig Bromley, CEO and President,
Manulife Japan
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Minimalist,
evocative, emotional. I love the work.
Gordon Watson, CEO Asia,
AXA, Inc.
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The creative ideas and direction are inspiring and ability to work with global production teams in executing these ideas is unsurmountable.
Dheerna Parmar, Head of Production at B-Reel/EP London