From ‘Big Ad’ to ‘Meet Graham’, Ant Keogh has helped to create countless award-winning campaigns over the past two decades, consistently producing some of the region’s top work.

 
Tonight, ADFEST paid tribute to Ant, naming him this year’s Lotus Legend.

 
“It’s an awfully big honour to win something like this. It’s impossible to thank everyone that’s involved in an award like this – this is really about hundreds of people who have been involved in the work I’ve made. But I should quickly thank James McGrath [Creative Chairman] and all the people who have worked at Clemenger BBDO for the last 10 years that I was there, Y&R Melbourne before that, and Mojo in the dark ages,” says Ant.

 
Jimmy Lam, President of ADFEST, said: “Ant creates the kind of ads that are remembered and talked about for years afterwards – his work is funny, provocative, memorable and effective, which makes him a worthy winner of this year’s Lotus Legend accolade.”

 
Ant – who joined The Monkeys in Melbourne as Chief Creative Officer last year – ranked #1 Creative Director in Australia for the past five years by Campaign Brief Australia, while the 2017 Big Won Report ranked him #1 Chief Creative Officer in the world.

 
Ant is busy filming in New Zealand but sent a message from afar – we hope to see you at ADFEST next year, Ant!