Husein Alicajic.
Photoplay director, Husein Alicajic is one of five TVC directors to be nominated in the Australian Directors Guild 2016 awards for outstanding Australian directors.
He is nominated in the TV commercial category for Officeworks: Let Their Amazing Out, with the winner announced in May.
Alicajic said it was always special to be recognised by peers, "and makes me remember early in my career, looking at the ADG as something to aspire to."
"It’s a great honour,” he said.
“I’ve always been motivated by magic and everyday wonder, and this script really allowed us to bring children’s imaginations to life.
"The Officeworks campaign allowed us to make more than just pretty pictures."
The ADG nomination comes after his recent ‘Best Ads’ win for the MND (Motor Neuron Disease) Australia campaign Fading Symphony.
Alicajic directed Tim Minchin and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a live performance of Crowded House’s biggest international hit: Don’t Dream It’s Over.
His latest feature Snowbound is currently in development and his cross platform drama series, X, was recently selected as one of a handful of projects to take part in the Digital Media Think-Tank and Creative Workshop X Media Lab.
It was also selected as one of four finalists at the 2015 Scripted TV Pitch conference in New York.
He is also writing the official biopic of country western star, Waylon Jennings, and he is set to take part in the upcoming TEDx Talk (Sydney) as one of six directors to create the festival’s opening title sequence.