Volkswagen
The Accountant

Agency: Johannes Leonardo
Executive Creative Director: Jimm Lasser
Associate Creative Directors: Bryan Barnes & Allison Lackey
Group Executive Producer: Benton Roman

Director: Steve Rogers
Cinematographer: Philippe Le Sourd
Editor: Rich Orrick
VFX: The Mill

The VW Atlas Cross Sport proves you can flaunt it without blowing the budget. To launch, we built a story around a frazzled celebrity accountant (Paul Giamatti) tasked with reining in an over-the-top over spending celeb (Kieran Culkin).

The work took off: Reddit begged for
a full length TV series. Maggie Haberman had dreams about it, and Vulture had a field day