Victor Shakun

Concept Creation,
Film Directing and Visual Supervising

Portfolio

These are not just videos. Behind each of them stands a big advertising campaign filled with creative components. For each one, our team has come a long way from the first briefing to release day.

Arnold and Milla join Holiday OPS | Official Live Action Trailer

It’s double celebration this year, commanders! Arnold Schwarzenegger and Milla Jovovich are bringing the Holiday Spirit back to our snowy village, proving that even a nearly ruined Christmas Eve can be saved with kindness, friendship, and a little pinch of magic.

The Lord of the Rings Gollum | Official Cinematic Trailer
Cinematic director

You will have to adapt and survive...
Lord of the Rings is back with a trailer showing us Gollum/Sméagol as the protagonist with a split personality..

Get Ready for Holiday Ops with Arnold Schwarzenegger |
World of Tanks Commercial

Holiday Ops 2022 in World of Tanks is coming! And it's bringing holiday miracles! During this magical season, your fondest wishes will come true, even those from your childhood. Set out on a holiday journey with our new guest, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Monopoly Madness | Announcement Trailer
Cinematic director

Mr. Monopoly is going on a well-deserved vacation. Flying over Monopoly City, he casts a glance out the airplane window and witnesses the merry madness going on below.

GRIME | Official Cinematic Trailer
Cinematic director

Cinematic trailer for Grime, an upcoming action-adventure RPG from Clover Bite.

Chuck Norris Is Here |
World of Tanks commercial

Iconic American action star Chuck Norris is now in World of Tanks. The Christmas trailer for the launch of the in-game event.

MIRNY-13 | World of Tanks commercial
Cinematic director

There's been no news from Mirny-13 for several days now. It's as if the town has just disappeared. There are rumours floating around of seismic activity, panic, and urgent evacuation. Just what happened in that town?

Korn "FINALLY FREE" | Official music video

We’ve teamed up with KORN, and traveled to the Burning Games in new official video for "Finally Free". Experience was through October 31, 2020 in the World of Tanks Blitz free-to-play game.

TANKBALL | World of Tanks commercial with Buffon

Football is coming to World of Tanks! Legendary captain and Italian icon Gigi Buffon is waiting for you, tanker. Roll out in the hunt for glory.

Sabaton "BISMARK" | Official music video

Sabaton have released the official music video for a new song called "Bismarck". The clip was produced by The Agency of Wargaming.

#Tankolet | Design project for a global AD campaign

It is the first project of the kind for the Belarusian air carrier Belavia and the game development studio Wargaming. Demonstrating that the world famous game originates in Belarus is the main idea of the branded livery.

WG20 — The Element of Victory | Identity for the 20th anniversary of Wargaming

Wargaming's strong spirit is our key element of victory. Just as calcium is key to developing strong bones, our spirit and passion are key to growing a strong company.

What real men choose | World of Tanks commercial with Dolph Lundgren

What does Dolph Lundgren do when he's not making Hollywood blockbusters? How did he relate to his character? How many takes did they need to shoot the flying ciabatta?

Journey to tier X | World of Tanks official trailer

Start your journey to tier X together with the heroes of this new video.
World of tanks. Join now!

I'm a creator with more than 10 years of experience in game advertising. I started with two world-famous advertising agencies McCann and Adventa, then I worked as a creative director at Wargaming for several years, and now I am a film director at PLAYSENSE studio. During this time I have participated in more than 100 advertising campaigns, led creative teams from copywriters to art directors, and now I am concentrating on directing trailers and commercials.

Features

I enjoy working in a team that solves complex problems with the help of creative ideas and high-quality visual communication tools.

Experience

For more than two years I managed a Graphic Design department in Wargaming, consisting of 15 people and two departments. During this period, we have increased the level of our production and enhanced our team with high-quality specialists.

Education

I have graduated from the Belarusian Pedagogical University with a degree in Art, studied at the British Design school(Art-direction, Digital, Graphic design). Also, I completed some courses on Leadership, Public speaking and Directing.

Awards

I have some Clio Awards, an Epica Award and some popular awards of CiS region, such as Red Apple, White Square and KIAF. As well as achieving this awards I have been a three time participant of the Final of the Young Cannes Lions Contest.

I believe

The smartest people work every day to improve their skills and create products that inspire.

Reviews

Nona Sisakyan
Lead of Producers, Wargaming
Victor never minds working under any circumstances. His distinctive features are punctuality, good communicative skills and insistence while achieving any goal. I'd like to underline his ability to set tasks for other specialists. Victor is a team player that is respected by his colleagues.
Dmitriy Horbik
Product/Project Manager at Fabros
Victor is a great leader, responsive and always honest in feedback. During the leadership of the Graphic Design Department, Victor sought to unite the team, encouraged teamwork and helped all of us to show our strengths, develop and take more responsibility.
Sandro Gelashvili
Head Of Creative Works @Google
Victor is a talented creative director with a filmmaker's gene. Working with him on projects is always a great amount of creativity and high quality project. Just look at our joint music project for Sabaton, which won the Clio Awards and has more than 60 million views on YouTube.

Get in touch

I'm always looking forward to new opportunities and interesting projects, so contact me if you have any.

+375 44 7793618
viktor.shakun@gmail.com