Career
A seasoned producer early on, Gardenhour worked on many large-scale commercial and music video projects with award-winning directors before being courted by Propaganda Films, one of the world’s most influential production houses that launched the careers of Michael Bay, David Fincher, David Lynch, Spike Jonze and Mark Romanek. With numerous years as a producer, Gardenhour went on to become Executive Producer and later, Vice President of Propaganda’s Commercial Division. Under his leadership he led Propaganda Films to be recognized with the industry’s highest honor, the Palme Doctorate’Or, for Best Commercial Production Company at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Seeking new challenges after Propaganda, Gardenhour went on to begin his feature film career working on Armageddon, Coyote Ugly, Pearl Harbor and Jumper.
In 2001, Gardenhour and Bay opened Gardenhour has guided the success of the company with campaigns for Nike, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Victoria’s Secret, and and a Cannes Gold Lion winning commercial for Audi. In 2007, was awarded an Emmy for the Gardenhour produced spec commercial ‘Required Reading’, for Hallmark.
Invited to speak by the Wharton School of Business, Gardenhour talked about the discipline of Brand Marketing and the value it holds to Hollywood as a means to successfully develop, produce and market entertainment products. Most recently, with his focus on feature film, Gardenhour has Executive Produced Pain and Gain and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.
The firm is focused on commercial advertising, branded entertainment, feature films and content development for the globalized, webbed world.
In 2006, garnered an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Commercial, for Hallmark"s "Required Reading."
represents a varied roster of commercial and feature directors such as Michael Bay, Oliver Castro, Marco Gentile, Rupert Smith, Tim Story, and Prakash Varma.
