Gabe Durán is a Los Angeles–based Creative Director, writer, and filmmaker who has spent the past 15 years creating campaigns and stories for some of the world’s biggest entertainment and gaming brands.
He’s led creative teams and global campaigns across Crunchyroll, EA, Netflix, Activision, Fox, and others, with work spanning brand, social, experiential, film, and integrated marketing. At Crunchyroll, he led a 20-person creative team developing global campaigns for some of the world’s biggest anime franchises. Before that, he led creative for Apex Legends at EA, helping shape campaigns and stories for one of gaming’s most passionate communities.
Gabe is also a writer and filmmaker, with television projects developed and sold to studios including Amazon.
When he's not working, Gabe enjoys biking his dog Winston around town, and making his friends play five-hour board games.
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2026 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival - Honorable Mention - “Reboot” original Pilot script
2022 Webby Nominee - Branded Video Series - Apex Legends - Stories from the Outlands
2021 Effie (Gaming & E-Sports) Silver - Apex Legends, Gaming the Gamers
2018 Webby (Best Launch) Silver, 2019 D&AD Shortlist - Taco Bell, “Big Bell”
2016 Shorty Award (Television) Finalist – Ash Vs. Evil Dead Social Campaign
2016 Webby (Native Advertising) Finalist - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Launch Campaign
2016 Blacklist-ATX Script Competition – Winner
Selected to CBS Diversity Showcase & NHMC TV Writers Workshop
Finalist for NBC Late Night Writers Workshop, Warner Brothers Writers Workshop, and Fox Comedy Script Contest
2013 Featured on Cracked’s “4 Types of TV Shows That Need to Go Away”
1999 Yoda Award (for Exceptional Wisdom) - Burnham Brook Middle School