Lucas Baiano

Lucas R. Baiano (born July 20, 1988) is an Emmy Award Judging, American political and commercial filmmaker, referenced as “one of the most impressive millennial-generation ad-makers”. Baiano has directed for Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Perry, Chris Christie Mitch McConnell. Commercially including Google and BMW. Baiano has been featured in Time (magazine), GQ, The New York Times, and cited in First Cameraman: Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time, written by Arun Chaudhary, Barack Obama's White House Cameraman His first recognized film was presented to the United Nations at the age of 16 as part of The Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme. Baiano attended Seneca College, Toronto, new media and broadcast studies, subsequently, he dropped out after a year-in-a-half to pursue political ad making. Following the 2008 election, Lucas would then go on to release a documentary film, Lucky Strike, which premiered at Politics of Film International Film Festival in 2010 highlighting his behind-the-scenes experiences with the Clinton campaign and the production of the ad.

2010 United States gubernatorial elections

During the 2010 midterms, Baiano was employed by the Republican Governors Association as Director of Film, Baiano would also direct a short film with Chris Christie. and Rick Perry during the 2012 presidential election. and was cited as the most unforgettable of the election while Rick Perry's Proven Leadership ad was the most watched republican ad of 2012 charting AdAge's global Viral Video Chart as the only political ad for two consecutive weeks. Baiano's style was quickly becoming the talk of the political community, touted as pioneering an entire new genre of political ad making.

Former Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper was criticized for directly plagiarizing Lucas Baiano's presidential ad for Tim Pawlenty entitled Courage to Stand for his closing ad during the 2011 Canadian federal election.

2014 United States Senate elections multiple image

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footer = Baiano joined Mitch McConnell in 2013. In the same year, Baiano also produced an ad entitled Restore Leadership, which was referenced as one of the most memorable ads of the election cycle for the 2014 United States Senate election in New Mexico.

By early 2015, Baiano's signature style of ad making had spread, now incorporated by many politicians and presidential contenders throughout the industry.

Awards 4-time American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Award winner (2011) with Republican Governors Association

5-time American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Award winner (2012) as President of We Are Politics

6-time American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Award winner (2013) as President of WeRPolitics

5-time American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Award winner (2014) as President of WeRPolitics

3-time American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Award winner (2016) as President of WeRPolitics

5-time American Advertising Awards Winner (2013, 2017)

National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards Judge

Personal life

Lucas Baiano is married to Katarina (Alharmoosh) Baiano, a former producer for NBC and Sky News. They were married in 2015 in Washington, DC and have one 2-year-old son.