Neil French
Since before I started working full time as a copywriter, I have had two people in the list-of-people-to-be-like list.
These two people, each in their own style, and their own way, have been great influences in my advertising career.
Mr. Bill Bernbach. And Mr. Neil French. This post is a tribute to Mr. French, who I consider probably the best writer in advertising still with full control of his faculties, and his sense of humour.
Neil French has been many things. A brit with a French name who lived extensively in Singapore, a Matador, rent collector, point man for the mafia (I wish he was, that would make him bigger in my eyes 
) Writer (not very different from being point man), Client Servicing (why? oh why?) and more.
But most importantly, he has been one of my biggest sources of inspiration and had more or less sealed the argument for advertising when I was debating a career.
So here is to Neil French
on December 3rd, 2004 at 1:52 am
“Since before” -divs is bewildered beyond imagination!
on July 14th, 2005 at 9:39 pm
Mr. French is right on about what the people will read.
http://www.adquack.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122
on August 8th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
Neil French, in all his writing fame and advertising glory, is coming to Toronto for the appropriately titled “A Night With Neil French,” on Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
Here’s the link to all the info for the event:
http://www.ihaveanidea.org/neilfrench
on October 25th, 2005 at 12:56 pm
After the recent Toronto “debacle” it is nice to see that there is still a demand for genius. Good ol’ Neil will most certainly land on his feet – though he may need to cross the pond and find a home in New York in the plush offices of Hart+Larsson. http://www.hartlarsson.com
on August 12th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
hey dude, this is balaji. the writer from ulka???
what are you doing by blocking French’s site man???LOL
Cheers!