Andy Azula

:For the fictional character see Azula
Andres "Andy" Azula (born July 5, 1966) was a creative director for The Martin Agency, who achieved fame after starring in a series of advertisements he created for the United Parcel Service in which he draws on a whiteboard. The ads were directed by Errol Morris.
Professional career
Azula began his career at Leoffler Ketchum Mountjoy. He won awards for his work on North Carolina Travel and Tourism. He later worked at Fallon McElligott in Minnesota where he developed the Buddy Lee campaign for Lee Jeans. He also worked at Goodby Silverstein and Partners and McCann Erickson in San Francisco,<ref nameBrown/> creating advertising campaigns for Microsoft. His accounts have also included BMW, Budweiser, E-Trade, and MSN.<ref nameBrown/> His work has won him a number of Clio Awards, one of the advertising industry’s highest honors.<ref name=Brown/>
He also did work for AT&T Wireless.
UPS commercials
As the ad agency's creative director, Azula created a demo tape for the UPS commercials that he sent to Morris. Then, Morris cast professional actors in the same role but told Azula that he liked Azula in that role. Ultimately, focus groups hired by the ad agency said they preferred Azula in that role over any of the professional actors.<ref name="boomerlifemagazine.com"/>
On the December 5, 2009 episode of Saturday Night Live, a pair of UPS commercial parodies aired with Bill Hader portraying Azula.

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