The A-List: 2008

Born

17th December 1956

Job

Director/creative director

Company

Therapy Films/Mark Denton Design

Work Telephone

+44 (0)207 436 5191.

Address

26 Market Place, London, W1W 8AN

Fantasy business partner

Donald Trump.

How do you off-set your carbon footprint?

I don't have a car.

Greatest influence

My Dad.

Clubs

Lambretta Club of Great Britain, Festival of Britain Society, Soho House, The Union, D&AD.

Favourite gadget

Xbox 360.

Desert island objects

Set of markers, layout pad and moustache wax.

Most-admired politician

Mussolini (good uniforms).

Favourite media

Evening Standard, Styling Lard, 24, Radio 4, eBay.

Biggest risk taken

Not going into scrap metal.

Perfect day

A busy one.

Who should play you in the film of your life?

David Suchet.

Career highlights

Awards x 500.

Fictional hero

Alfred E Neuman.

Hidden talent

One-legged squats.

Best job outside advertising

Paste-up artist for Knitting Digest.

Lowdown

One of the few men to be sacked from his own company, Denton has gone on to forge a successful career as a director and head of a production company. His reinvention of the Creative Circle awards as a direct challenge to the hegemony of D&AD has been warmly received.

Most expensive purchase

My wardrobe.

Why are you good at what you do?

I get up very early.