Cannes Lions Cyber, Film Craft, Media & Radio Juries Named

April 12, 2011 - PRLog -- “The outcome of the judging process is crucial to the future of the industry. We can never underestimate the role that these talented professionals will take on when they vote, deliberate and award the best work currently out there. It’s an honour to have such authorities onboard for this year’s awards,” says Terry Savage, Chairman of Cannes Lions.

Each of these four juries are chaired by highly respected industry leaders with Nick Law, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer of R/GA, USA, leading the Cyber Lions jury; Keith Rose, Director at Velocity Films in South Africa presiding over the Film Craft Lions jury; chairing the Media Lions jury is Maria Luisa Francoli Plaza, Global Chief Executive Officer of MPG and heading up the Radio Lions jury is Singaporean Eugene Cheong, Regional Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather APAC.

Cyber Lions Jury
USA, Nick Law, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, R/GA – Jury President Argentina, Mariano Dorfman, Founder and Executive Creative Director, Icolic
Australia, Nancy Hartley, Executive Creative Director, SapientNitro
Austria, Stefan Rasch, Chief Executive Officer, Screenagers
Belgium, Jonathan Detavernier, Interactive Director, Famous
Brazil, Raphael Vasconcellos, Executive Creative Vice President, AgênciaClick Isobar
Canada, Christina Brown, Vice-President and Creative Director, CloudRaker
China, Fareeda Cassumbhoy, Deputy General Manager, Hylink Advertising
Denmark, Jakob Kahlen, Partner and Creative Director, Hello Monday
France, Aurélie de Villeneuve, Creative Director, 5emegauche
Germany, Jens Schmidt, Creative Director, Moccu
India, Ryan Menezes, Chief Creative Officer, Percept/H
Japan, Hiroki Nakamura, Creative Director, Dentsu
Korea, Won Hye-Jin, Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide
New Zealand, Jose Alomajan, Digital Partner, Droga5
Norway, Christian Aune, Creative Director, MediaFront
Poland, Mikolaj Sadowski, Creative Director and Partner, 180heartbeats
Singapore, Valerie Cheng, Executive Creative Director, JWT XM Singapore
Spain, Blanca Piera, Creative Art Director, DoubleYou
Sweden, Robert Lund, Creative Director, Forsman & Bodenfors
The Netherlands, Yacco Vijn, Partner and Creative Director, Kong
United Kingdom, Dave Bedwood, Creative Partner, Lean Mean Fighting Machine
United Kingdom, Stephan Beringer, International President, Digitas and Razorfish
USA, Tiffany Rolfe, Vice President and Executive Creative Director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
USA, Ginny Golden, Creative Director, AKQA

Film Craft Lions Jury
South Africa, Keith Rose, Director, Velocity Films – Jury President
Argentina, Andy Fogwill, Director and Founder, Landia
Australia, David Denneen, Director, Film Graphics Entertainment
Brazil, Alex Miranda, Director, Trator Filmes
India, Prasoon Pandey, Ad Film Maker, Corcoise Films
Italy, Karim Bartoletti, Partner and Executive Producer, Filmmaster
Japan, Naoki Ito, Creative Director, Freelance
United Kingdom, Laura Gregory, Founder and Executive Producer, Great Guns
USA, Ron Berger, Senior Advisor, Berger Shop
USA, Brian Carmody, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Smuggler

Media Lions Jury
Global, Maria Luisa Francoli Plaza, Global Chief Executive Officer, MPG – Jury President
Argentina, Sergio Guillermo Tafet, Chairman Southern Cone, SMG/Vivaki
Argentina, Fernando Capalbo, Chief Executive Officer, OMD
Asia Pacific, Barry Cupples, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, OMD
Asia Pacific, Cheuk Chiang, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, PHD
Australia, James Greet, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare
Austria, Anja Hettesheimer, Managing Director, Mediahaus Austria
Belgium, Davy Caluwaerts, Creative Communications Director, ZenithOptimedia Belgium
Brazil, Ezra Geld, Head Of Media, JWT Brazil
Canada, Mark Sherman, Executive Chairman, Media Experts
Chile, Martin Osorio, General Manager, Universal McCann Chile
Colombia, Jorge Percovich, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Media
France, Guillaume Multrier, Chief Executive Officer, Aegis Media France
Germany, Volker Helm, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative
Global, George Michaelides, Global Leader of Invention, Mindshare Worldwide
India, Nandini Dias, Chief Operating Officer, Lodestar UM
Israel, Nevo Carmi, Vice President Media, Yehoshua TBWA
Italy, Gigi Mozzi, Media Consultant, Media Marketing
Japan, Keiichi Higuchi, Communication Design Director, Dentsu
New Zealand, Alistair Jamison, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom
Portugal, Maria Fernanda Marantes, Managing Director, Arena Media
Russia, Tatiana Eliseeva, Managing Director, Starcom
South Africa, Chris Botha, Group Managing Director, The Mediashop
Spain, Gerardo Mariñas, Chief Executive Officer, Mediacom Spain
Sweden, Amanda Koutra, Managing Director, Carat
Switzerland, Nathalie Bösiger, Chief Executive Officer, Mediaxis-MPG
The Netherlands, Jason Dawes, Founding Partner, Naked
United Kingdom, Steve Williams, Chief Executive Officer, OMD
United Kingdom, Lindsay Weedon, Chief Executive Officer, Maxus
USA, Lee Doyle, Chief Executive Officer North America, MEC
USA, Steve Farella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TargetCast tcm

Radio Lions Jury
Singapore, Eugene Cheong, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific – Jury President
Australia, Jay Furby, Creative Director, Jay Grey
Belgium, Gregory Ginterdaele, Creative Director, Air
Brazil, Zanna, Creative Director, Zanna Sound
Canada, Paul Little, Creative Director, TBWA\Vancouver
Chile, Felipe Vinuela, Chief Creative Director, Fiebre
Germany, Fabian Frese, Executive Creative Director, Jung von Matt
India, Nitesh Tiwari, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett
New Zealand, Simon Vicars, Copywriter, DDB New Zealand
Norway, Jørgen Holst, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
South Africa, Jenny Glover, Creative Director, Net#Work BBDO
Spain, Cesar Garcia Lopez, General Creative Manager, Bob Communications
United Kingdom, Warren Hamilton, CEO & Creative Director, Wave Group
USA, Laurence Klinger, Chief Creative Officer, Lápiz

All entries will be judged and awarded during the Festival in Cannes with the Media and Radio Lions winners being announced at the awards ceremony on Tuesday 21 June, Cyber Lions on Wednesday 22 June and the Film Craft winners on Saturday 25 June.

The Entries deadline has been extended until 22 April 2011. For further information please go to www.canneslions.com

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58th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, 19-25 June 2011, Cannes, France
The International Festival of Creativity, also known as Cannes Lions, is the world's leading celebration of creativity in communications. As the most prestigious international annual advertising and communications awards, over 24,000 entries from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy honouring the most creative film, print, outdoor, interactive, radio, design, sales promotion & activation, film craft and integrated advertising, as well as the best media, direct marketing, PR, titanium and creative effectiveness ideas. The Festival is also the only truly global meeting place for advertisers, advertising and communication professionals. Over 8,000 delegates from 95 countries attend seven days of exhibitions, screenings, as well as over 50 high-profile seminars, 20 workshops and master classes presented by renowned worldwide industry leaders. As the networking and learning opportunity of the year, Cannes Lions is the must-attend event for anyone involved in brand communication.