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New York, N.Y., April 13, 2009 – The CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most recognized international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, today announced the complete jury for the technique category. All awards will be presented during the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards Festival at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, May 12 – 14, 2009.

This jury evaluates a range of techniques involved in the development of advertisements, including direction, cinematography, animation and visual effects, as well as editing and music/sound design.

“The CLIO Technique Jury is a unique, strong group of individuals from around the world whose expertise in each individual craft enhances and complements the agency’s fresh, new and creative ideas,” said Wayne Youkhana, director of the CLIO Awards. “This jury is sure to be a powerful meeting of the minds, and we are excited to see what they determine to be breakthrough work in this category.”

The 2009 CLIO Awards Technique Jury is as follows:

Music/Sound Design

• Michelle Curran (Executive Jury Chair) – President, Amber Music, London/Los Angeles/New York
• Mike Boris – SVP/Executive Music Producer, McCann Erickson, New York
• Bill Chesley – Owner/Sound Designer, Henryboy, New York
• Melissa Chester – Music Producer, BBDO, New York
• Reinhard Denke – Owner/Sound Designer, Stimmung
• Ryan Fitch – Music Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York
• Ross Gregory – MD/Composer/Sound Designer, Aardvark Sound, London
• Rennie Gomes – Managing Director, Yellow Box Studios, Singapore
• Simon Kane – Sound Designer & Partner, Song Zu, Sydney
• Jerry Krenach – Head of Music Production, McGarry Bowen, New York
• Phil Mossman – Executive Producer & Head of A&R, Amber Music, New York
• Josh Rabinowitz – Senior Vice President/Director of Music, Grey Worldwide, New York
• Stephanie Wellesley – Head of Content, Grey, London

 

Animation/Visual Effects

• Pierre Buffin – Founder & President, Buf Compagnie, Paris, France
• Jon Collins – President, Framestore, New York
• Rob Harvey – Co-Founder/Compositor, Lola Post, London
• Mary Knox – Executive Producer, Curious Pictures, New York
• Jonny Kofoed – Head of Motion & Design, Oktobor, Auckland
• Ewan Macleod – Executive Producer, Golden Square Post Production, London
• Jim Radford – Creative Head of 3D, Commercials and TV Moving Picture Company, London
• David Smith – Chief Executive Officer, Absolute Post, NY/London
• E Suresh – Creative Director, Famous House of Animation, Mumbai
• Stuart White – Head of 3d, Fin Design and Effects, Sydney
• Heather Wright – Executive Producer/Head of Commercials, Aardman, London

 

Direction

• Sarah Barclay – Executive Creative Director, JWT, New York
• Karim Bartoletti – Executive Producer, Filmmaster, Milan
• Daniel Bergman – Executive Producer, Stink TV
• Matt Bijarchi – Executive Producer, Media Arts, TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York
• Robert Campbell – Managing Director, Outsider, London
• Brian Carmody – Partner/Executive Producer, Smuggler
• Garth Davis – Director, Exit Films, Sydney
• Adrian Harrison – Managing Director, Streetlight Films, London
• Richard O'Neill – TBWA\Chiat
• Tim Page – Head of TV, RKCR/Y&R, London
• Prasoon Pandey – Director, Corcoise Films, Mumbai
• David Perry – Head of TV Production, SAATCHI & SAATCHI, New York
• Tiger Savage – Creative Director, M&C Saatchi, London
• Frank Scherma – President, Radical Media, New York
• Rhea Scott – Director, Little Mynx, New York
• Malcom Venville – Director, Therapy Films, London

 

Editing

• Stephanie Apt – President, Final Cut USA
• Kirk Baxter – Film Editor, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Santa Monica
• Nadia Blake – Head of Broadcast Production, Publicis USA, New York
• Ricky Boyd – Editor, Deliverance, Cape Town
• Steve Gandolfi – Editor/Founder, Cut + Run, London/Los Angeles/New York
• Dick Gordon – Partner/Editor, Spot Welders, Venice
• Andrew Loevenguth – Head of Production, Anomaly, New York
• Andrea Macarthur – Owner/Editor, Peepshow Post, London/New York
• Nelson Ng – Managing Director/Editor, Touches Limited, Hong Kong
• Livio Sanchez –  Film Editor, Filmcore, New York
• Kath Sawszak – Managing Director, Marshall Street Editors, London
• Adam Schwartz – Editor/Partner, Beast, Austin/Los Angeles/New York

 

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About The CLIO Awards
The CLIO Awards is one of the world’s most recognized awards competition for advertising, design and interactive. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2009, the CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, CLIO’s iconic statue is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry’s creative accomplishments. The CLIO Awards are produced by Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, a global information and media company.

About The Nielsen Company
The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA. For more information, please visit www.nielsen.com.

 

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