NEW YORK: There are three South Africans on the 2008 Clio Awards Technique jury: Kim Geldenhuys of Egg Films, Lorens Persson of Sterling Sound and Ricky Boyd of Deliverance Post Production. The 49th Annual Clio Awards announced the complete international jury for this category yesterday, Monday, 31 March 2008.
This jury evaluates a range of techniques involved in the making of ads, including areas such as direction, cinematography, animation and visual effects, editing and music/sound design. All awards will be announced and presented at the 2008 Clio Festival, 14 – 17 May, in South Beach, Miami, Florida.
The 2008 Clio Awards Technique Jury is as follows:
Direction/Cinematography
Dante Ariola (jury chair), director, MJZ, Los Angeles, CA, US
Antoine Bardou Jacquet, director, Partizan, Paris, France
Josh Frizzell, director, Curious Films, Auckland, New Zealand
Kim Geldenhuys, director, Egg Films, Cape Town, South Africa
Paul Middleditch, director, Plaza Films, Sydney, Australia
Prasoon Pandey, director, Corcoise Films Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India
Luciano Podcaminsky, director, Rebolucion & @radical.media, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gerard de Thame, director, Gerard de Thame Films, London, UK
Peter Thwaites, director, Gorgeous Enterprises, London, UK
Animation/VFX
Pierre Buffin, founder & president, BUF Compagnie Parigi, Paris, France
Ben Cronin, flame artist/VFX supervisor, Framestore-CFC, London, UK
Nickson Fong, CEO/filmmaker, Egg Story Creative Productions, Singapore
Pasi Johansson, managing director, STO.PP stockholm.postproduktion, Stockholm, Sweden
Jonny Kofoed, head of motion & design, Oktobor, Auckland, New Zealand
Todd Mueller, creative director/co-founder, Psyop, New York, NY, US
Chris O'Reilly, executive producer, Nexus Productions, London, UK
Johnnie Semerad, creative director, Semerad, New York, NY, US
E. Suresh, creative director, Famous House of Animation, Mumbai, India
Achim August Tietz, managing director/technical director, Aixsponza, Munich, Germany
Stuart White, head of 3D, Fin Design & Effects, Sydney, Australia
Music/Sound
Christoph Blaser, composer/producer/CEO, Largoland Musicproduction, Berlin, Germany
Drazen Bosnjak, creative director/composer/sound designer, Q Department, New York, NY, US
Michelle Curran, president, Amber Music, London, UK and New York, NY, US
Tom Eymundson, partner/director, Pirate Radio & Television, Toronto, Canada