Judges Revealed for shots Awards 2017
The first wave of judges who'll be casting their critical eyes over this year's shots Awards entries is announced.
The deadline for this year's shots Awards is now only a few weeks away [August 11], and as entries continue to stream in, we are able to confirm a selection of the judges who will be casting their critical creative eye over some of the best global advertising work from the last 12 months.
This year's shots Awards campaign film.
Among the more than 30 judges already confirmed are such luminaries as;
Anthony Austin, ECD, BBH London
Josephine Beck Thomsen, executive producer, Octopus Copenhagen
Jay Benjamin, ECD, MUH-TAY-ZIK HOF-FER New York
Daniel Bergmann, founder, Stink
Cam Blackley, ECD, BMF Sydney
Francesco Bozza, ECD, Publicis Italy
Ali Brown, partner/VP/EP, PRETTYBIRD
Sam Brown, director, Rogue Films
Ben Campbell, editor/partner, Cut+Run
Phillip Detchmendy, EP, RSA Los Angeles
Corinna Falusi, CCO, Mother New York
Daniel Fisher, ECD, The Martin Agency London
Lizzie Gower, founder, Academy Films
Pascal Gregoire, founder/CCO, La Chose Paris
Robert Herman, executive producer, Ruffian Los Angeles
Diane Jackson, chief production officer, DDB Chicago
Francine Linsey, executive head of production, AMVBBDO London
Ben Mooge, ECD, Havas London
Caroline Pay, joint CCO, Grey London
Laura Sampedro, creative director, Wieden+Kennedy London
Rodrigo Sobral, ECD, R/GA London
Wilf Sweetland, managing director, The Sweetshop Sydney
Kibwe Tavares, director, Nexus
Julie Thomas-Toda, creative producer, AOI Pro Japan
Jim Thornton, deputy ECD, VCCP London
There are a slew of other creative VIPs on the panel, a full list of whom can be found here, and there will be yet more added to that list soon, so stay tuned.
As mentioned above, the deadline for entries is August 11, so you need to get your skates on to enter this year’s Awards because, as we all know, you’ve gotta be in it to win it.
The full list of Awards categories and their criteria can be found here.
The event itself takes place at The Brewery London on November 8 and, to whet your appetite, photos from the 2016 Awards are right here.
Winner of the 2016 Charity/PSA Campaign of the Year, Donate Life, The World's Biggest Asshole, was picked up by Furlined's Tiffany Fordham [left] and Diane McArter [centre], with Awards presenter, Angela Scanlon.
If you have enquiries about entering the shots Awards please contact Shane Murphy.
The shots Awards 2017 are sponsored by our partners at Global Production Network and Greenlight.