Three South Africans for Clio Technique jury

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
  
• Rennie Gomes, composer/managing director, Yellow Box Studios, Singapore
  
• Jim Hall, musician composer, Soundtrax, Auckland, New Zealand
  
• Jason Johnson, creative director/composer, Stimmung, Santa Monica, CA, US
  
• Eddie Kim, sound designer, 740 Sound Design, Santa Monica, CA, US

  Lorens Persson, managing director, Sterling Sound, Randburg, South Africa

• Josh Rabinowitz, senior vice president, director of music, Grey Worldwide, New York, NY, US
  
• Mark Rivett, senior partner/musical director, Song Zu, Sydney, Australia
  
• Jack Sedgwick, senior sound engineer, Wave Recording Studios, London, UK
  
• Joel Simon, president/CEO, JSM Music, New York, NY, US
  
• Geert van Gaalen, composer/sound designer, Studio De Keuken/Dangerous Kitchen Music, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Editing

  Ricky Boyd, editor, Deliverance Post Production, Cape Town, South Africa

• Gavin Cutler, editor/founding partner, Mackenzie Cutler, New York, NY, US
  
• Steve Gandolfi, managing director/editor, Cut & Run Limited, London, UK
  
• Adam Liebowitz, president/editor, Go Robot!, New York, NY, US
  
• Sherri Margulies, editor, Crew Cuts, New York, NY, US
  
• Nelson Ng, editor, Touches, Hong Kong
  
• John Smith, editor, The Whitehouse, London, UK
  
• Drew Thompson, editor, Guillotine Pty Ltd., Sydney, Australia
  
• Tim Thornton-Allan, editor/owner, Marshall Street Editors, London, UK
  
• Angus Wall, editor, Rock Paper Scissors, Santa Monica, CA, US

For more information, go to www.clioawards.com. Online registration for the 2008 Clio Festival is open at www.clioawards.com/festival.