London International Awards (LIA) has announced the names of the first jury presidents for the 2017 awards. This select group of industry leaders will preside over their respective juries in Las Vegas.
“In the business of creativity, it really is all about the people. Our jury presidents are chosen for their expertise, skill, fairness and because they’ve been the force behind award-winning work throughout their careers, regardless of gender or ethnicity,” stated Barbara Levy, president of LIA.
Still to be announced in the coming weeks are the LIA jury presidents for The Influencers, The NEW and Production & Post-Production, and Music Video.
Below are the creatives who have agreed to chair juries to-date:
Branded Entertainment
Fred Raillard – Chief Creative Officer, FRED & FARID
Design | Package Design | Verbal Identity
Bobby C. Martin Jr. – Founding Partner, OCD | The Original Champions of Design
Digital
Per Pedersen – Chairman of Global Creative Council, Grey Global
Health & Pharma
Jeremy Perrott – Global Chief Creative Officer, McCann Health
Integration
Tham Khai Meng – Worldwide Co-Chairman & CCO, Ogilvy & Mather
Music & Sound
Abi Leland – Company Director, Leland Music
Non-Traditional
Mark Tutssel – Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide and Creative Chairman of Publicis Communications
Print | Poster | Billboard |Ambient
David Guerrero – Creative Chairman, BBDO Guerrero
Radio & Audio
Larissa Kirschner – VP / Creative Director / Writer, Publicis New York
TV/Cinema/Online Film
Toygar Bazarkaya – Chief Creative Officer of the Americas, Havas
Judging will take place at Encore Las Vegas from September 29-October 7.
The LIA 2017 entries system is open for entries. For more information on submissions and eligibility, click here.
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After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More