Matt Miller, president/CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and Brian Carmody, managing partner/co-founder of Smuggler and chairman of the 2011 AICP Show, The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, have announced the composition of the Show’s Curatorial Committee. The Show debuts June 7 in New York at The Museum of Modern Art.
“This year marks the 20th installment of the AICP Show, which since its inception, has been a time capsule of the year in advertising, as well as a reflection of the culture,” said Miller. “The Curatorial Committee is an integral part in ensuring each Show’s success.”
Under the direction of Carmody and Miller, The Curatorial Committee is comprised of a cross-section of industry leaders, working in all disciplines which contribute to creating marketing in the motion image. The Curatorial Committee is part of a bifurcated judging system, which begins with a series of judging panels from across the country, with experts in various fields judging work across the 23 categories in the Show. The Curatorial Committee is the final arbiter in the disposition of the Show, confirming eligibility and appropriateness to category. The AICP Next Awards are judged by a separate panel.
In addition to Carmody and Miller, the 2011 Curatorial Committee consists of: Marc Altshuler, managing director, Human; Jackie Kellman Bisbee, executive producer, Park Pictures; Rick Boyko, managing director, VCU Brandcenter; Mike Byrne, creative director, Anomaly; Rich Carter, owner/executive producer, GARTNER; Susan Credle, chairman/chief creative officer, Leo Burnett; Gavin Cutler, partner/editor, MacKenzie Cutler; Scott Duchon, partner/executive creative director, agency215; Mick Ebeling, founder/executive creative director, The Ebeling Group; Mark Fitzloff, executive creative director, Wieden + Kennedy; Rob Feakins, president/chief creative officer, Publicis, New York; Cindy Fluitt, partner/director of broadcast production, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; Mark Figliulo, chairman/chief creative officer, TBWAChiatDay; Ted Guard, editor, Rock Paper Scissors; Linda Honan, creative director, BBDO; Marie Hyon, founder/creative director, PSYOP; Kerry Keenen, global director of creative content, Young & Rubicam; Andrew Keller, executive creative director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky; T.K. Knowles, managing partner/executive production, Bob Industries; Tom Kuntz, director, MJZ; Ellen Kuras, director/DP, Park Pictures; Gavin Lester, creative director, 180 LA; G. Andrew Meyer, group creative director, Cramer-Krasselt; Vic Palumbo, director of integrated production, Deutsch; Sarah Patterson, executive producer, TBWA/Chiat/Day; J. Ralph, CEO/founding composer, The Rumor Mill; Ted Royer, executive creative director; Droga5; Ole Sanders, director, Traktor; Lora Schulson, executive director of content production; Young & Rubicam; Alistair Thompson, managing director, The Mill; and Ed Ulbrich, president, Commercials/exec VP, Digital Domain.
“This is a splendid group of industry professionals who bring a vast amount of experience and perspective to the Show across all categories,” said Carmody. “I’m looking forward to discussing the work and hearing their insights.”
New judging procedures, categories
Carmody, in conjunction with the Show’s Board of Governors, spearheaded a complete overhaul of the judging system. This year, all Show categories, with the exception of Advertising Excellence/Single and Advertising Excellence/Campaign, will be judged online. This will allow for a greater cross-section of judges from around the country and outside the U.S.
In collaboration with The AICP Show Board of Governors, Carmody was instrumental in adding a new category to the Show–Direction–which honors the director’s contribution, encompassing all areas of craft, in bringing imagination, innovation and vision to an idea. A new App category was added to the Next Awards. It honors innovative branded applications for computers and mobile devices commissioned by a client.
The Show entry site, powered by Nice Spots, is now accepting entries. The entry deadline for the Show is March 4, 2011 for work airing March 8, 2010–February 27, 2011.
George Clooney Revisits Edward R. Murrow In Broadway Version Of “Good Night, and Good Luck”
George Clooney made waves in July when he called on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, citing diminished capacity. For Clooney, there wasn't a choice to stay silent.
"I was raised to tell the truth and telling the truth means telling it when it's not comfortable," the actor-director and big Democratic booster tells The Associated Press. "I did what I was raised and taught to do. That's it."
There was inevitable backlash — just as there was back when he was branded a traitor for speaking out against the invasion of Iraq — but Clooney took the hits.
"Telling the truth to power or taking chances like that —we've seen it over our history," he says. "We've been here and survived these things and we will survive it."
Clooney's truth-to-power stance takes another step this spring as he makes his Broadway debut, telling the story of legendary reporter Edward R. Murrow in an adaptation of his 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck." Performances starts March 12.
Murrow, who died in 1965, is considered one of the architects of U.S. broadcast news and perhaps his greatest moment was opposing Sen. Joe McCarthy, who cynically created paranoia of a communist threat in the 1950s.
"This is a story about who we are at our best, when we hold our own feet to the fire, when we check and balance ourselves," says Clooney. "What's scary about now and the difference between Murrow's time is that we've now decided that truth is negotiable."
Movie versus play
In the movie version — which Clooney co-wrote with Grant Heslov — the role of Murrow went to David Strathairn and Clooney played CBS executive Fred Friendly; this time, Clooney takes up the mantle of Murrow. When he and Heslov did a reading... Read More