AICE has announced its 2014 AICE Awards Curatorial Committee which includes editors, VFX artists, designers, colorists and audio engineers from across the membership. The committee, the first of its kind for the AICE, will ensure that finalists determined by the judges are appropriate for, and meet the criteria of, each category. The Committee will also select a Best in Show honoree, a first for the AICE Awards. The 2014 AICE Awards gala will be held in New York City on May 15.
Editor Bob Spector of Beast in San Francisco, a member of the AICE Awards committee and VP of the AICE Board of Directors, said the formation of the Curatorial Committee was the result of a wide-ranging review of category definitions that began after the 2013 AICE Awards event in Chicago.
“After last year’s show we spent a lot of time rewriting each of the category definitions to make sure we were keeping current with technology and trends in the industry,” Spector explained. “We decided that if we were going to be this specific and careful in our definitions, we needed one more stage of oversight and vetting in the judging process. The decision to form a Curatorial Committee came out of that discussion.”
For each category, the finalists and winner will be determined from the results of online and live-panel judging sessions conducted over a four-week period. Once the results are tabulated, the Curatorial Committee will review the honorees in each category to ensure the work is eligible and worthy of an AICE Award.
The 13 members of the Curatorial Committee, said Spector, “are highly regarded artists from each of AICE’s postproduction disciplines and represent most of our regional chapters.”
Here’s the lineup of Committee members:
Editors
Chris Franklin, Big Sky, New York
Tom Scherma, Cosmo Street, New York
Paul Martinez, Arcade Edit, Los Angeles
Craig Lewandowski, Optimus, Chicago
Bob Spector, Beast, San Francisco
Louis Lyne, Cutters, Detroit
Steve Manz, Relish, Toronto
VFX/Design Artists
David Winkfield, Red Car, New York
David Parker, Cut + Run, Los Angeles
Colorists
Chris Ryan, Nice Shoes, New York
Siggy Ferstl, CO3, Los Angeles
Sound Engineers
Tom Jucarone, Sound Lounge, New York
John Binder, Another Country, Chicago
“We worked to make sure the Curatorial Committee was both geographically and creatively diverse,” said Spector. “We wanted to get a cross-section of talents and perspectives to help us evaluate the finalists against the category descriptions and ultimately to select the Best in Show. We have some truly phenomenal entries this year and we’re looking forward to a great night.”
AICE Award winners will be named in over 20 editorial and post production categories. In addition, AICE will posthumously induct into its Hall of Fame renowned and respected New York editor John Palestrini, co-founder of BlueRock, Spontaneous and other companies.
