Matt Miller, president and CEO of AICP, and Robin Shenfield, CEO and co-founder of The Mill and the 2018 chairperson of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, have announced the composition of the Show’s Curatorial Committee. Call for entries has been issued (click here for details) with the deadline being March 9.
“The Curatorial process and Committee makes the AICP Show stand out as one of the most important awards shows in the world,” noted Miller. “The idea of having all craft disciplines in one room ensures that the best work becomes a part of the year’s installment of the AICP Show, to be archived by the Department of Film at The Museum of Modern Art.”
Under the direction of Shenfield and Miller, the Curatorial Committee is comprised of a diverse array of industry leaders, working in all disciplines that 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 22 categories in the Show. To reflect the evolving nature of advertising and marketing communications – particularly with regards to the importance of digital production and effects–updates were made to the definitions for the Visual Effects, Design and Animation categories. These definitions will better assist entrants in clarifying the language used to describe the type of work that should be entered in each category. The updated definitions, can be found here. The Curatorial Committee is the final arbiter in the disposition of the Show, confirming eligibility and appropriateness to category.
The 2018 Curatorial Committee
In addition to Shenfield and Miller, the AICP Show Curatorial Committee comprises: Eric Berkowitz, founder, Humble; Ali Brown, VP/executive producer, PRETTYBIRD; Wilson Brown, executive creative director/partner, Antfood; Maryanne Butler, creative director, Framestore; Sally Campbell, founding partner, Somesuch, Rich Carter, owner/executive producer, brother; Lauren Connolly, executive creative director, BBDO New York; Ben Davies, executive producer/director of development, Furlined; Craig Duncan, managing director/partner, Cutters Studios; Laura Fegley, executive creative director, Colle + McVoy; Robert Fernandez, CEO, Moxie Pictures; Oliver Fuselier, managing partner, Tool; Katy Hornaday, EVP/executive creative director, Barkley; Tom Jucarone, mixer/partner/sound designer, Sound Lounge; Julian Katz, director of production, Mother USA; Ralph Laucella, founding partner/executive producer, O Positive; Charlie McBrearty, owner, Shortlist Management; Will McGinness, executive creative director, Venables Bell + Partners; Lisa Mehling, president, Chelsea Pictures; Jay Russell, chief creative officer, GSD&M; Kate Morrison Schermers, head of production, BBH; Lora Schulson, director of production, 72andSunny; Rebecca Skinner, managing director/executive producer, Superprime; Liz Taylor, chief creative officer, FCB Chicago; Wesley Ter Haar, founder, MediaMonks; and Mal Ward, managing director/partner, Arts & Sciences.
The AICP Next Awards judging chair, jury presidents and curators at large will be announced soon.
AICP Week
AICP Week, which launched in 2013, is anchored by the premieres of the AICP Show and the AICP Next Awards, as well as educational seminars and events highlighting creativity and marketing that take place at AICP Week Base Camp.
The AICP Show was established in 1992. Each year, the best advertising appearing in the moving image is honored and made part of the archive of the Department of Film at MoMA. The AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 10 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications. The AICP Next Awards are also archived at MoMA. The AICP Next Awards will debut on June 12 at Tishman Auditorium, and the AICP Show premieres during a screening and gala at The Museum of Modern Art in New York on June 14.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More